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Ad hoc Announcement pursuant to Section 15 WpHG (Securities Trading Act)
CTS EVENTIM appointed ticketing provider for Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Munich, 02.09.2014. SDAX-listed CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA (ISIN
DE0005470306) has been appointed the exclusive ticketing services provider
of the XXXI Olympic Games and XV Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The
appointment was made following an international tender, in which EVENTIM
was the winning bidder. Contracts were signed now between the RIO 2016
Organizing Committee and CTS EVENTIM Brazil, a fully owned subsidiary of
CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA.
The XXXI Olympic Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro from August 5 to
August 21, 2016 and the XV Paralympic Games from September 7 to September
18, 2016. More than 14,000 athletes will compete in 1,000 sports session
across 37 venues, and a total of 9 million tickets are expected to be
issued for the Games.
In its partnership with RIO 2016, EVENTIM will continue to contribute to
the Olympic and Paralympic movement by providing a robust, state-of-the-art
ticketing platform, building on those which have been delivered for Torino
2006 and Sochi 2014 and embracing technological and operational know-how.
Through their cooperation, EVENTIM and RIO 2016 shall ensure the delivery
of a fair and transparent system for the distribution of tickets for
Brazilian and International customers.
About CTS EVENTIM
CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA, listed in the SDAX index (ISIN DE 0005470306),
is Europe's market leader in ticketing with activities in 23 countries and
one of the leading providers of Live Entertainment. More than 100 million
tickets for well over 180,000 events are sold annually using systems
developed and marketed by the EVENTIM Group. In addition to more than
20,000 stationary outlets throughout Europe, sales via the Internet are
gaining increasing importance. Leading online portals like eventim.de,
oeticket.com, ticketcorner.ch, ticketone.it, lippu.fi, eventim.co.uk and
many more are part of EVENTIM Group.
For further information:
Marco Haeckermann, Director Corporate Development & Strategy, CTS EVENTIM
AG, +49 421 3666 270, Marco.Haeckermann@eventim.de
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Language: English
Company: CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA
Dingolfinger Str. 6
81673 München
Germany
Phone: 0421/ 3666-233
Fax: 0421/ 3666-290
E-mail: sarah.trede@eventim.de
Internet: www.eventim.de
ISIN: DE0005470306
WKN: 547030
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart
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DGAP-Adhoc: CTS EVENTIM appointed ticketing provider for Rio 2016 Olympic Games
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