Cap Gemini - Registration Document 2016

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PRESENTATION OF THE GROUP AND ITS ACTIVITIES

1.1 Group milestones and values

Group milestones and values

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Creation of Sogeti by Serge Kampf, on October 1, in Grenoble (France).

Sogeti and OBM (Organization Bossard Michel) agree to combine IT and Consulting Services.

Creation of Eurinfor, “facilities management” company, by Sogeti with the Cofradel group and Lyonnaise de Banque. 7 th “Sogeti Rencontres” in Djerba (Tunisia), the last “Rencontres” gathering to which all Group employees (440) are invited. Sogeti takes control of C.A.P. (the leading French IT services company at the time) and of Gemini Computer Systems (US). top IT services company. 9 th “Rencontres” in Istanbul (Turkey), with 270 participants. January 1 marks the official birth of the CAP GEMINI Sogeti group, which, with a headcount of 1,700, becomes Europe’s The Group moves its headquarters to 17, avenue George V, Paris. The first Annual Report is published (financial year 1975).

The French authorities veto the acquisition of a stake in the Group by EDS.

The Group takes on the US market and sets up its first “outpost” in Washington DC (Cap Gemini Inc.). After a long tussle with SESA, the Group wins the DGT contract to produce the French electronic phonebook.

The sale of SORINFOR marks the Group’s withdrawal from processing activities.

Revenues exceed the one billion French franc (€150 million) mark, only half of which is generated outside France.

To general surprise, Serge Kampf declares that English is to be the Group’s official language.

Spectacular initial public offering of the Group’s shares on the Paris Stock Exchange (with demand 123 times the offer).

The Group takes control of SESA, having held a 42% stake since 1982. The Group reports a year-end after-tax profit of 7.4%, a record not yet broken.

consulting arm. The invasion of Kuwait triggers a global economic crisis, which lasts four years. European leader in outsourcing activities, and two US companies (URC and Mac Group) that will make up the Group’s joining up with an industrial group. Shortly after, the Group makes several acquisitions: SCS in Germany, Hoskyns, the 17 th “Rencontres” in Marrakesh (Morocco): the 550 participants decide on an aggressive strategy including, if necessary, of consecutive growth – announces the first losses in its history (it will be a similar story in 1993 and 1994). transformation program, and mobilizes up to 5,000 employees for over a year. By the year-end, Cap Gemini – after 25 years launched at the 18 th “Rencontres,” which brings together 700 managers in Prague (Czechoslovakia). This is the Group’s first Acquisition of Volmac in the Netherlands (3,200 employees) and Progamator in Sweden (1,600 employees). GENESIS is two-tiered control of SKIP and Sogeti within the listed company Cap Gemini Sogeti. Under the combined pressure of the two other major shareholders, Serge Kampf accepts the “amalgamation” of the evening at the Louvre Carrousel, Paris. than 20 years) is integrated into the Group’s consulting arm. Celebration of the Group’s 30 th birthday during a memorable Daimler-Benz exits from the Group’s share capital. Bossard Consultants (in which the Group has held a 49% stake for more November 1993). Cap Gemini rejoins the Paris Stock Exchange’s CAC 40 index (it had been on the index from August 1988 to highest ever level of €368.9 euros in March, making a stock market capitalization on that day of €44.5 billion. Acquisition of Ernst & Young Consulting (employing more than 12,000 consultants). The Cap Gemini share price rises to its Daimler-Benz takes a 34% stake in the holding company Sogeti (which itself controls 60% of the Group).

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Creation of a subsidiary specializing in local services and taking over the Sogeti name.

Sogeti acquires Transiciel (7,000 employees); the Group signs a major multi-year contract with the British tax authorities and opens its first offshore production center in Mumbai, India.

2006 2007

Launch of the I.Cube (Industrialization, Innovation, Intimacy) transformation program.

Acquisition of Kanbay, a US company with a strong presence in India and specializing in Financial Services Carrousel, Paris, to mark the Group’s 40 th birthday. (7,000 employees). Capgemini is the main sponsor of the 6 th Rugby XV World Cup. Celebratory evening at the Louvre

2008 2009

A number of small acquisitions, including Getronics PinkRoccade in the Netherlands.

Application Lifecycle Services, Testing Services, Infostructure Transformation Services, Smart Energy Services). Acquisitions in Romania, Vietnam and Australia. Launch of five global service lines (Business Information Management, theme of “La Niaque” (fighting spirit). The Group ends the year with a headcount in excess of 100,000. Acquisition of IBX in Sweden and CPM Braxis (5,500 employees) in Brazil. 23 rd “Rencontres” in Barcelona (Spain) around the Acquisition of eight companies, including Artesys, Avantias and Prosodie in France, and Praxis Technology in China. The Group restructures around six Strategic Business Units (SBUs). Launch of a new global service line (Mobile Solutions). Serge Kampf passes the torch of Chairman to Paul Hermelin during the Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of May 24, 2012.

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