Vivendi acquires Paylogic to create a global ticketing network spanning Europe and the U.S.

Paris (ots) - Vivendi announced today that See Tickets, its
international ticketing services company, acquired Paylogic, a
ticketing and technology company headquartered in Amsterdam, from
LiveStyle.

The acquisition of Paylogic, which sells over 5 million tickets in
more than 10 countries, significantly expands See Tickets' global
network. With businesses in the United Kingdom, France, the U.S,
Spain, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, this network, which now
employs more than 500 people, expects to sell more than 20 million
tickets a year for music, sporting and cultural events, to over 5,000
clients in over 30 countries.

Founded in 2005 in the Netherlands, Paylogic is the fastest
growing ticketing company in Europe, with offices in the Netherlands,
Belgium, and Germany. Paylogic has developed revolutionary digital
ticketing environments for 1000's of clients including the major live
entertainment brands, Tomorrowland, ID&T, ADE, and Awakenings. These
clients join an already existing prestigious portfolio including the
Eiffel Tower, the Vieilles Charrues festival, L'Olympique de
Marseille, the Glastonbury festival in the UK and the Queen Mary
liner in the US.

Simultaneously, See Tickets has entered into a long-term
commercial agreement with LiveStyle and its subsidiaries to ticket
its U.S. festivals and events.

Commenting on the acquisition, Rob Wilmshurst, CEO of See Tickets,
stated: "We are delighted to acquire Paylogic. It is a clear
statement of our intention to grow our activities in Europe and the
U.S. We warmly welcome the Paylogic team to the wider Vivendi family
and look forward to sharing an agenda of growth, service quality and
technological progression."

About Vivendi

Vivendi is an integrated content, media and communications group.
The company operates businesses throughout the value chain, from
talent discovery to the creation, production and distribution of
content. Universal Music Group is the world leader in music, engaged
in recorded music, music publishing and merchandising. It owns more
than 50 labels covering all music genres. Canal+ Group is the leading
pay-TV operator in France, also engaged in Africa, Poland, Vietnam
and Myanmar. Its subsidiary Studiocanal is the leading European
player in production, sales and distribution of movies and TV series.
Havas Group is one of the world's largest global communications
group. It is organized in three main business segments covering all
the communications disciplines: creativity, media expertise and
healthcare/wellness. Gameloft is a worldwide leader in mobile games,
with 2 million games downloaded per day. Vivendi Village brings
together the Paddington brand's licensing activities, Vivendi
Ticketing (in the United Kingdom, the United States and France),
MyBestPro (expert counseling), the venues L'Olympia and Theâtre de
L'OEuvre in Paris, and CanalOlympia in Africa, as well as Olympia
Production. With 300 million unique users per month, Dailymotion is
one of the biggest video content aggregation and distribution
platforms in the world. www.vivendi.com, www.cultureswithvivendi.com

Pressekontakt Paylogic:
Paylogic Deutschland GmbH
marketing@paylogic.eu

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