Worldline - Registration Document 2016

Worldline

2016 Registration Document

Property plant and equipment

Significant existing or planned property, plant and equipment 8.1 77 Environment and Sustainable Development 8.2 78 Report on social and environmental information 8.2.1 78 Report of one of the statutory auditor, designated as an independent third-party entity, on the review of 8.2.2 environmental, social and societal information published in the management report on the year ended December 31, 2016 78

plant

and

equipment

Significant existing or planned property,

8.1

purchased.

As of December

31, 2016, the Group held property, plant and

equipment with a total net value of approximately

centers, more specifically its data centers. The Group leases

almost all of its property & plant while IT equipment is generally

€

103.8 million, consisting mainly of the equipment (particularly

information technology equipment) used in its production

Property, plant and equipment held or leased by the Group

consists primarily of the following:

Italy (at its Pero and Settimo sites) and in Germany (at its

Frankfurt site), as well as in Spain and the United Kingdom

Seclin site) as well as at its Vendôme site, in Belgium (at its

Brussels site), in the Netherllands (at its Amsterdam site), in

PropCo SA to Worldline NV/SA (Belgium) in connection with

a long-term lease between Worldline PropCo SA and Immo

where the Group is renting some datacentre space from

Atos. Certain sites in Belgium are sub-leased by Worldline

Haecht 1442, which owns the Group’s principal real property

located in Belgium. The Group also rents, from third parties

in which the Group operates. The principal sites leased are

located in France (in particular the Bezons site, where the

Administrative buildings and offices for the Group’s

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administrative and commercial needs, in all of the countries

Group’s principal data centers are located in France (at its

Company has its registered office), Belgium, in the

Netherlands, in Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom. The

connected with its own data centers, four European

centers in the emerging countries in which it operates,

including India and Argentina, as well as in the USA and in

telecommunications centers (located in France, Belgium and

Germany). Lastly, the Group leases buildings and data

Russia;

(primarily information technology equipment) and data

center servers, which the Group owns through its local

Technical data center infrastructure, furniture, equipment

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subsidiaries;

Assembly plant in the United Kingdom for the manufacture

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of kiosks.

as well as with its current and planned investments.

The Group believes that the usage rate of its various tangible

fixed assets is consistent with its activity and projected growth,