Paris, 31 January 2001

Ubi Soft outperforms the market in the third quarter: Sales: 165.1 million euros, up 45% on a like for like basis up 34%

Financial targets for the current financial year are confirmed

In the third quarter of 2001/2002 (1 October to 31 December), Ubi Soft achieved consolidated sales of 165.1 million euros, an increase of 44.6% over the third quarter of the previous financial year. Over the first nine months of the year, growth exceeded 54%. On a like for like basis, in other words excluding the acquisition of German company Blue Byte, which was consolidated with effect from 6 February 2001, the assets of the Entertainment division of TLC, which were consolidated with effect from 13 March 2001, and the integration of distribution businesses, sales for the quarter were up 34%. On a like for like basis, growth over the first nine months of the year was 24%.

Consolidated sales (in millions of euros) 2001/2002 2000/2001 Growth First quarter 60.3 23.0 162% Second quarter 53.1 42.9 24%

Third quarter 165.1 114.4 44.6% Total for first nine months 278.5 180.3 54.4%

NB: the financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March

Sales dynamic for all new generation platforms and for PC Over the quarter running from October to December, Ubi Soft brought out 57 new titles, compared with 48 during the same period in the previous year. Thanks to its strategy of early positioning on new platforms with titles such as Batman ™ Vengeance, which sold over 540,000 copies, nearly 45% of the company‘s sales are for these consoles. (PS2 20%, GameBoy ®Advance 17%, GameCube 6.5% and 1% launched in November in the USA). At the same time, on the back of the success of Ghost Recon (430,000 copies sold), which was voted the best PC game of 2001 *, IL2 Sturmovik et Scrabble, PC business represented 40% of sales for the quarter. Other titles also contributed to growth for this quarter: Snow White on GameBoy Color, Blast on PSX and Tom Clancy‘s Black Thorn, ... It should be noted that ®III: Exile and ®GBA have remained in the charts ever since they were launched, with total sales approaching 1,200,000 and 700,000 copies respectively.

* Ghost Recon was voted the best PC game of the year by IGN.com

Considerable growth in the United States and significant increase in sales in all markets The North American zone benefited from the dynamics of the market, which was sustained by the launch of Microsoft‘s Xbox and Nintendo‘s GameCube, and by the continued success of the PS2 and GameBoy Advance. Ubi Soft sales in this zone nearly doubled, rising from 35 m⁄ to 67 m⁄ and accounting for 41% of sales for the quarter. Over the first nine months of the financial year, Ubi Soft‘s share of the American market rose from 27% to 40% compared with the same period in the previous financial year. The European zone, which showed growth of 26% over the quarter, contributed 92 million euros to Group sales and accounted for 55% of sales volume. Growth in Germany, Holland and Belgium, where distribution was integrated last year, averaged nearly 80%. At the same time growth in Scandinavia was 54% on a like for like basis (excluding hardware distribution).

The Asia Pacific zone , where sales rose by an average of 100%, confirmed the success of the sales dynamic which started in this region at the beginning of the financial year. With sales of over 6 million euros, this region now accounts for 4% of group sales.

Confirmation of targets for the current financial year In view of the scheduled launch of some fifty titles in the last quarter of the year, including ET game series (6 formats) and Fox‘s Ice Age timed to coincide with the release of the films, Donald Couak Attak for GameCube in the US, Pro Rally and Worms Blast for PS2, major titles for GBA, such as Salt Lake 2002 ™, Tom & Jerry and Rogue Spear and the Tom Clancy‘s Ghost Recon scenario for PC, Ubi Soft : - has increased its forecasts of sales for 2001/2002 to over 365 million euros, - confirms its operating income target of 28 to 30 million euros before amortization of goodwill.

Sales figures for the 2001/2002 financial year will be published on 3 May, before the Paris Bourse opens.

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