technicolor - 2019 Universal registration document

1 PRESENTATION OF THE GROUP ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OVERVIEW

KEY CUSTOMERS AND MAIN COMPETITORS Technicolor’s customer base includes major and independent film studios, and non-studio customers such as TV broadcasters, independent content producers, game developers/publishers and OTT service providers developing their own original content. In Advertising, clients range primarily from boutique to major advertising agencies to production companies to brands and advertisers. In the past few years the Group has been strategically strengthening its market position with leading studios and advertising agencies/production companies while also increasing its collaborations with non-studio customers and directly with brands and advertisers. In Film & Episodic VFX , Technicolor’s key competitors include • Cinesite, Deluxe, DNEG, Framestore, ILM, Pixomondo, Rodeo FX, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Weta Digital.

In Advertising , key competitors include Deluxe, Framestore, the • in-house production arms of the global advertising holding companies (e.g., WPP’s Hogarth, Publicis’ Prodigious, IPG’s Craft, Omnicom’s eg+ Worldwide, etc. ), and many local boutiques. In Post Production services , key competitors include Deluxe, • FotoKem, Panavision, SIM, and several boutique vendors, as well as the in-house facilities of certain major Studios, depending on market segment and geography. In CG Animation & Games services , key competitors include • Animal Logic, Bardel Entertainment, CGCG, Cinesite, DNEG, Ilion Animation Studios, Keywords Studios, Reel FX, Sony Pictures Imageworks, The SPA Studios, and Virtuos Ltd.

Film & Episodic

Advertising

Post Production

Animation & Games

Key Customers

Major U.S. studios • Mini-majors and • independent studios TV production companies • OTT providers • Cinesite • DNEG • Framestore • ILM (Disney) • Method, Encore (Deluxe) • Pixomondo • Rodeo FX • Sony Pictures Imageworks • Weta Digital • Over 18,000 VFX shots • for theatrical features Over 3,200 VFX shots • for TV/OTT content

Global ad agencies • Production companies • Smaller agencies • Brands and advertisers •

Major U.S. studios • Mini-majors and independent • studios TV production companies • OTT providers • Company 3, EFILM, Encore • (Deluxe) FotoKem, • Light Iron (Panavision) • Sim • In-house facilities of certain major • U.S. studios Several local boutiques •

Major and independent • Animation studios Key children’s TV networks • and other distributors Publishers and developers • of AAA game titles CGCG • Cinesite • DNEG • Ilion Animation Studios • Keywords Studios • Reel FXSony Pictures • Imageworks The SPA StudiosVirtuos Ltd • 3,600 minutes of Animation • for TV and film 49,000+ CG assets for • top-selling video games, TV series and films Animal Logic • Bardel Entertainment •

Key Competitors

Framestore • Method, Company 3 (Deluxe) • In-house production arms • of the global ad holding companies Several local boutiques •

Key Data (2019)

Approximately •

Over 100 theatrical features • Nearly 300 TV/OTT series, • mini-series and/or pilots

4,800 commercials

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TECHNICOLOR UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2019