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headquarters are located at 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. That is the same<br />

address as the headquarters <strong>of</strong> Andersen-U.S.<br />

981. <strong>The</strong> components <strong>of</strong> the Andersen organization ignore corporate formalities in<br />

referring to themselves or to each other. Andersen's worldwide personnel regularly exchanged<br />

correspondence and e-mails that were labeled "Andersenwo" – short for "world organization."<br />

Andersen continually relied on and touted its global abilities to provide resources to its clients and<br />

attract international and domestic business. Documents by Andersen-U.S. <strong>of</strong>ten bear the insignia<br />

and logos <strong>of</strong> Andersen-Worldwide, including "Andersen-Worldwide," "Andersen," and "Arthur<br />

Andersen" In its promotional literature, Andersen used the names "Andersen Worldwide,"<br />

"Andersen," and "Arthur Andersen LLP" interchangeably. In addition, Andersen sometimes uses<br />

only the name "Andersen" and does not differentiate between Andersen-Worldwide and its <strong>of</strong>fices<br />

around the globe.<br />

982. Financially, Andersen operates as "one firm" global enterprise. For fiscal 00,<br />

Andersen derived 44% <strong>of</strong> its revenues from North America, 33% <strong>of</strong> its revenues from Europe,<br />

Middle East, India and Africa, 13% from Asia/Pacific and 10% from Latin America. Of the $9.3<br />

billion in revenues in 01, Andersen's North American operations contributed about half, or $4.49<br />

billion, and its Europe, Middle east, Africa, Asia/Pacific and Latin America operations contributed<br />

about half, or $4.85 billion.<br />

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