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Completion of Acquisition of Minority Stake in UGC

RNS Number : 6685G

Canal+ S.A

07 November 2025

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Press release

CANAL+ SA (LSE: CAN)

Issy-les-Moulineaux, 7 November 2025

CANAL+ CONFIRMS ACQUISITION OF MINORITY STAKE IN LEADING FRENCH CINEMA GROUP, UGC

CANAL+ Group today announced that it has completed its acquisition of a minority stake (34%) in UGC, the historic French cinema player. The deal includes a potential path to control from 2028.

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ABOUT CANAL+

Founded as a French subscription-TV channel 40 years ago, CANAL+ is now a global media and entertainment company. On 22 September 2025, CANAL+ confirmed it is in effective control of MultiChoice Group and beginning the integration process. MultiChoice is Africa's leading entertainment platform, offering a wide range of products and services, including DStv, GOtv, Showmax, M-Net, SuperSport, Irdeto, and KingMakers. Together, the new combined group has 40 million subscribers worldwide, operates in over 70 countries and has approximately 17,000 employees.

CANAL+ operates across the entire audio-visual value chain, including production, broadcast, distribution and aggregation. It is home to STUDIOCANAL, a leading film and television studio with worldwide production and distribution capabilities; Dailymotion, major international video platform powered by cutting-edge proprietary technology for video delivery, advertising, and monetization; CANAL+ Distribution, a production and distribution company specialising in creating and distributing diverse content and channels; and telecommunication services, through GVA in Africa and CANAL+ Telecom in the French overseas jurisdictions and territories.

CANAL+ also has significant equity stakes in Viaplay (the Pay-TV leader in Scandinavia) and Viu (a leading OTT platform in Southern Asia).

canalplusgroup.com/en

CONTACTS

Elvire Charbonnel - Corporate Communications: elvire.charbonnel@canal-plus.com

Andrew Swailes - Financial Communications: andrew.swailes@canal-plus.com

Alima Levy - Investor Relations: ir@canal-plus.com

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