CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA: CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA and Fnac Darty S.A. start exclusive negotiations on strategic ticketing partnership in France
July 24, 2019 at 04:45 pm
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CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA: CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA and Fnac Darty S.A. start exclusive negotiations on strategic ticketing partnership in France
24-Jul-2019 / 17:40 CET/CEST
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AD HOC ANNOUNCEMENT
CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA and Fnac Darty S.A. start exclusive negotiations on strategic ticketing partnership in France
Munich/Ivry, 24 July 2019. CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA and Fnac Darty S.A. have started exclusive negotiations on a strategic partnership for their French ticketing activities. Under the proposed agreement, CTS EVENTIM would acquire 48 percent of the shares in France Billet, the ticketing subsidiary of Fnac Darty. At the same time, CTS EVENTIM would contribute its existing activities in France to the partnership.
CTS EVENTIM would also have the option to acquire a majority stake four years from the date of the closing of the transaction. The project will be presented in detail to the relevant employee representatives in the coming weeks. CTS EVENTIM and Fnac Darty plan to close the transaction by the end of this year.
About CTS EVENTIM
CTS EVENTIM is one of the leading international providers of Ticketing and Live Entertainment. In 2018, approx. 250 million tickets were marketed using the company's systems - through stationary box offices, online or mobile. Its online portals operate under brands such as eventim.de, oeticket.com, ticketcorner.ch, ticketone.it, and entradas.com. The EVENTIM Group also includes many concert, tour and festival promoter companies for events like 'Rock am Ring', 'Rock im Park', 'Hurricane', 'Southside', and 'Lucca Summer'. In addition, some of Europe's most renowned venues are operated by CTS EVENTIM, for example the LANXESS arena in Cologne, the Waldbühne in Berlin and the EVENTIM Apollo in London. CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA (ISIN DE 0005470306) has been listed on the stock exchange since 2000 and is currently a member of the SDAX segment. In 2018, its 3,141-strong workforce generated more than 1.2 billion Euros in revenue in 21 countries.
For further information, contact:
Corporate Communications: Christian Steinhof
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel.: +49.40.380788.7299
christian.steinhof@eventim.de
Investor Relations: Marco Haeckermann
Vice President Corporate Development & Strategy
Tel.: +49.421.3666.270
marco.haeckermann@eventim.de
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Language:
English
Company:
CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA
Rablstr. 26
81669 München
Germany
Phone:
0421/ 3666-0
Fax:
0421/ 3666-290
E-mail:
info@eventim.de
Internet:
www.eventim.de
ISIN:
DE0005470306
WKN:
547030
Indices:
SDAX
Listed:
Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
Cts Eventim AG & Co KgaA is a Germany-based company that operates in the leisure events and cinema ticketing markets. The Company operates in two segments namely Ticketing and Live Entertainment. The objects of the Ticketing segment are to promote, sell, broker, distribute, and market tickets for cinema, concert, theater, art, sports and other events in Germany and abroad, using data processing and data transmission technologies. Its tickets are marketed through its network platform (eventim.net), its in-house ticketing product (eventim.inhouse), the sports ticketing product (eventim.tixx) and a proprietary solution for ticket sales and admission control in stadiums and arenas. The objects of the Live Entertainment segment are to plan, prepare and execute tours and events, especially music events and concerts, and to market music productions. Internationally venues are also operated. The Company operates kinoheld GmbH as a majority owned subsidiary.