| Press release |
| July 4, 2013 |
Financial news
Management acquires indirect stake in Altran's capital
The members of Altran Technologies' executive committee have teamed up, directly and indirectly, with Altimus, a French Simplified Joint-Stock Company (Société par actions simplifiée, S.A.S.), which they control and which is managed by Philippe Salle, for the purposes of acquiring a 2.4% minority stake in the capital of Altrafin Participations, Altran's reference shareholder, controlled by the Apax funds.
This operation underscores the executive committee's confidence in, and commitment with respect to the Group's growth strategy.
To this end, the members of Altran Technologies' executive committee have informed the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) of their acting in concert with Altrafin Participations which already acts in concert with the two founding members of the Group, Messrs Hubert Martigny and Alexis Kniazeff (and family). Shareholders with stakes in these concerts jointly own, as of 4 July 2013, 23.9% of the company's capital and 27.6% of Altran Technologies' voting rights.
This press release is available on Altran's website at http://www.altran.com/
About Altran
As global leader in innovation and high tech engineering consulting, Altran accompanies its clients in the creation and development of their new products and services. Altran's Innovation Makers[1] have been providing services for thirty years to key players in the Aerospace, Automotive, Energy, Railways, Finance, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors. Covering every stage of project development from strategic planning to manufacturing, Altran's offers capitalise on the Group's technological know-how in four key areas: Lifecycle Experience, Mechanical Engineering, Intelligent Systems and IT Systems.
In 2012, the Group generated revenues of €1,456m. Altran now has a staff of 20,000 employees in more than 20 countries.
http://www.altran.com
A propos d'Apax Partners
Apax Partners is a Paris-based leading private equity firm in the French-speaking middle market. With more than 40 years of experience, Apax Partners provides long-term equity financing to build and strengthen world-class companies.
Funds managed and advised by Apax Partners exceed €2.5 billion. These funds invest in fast-growing middle-market companies across six sectors of specialisation: Technology, Telecom, Media, Retail & Consumer, Healthcare, Business & Financial Services.
For more information, please visit www.apax.fr
Altran contacts
| Investor relations Altran Group Philippe Salle Chairman and Chief Executive Tel: 33 1 46 17 49 66 Olivier Aldrin Senior Vice-President and CFO Tel: 33 1 46 17 49 69 comfi@altran.fr | Financial press relations Publicis Consultants Véronique Duhoux Tel: 33 1 44 82 46 33 veronique.duhoux@consultants.publicis.fr Caroline Decaux Tel: 33 1 44 82 46 38 caroline.decaux@consultants.publicis.fr |
Apax Partners contact
Coralie Cornet
Communication Director
Tel.: 01 53 65 01 35
coralie.cornet@apax.fr
