Universal Registration Document 2021

1 PRESENTATION OF THE GROUP ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Corporate & Other 1.2.4 [102-2]

REVENUE HIGHLIGHTS DVD Services revenues totaled €701 million in 2021, up 1.6% at constant rate and down (0.7)% at current rate compared to 2020. Despite slightly lower disc volumes year-on-year (-2.7%), revenue growth was driven by increased revenues from new growth businesses in the US mainly (distribution and freight revenues).

The “Corporate & Other” Division comprises unallocated corporate functions and all other continuing activities. Corporate & Other operations are as follows: Trademark Licensing business which monetizes valuable brands such • as RCA TM and Thomson TM which were operated by the Group when it was a leading stakeholder in the consumer electronics business. Trademarks create business and market opportunities for licensing partners around the globe, which benefit from a complete brand service including rights management & protection, quality insurance, marketing and design. Main product categories developed are Television, Tablets, Home appliances with an increased market and awareness presence in EMEA, North and South America. On February 24, 2022, Technicolor announced that it had received a binding offer to sell its Trademark Licensing operations. The total agreed consideration amounts to approximately €100 million, to be paid in cash at the closing of the transaction. This transaction will allow the Group to further simplify its structure with the sale of non-core assets, and to increase Technicolor financial flexibility. The sale, which is subject to closing conditions, is expected to close in the first half of 2022; Patent Licenses, which have not been sold to InterDigital and which • monetize valuable patents such as MPEG-LA and various others; Post-disposal service operations and commitments related to former • consumer electronics operations, mainly pension costs; Unallocated Corporate functions, which comprise the operation and • management of the Group’s Head Office, together with various Group functions centrally performed, such as Human Resources, IT, Finance, Marketing and Communication, Corporate legal operations and real estate management, and that cannot be strictly assigned to a particular business within the three divisions. Discontinued operations 1.2.5 [102-10] [102-49] Technicolor has finalized a number of disposals over the last few years, the results of which are, under certain criteria, reported as discontinued operations under IFRS. For a description of the financial implications of discontinued operations on the Group’s results of operations, please refer to Chapter 2: “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects”, section 2.2.7: “Profit (loss) from discontinued operations”. The sale to InterDigital of the Research & Innovation (“R&I”) activity was completed on May 31, 2019.

VOLUMES BY FORMAT

Blu-ray™ 25 % (vs 27% in 2020) CD 5 % (vs 5% in 2020) SD-DVD 70 % (vs 68% in 2020)

VOLUMES BY SEGMENT

Music & Software 6 % (vs 6% in 2020) Games 2 % (vs 3% in 2020) Studio/Video 92 % (vs 91% in 2020)

Selected major feature film titles produced by Technicolor in 2021 included mainly: Soul and Raya and the Last Dragon from Disney; The Boss Baby: • Family Business , No time to Die , Fast and Furious 9 , Halloween Kills from Universal; Godzilla vs. Kong , The Suicide Squad , Dune and Wonder Woman 1984 from Warner Bros.; Venom: Let There be Carnage from Sony; The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard from Lionsgate and A Quiet Place Part II from Paramount. Major games titles included Call of Duty: Vanguard from Activision, • FIFA 2022 and Madden NFL 22 from Electronic Arts and Far Cry 6 from Ubisoft.

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