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Group Information
History and Development
29 Worldline 2016 Registration Document
Registered Office, Legal Formand Applicable Legislation [GRI 102-5] 5.1.4
RegisteredOffice 5.1.4.1
Immeuble River Ouest, 95870 Bezons
Worldline’s registered office is located at 80 quai Voltaire,
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Legislation
Legal FormandApplicable 5.1.4.2
Worldline was initially formed as a limited liability company
limited liability corporation (société anonyme) in 1992, into a
(société à responsabilité limitée) in 1990. It was converted into a
French law, including, in particular, Book II of the French
liability corporation with a Board of Directors, governed by
Commercial Code.
simplified stock company (société par actions simplifiée) on
corporation on April 30, 2014. Today Worldline is a limited
September 29, 2000, and then again into a limited liability
History and Development 5.1.5
Worldline is one of the leading European providers of electronic
providers worldwide.
payment and transactional services and one of the largest such
Sligos, a company formed in 1972 and majority-owned by Crédit
The origins of Worldline’s business date back to 1973, when
card-based banking transactions at the time the Carte Bleue
Lyonnais, was awarded the first contract in history to process
public offering in 1986, Sligos expanded internationally. In 1997, it
credit card system was implemented in France. After its initial
merged with Axime, also a listed company.
(banking and financial market transaction management); (iii)
merger of (i) SEGIN (electronic banking, telematics); (ii) SITB
personalization of payment support). Customer relations centers
SODINFORG (later renamed SEGIN) (electronic banking and
player in the rapidly consolidating information technology
The Axime group had been formed in 1991 and became a major
informatique, or “SSII”). The Axime group resulted from the
services industry (sociétés de services en ingénierie
and payments services functions were then regrouped within
took over the telematics activities.
the Axime Services division, while the Axime Multimédia division
and Sligos’ payment and electronic banking activities division
Multimédia. Axime’s electronic banking and processing division
name Atos Services. Atos Services was later renamed Atos
were contributed to the company Flow, which then took the
The Worldline Group’s activities initially arose out of these two
In 1997, Atos was created through Axime’s merger with Sligos.
Axime Télématique Multimédia, which then took the name Atos
entities. The Axime Multimédia division was contributed to
Origin Services following the merger with Origin in 2000.
Worldline, when the various Atos Origin businesses relating to
On December 31, 2003, Atos Origin Services became Atos
in France, which resulted in the 2005 contribution of the
in April 2004) and Atos Worldline Produits Solutions Intégration
payment solutions business, which had previously been held by
Atos Origin Multimedia was merged into Atos Worldline.
payment and electronic transactional services were merged.
division in Germany (renamed Atos Worldline Processing GmbH
Worldline also includes the Atos Origin Processing Services
Atos Worldline operated primarily in France and in Germany,
Atos Euronext SBF (with which it merged in 2008). At that time,
In 2010, Atos Origin Processing GmbH became a wholly owned
becoming a leader in high-tech transactional services, or “HTTS”.
subsidiary of Atos Worldline.
SchlumbergerSema’s information services business further
Atos Origin’s 2004 acquisition of the bulk of
In the United Kingdom, the Group’s presence in transactional
and petrol sectors, resulted from the 2000 merger with Origin.
activities, in particular relating to private label cards for the hotel
strengthened its transportation (primarily railroad) business.
by acquiring Banksys and Bank Card Company (BCC),
In 2006, Atos Worldline extended its scope of activity in Belgium
thereby becoming a major player in the Belgian payments
companies specialized in payment solutions and systems,
Bancontact/Mister Cash payment scheme.
market, in particular through its role as operator of the
services in the Asia-Pacific region.
in Europe – in particular in Germany, Belgium, Spain, the
consisted in deploying its HTTS business internationally, initially
Since 2009, the Atos group’s payment services strategy has
business, while also growing through acquisitions, such as the
information technology services to organically develop its HTTS
Venture Infotek, an independent player in the Indian market and
2010 acquisitions of Shere Ltd., a UK solutions provider, and
Atos group has leveraged its established presence in traditional
Netherlands, and the United Kingdom – and later in Asia. The
strengthened the Atos group’s core payment services business
payment sector leader. The acquisition of Venture Infotek
markets in the world. Atos also pursued expansion of its HTTS
and enabled it to penetrate one of the fastest-growing payment
In July 2011, the Atos group acquired Siemens IT Solutions and
German group Siemens AG, which resulted in the contribution
Services (SIS), a significant European SSII belonging to the
technology entities. Through this transaction, Worldline Group
of several of the German conglomerate’s information
business (“MTS”) in the United Kingdom, Chile and Argentina.
primarily acquired SIS’s Mobility & e-Transactional Services