54 GL EVENTS | COMPANY REPORT 2014 | GL EVENTS LIVE

GL EVENTS LIVE

Combining strategic and operational consulting for event communications and services for events, the Live business unit brings together all the expertise required to successfully design, produce and stage an event.

Its mission: assist companies, governments or asso- ciations in defining and implementing their event communications strategy.

This strategic business unit combines two decisive strengths: a proven capacity for coordinating multi- cultural teams and value chain efficiencies. These strengths are enhanced by highly effective logistics capabilities (with a well-stocked inventory, strategi- cally located warehouses and highly responsive and ready to deploy transport delivery) to deliver services worldwide within deadlines that are always tight.

Today, the Group also has its own production sites for temporary structures. This is the case for the manufacture of Absolute range of structures which are designed and manufactured in Picardie, France. And for event organisation, GL events is supported by the expertise of its specialised event services agen- cies that since January 2014 have joined their forces under a common banner, Live! by GL events.

Constantly evolving services The offering ranges from more traditional services (equipment leasing, decoration, heating/air conditioning, etc.) to the more complex: modular custom-designed hospitality pavilions, the deployment of new communications technologies, etc.

Since the Group s creation, this offering has been evolving constantly both in quantitative terms, to broaden its scope of services in line with customer demands, and qualitative, by introducing innovations and original offerings (eco-design, designer equip- ment, e-business websites, etc.). Services are also integrated by the Quality department of GL events Live into its efforts to achieve synergies and contin- uing improvement, as confirmed by ISO 9001:2008 certification received by the Furniture division in 2013 or Hall Expo (event structures) in 2014.

A worldwide reference for event services By combining design, overlay services and commu- nications for large events into an integrated offering, the Group has acquired a position as a world leader in this sector. On this basis, it contributes to major cultural, political and economic events : the Cannes Film Festival, Summit Meetings of Heads of State such as the G20, World Youth Day, etc.

A pre-eminent position in the universe of sports For more than ten years, GL events has acquired a pre-eminent position in the segment of major inter- national sports events, a market characterised by a demand for high quality event structures. Fur- thermore, since the 2012 London Olympic Games, sustainable development criteria are increasing the level of requirements of project specifications. In response, dedicated teams for large international projects have been reinforced by the addition of new expertise.

GL EVENTS LIVE: A GLOBAL SOLUTION

MISSIONS Consulting Coordination Installation Logistics

CUSTOMERS National International Key accounts Major events PCOs/PEOs

MAJOR EVENTS OF 2014 Football World Cup Rio de Janeiro

Commonwealth Games, Glasgow

Saut Hermès, Paris