Atari SA

Type	Public Euronext: ATA
Founded	June 1983
Headquarters	Lyon, France
Key people	Frank Dangeard (Chairman)[1] David Gardner (CEO)[1] Phil Harrison (President)[1] Jeff Lapin (COO)[2]
Industry	Software & Programming
Products	Alone in the Dark Unreal Tournament 2003 North & South RollerCoaster Tycoon Civilization III Test Drive
Revenue	▼EUR €305.3 million (2007)
Net income	▼ EUR €-103.1 million (2007)[3]
Subsidiaries	Atari, Inc, Atari Interactive

Atari SA (ASA) (Euronext: ATA) is an international French holding company headquartered in Villeurbanne, Lyon, France, and the former Infogrames Entertainment, SA (IESA). It's subsidiaries include Cryptic Studios, Atari London Studio, Eden Games, Atari Interactive, Inc. and Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City ^[4]

[edit] Transition from Infogrames Entertainment

During their fiscal year meeting (May 2009), IESA announced that it would be changing its corporate name to an Atari branded name, in line with the use of the name for its subsidiaries. In reference to this, Atari, Inc's CEO Jim Wilson said: "We've gotten rid of the Infogrames and Atari duality, the confusion around that. We are one simplified company, under one management team, under one brand." ^[5]

Infogrames' May 29th earnings report stated:

"The Board agreed to change Infogrames Entertainment’s name to Atari. This decision will enable us to make the best use of the Atari brand, capitalizing on worldwide strong name recognition and affinity, which are keys drivers to implement the Company’s online, product and licensing strategies."^[6]

A later July 24th earnings press released further clarified a name change from the May 29th report, with a change from Infogrames, S.A. to Atari, S.A.. It additionally stated the continued use of Atari Group for it's Atari branded and related subsidiaries. ^[7]

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