INTRODUCTION TO THE CAPGEMINI GROUP

2. INTRODUCTION TO THE CAPGEMINI GROUP
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REFERENCE DOCUMENT 2010 CAPGEMINI
2 2.6 Main Group subsidiaries and simplified
organization chart
MAIN GROUP SUBSIDIARIES
T h e G ro u p p e r fo r m s i t s b u siness a c tivities thro u g h
136 consolidated subsidiaries as listed in Note 30 to the
consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2010 (“List of the main consolidated companies by country”).
The Group’s policy is not to own its business premises.
Consequently, the Group’s sole real estate assets at December 31,
2010 consisted of a building, held by S.C.I. Paris Etoile, where
Cap Gemini S.A.’s headquarters are located, the Group’s
University in Gouvieux, and approximately one-third of the office
space used by the Group in India.
The vast majority of the Group’s subsidiaries rent their business
premises from third-party lessors. There is no relationship
between these lessors and the Group and its senior executive
management.
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SIMPLIFIED ORGANIZATION CHART FOR THE GROUP
The Group is composed of seven Strategic Business Units:
� 4 global strategic business units:
- Consulting
- Infrastructure Services, i.e. the design, installation and
maintenance of client infrastructures
- BPO (business process outsourcing)
- Local Professional Services, provided by the SOGETI subgroup
and its subsidiaries
� 2 systems integration and applicative maintenance strategic
business units (generally known as “APP.S” for “Application
Services”) in the following regions and countries:
- APP.S 1: North America, UK and the Asia/Pacific region
(excluding China), including global responsibility for the
Financial Services sector
- APP.S 2: France, Benelux, the Nordic countries, Germany
and Central Europe, Southern European and Latin America
(excluding Brazil)
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emerging countries (currently Brazil and China) and new
business models.
Cap Gemini S.A holds:
�� a 99.99% stake in S.C.I. Paris Etoile, which owns a building
located in Paris (Place de l’Etoile, 75017 Paris), rented out to
Capgemini Service S.A.S. and Cap Gemini S.A.;
�� the entire capital of a limited liability company (S.A.R.L.), which
provides the premises, via a real estate leasing contract, for
the Group’s University, an international training center located
in Gouvieux, 40 km (25 miles) north of Paris, which opened at
the beginning of 2003;
�� the entire capital of an inter-company service company known
as Capgemini Service S.A.S.
The parent company, Cap Gemini S.A., defines the strategic
objectives for the Group via its Board of Directors, and ensures
their implementation. In its role as a shareholder, Cap Gemini
S.A. contributes, in particular, to the financing of its subsidiaries,
either in the form of equity or loans, or by providing security
and guarantees. Finally, it allows its subsidiaries to use the
trademarks and methodologies that it owns, notably “Deliver”,
and receives royalties in this respect.
The Group is also present in around thirty countries, which are
in turn grouped into eight geographic areas:
�� North America: USA, Canada
�� the United Kingdom and Ireland
�� France, to which our branch in Morocco is associated
�� Benelux
�� Nordic countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland
�� Germany and Central European countries: Switzerland,
Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary, etc.
�� Southern Europe (Italy, Spain, Portugal) to which Latin
America is associated: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, etc.
�� and finally the Asia/Pacific region: India, China, Singapore,
Hong-Kong, Australia.