Group latest highlights
Governance, Organization, TOP Programme
- On 10th February 2009, a new mode of governance was approved at the Shareholders' Meeting with the establishment of a Board of Directors
- Thierry Breton appointed Chairman and CEO of Atos Origin
- 11 directors appointed: René Abate, Behdad Alizadeh, Nicolas Bazire, Jean-Paul Béchat, Thierry Breton, Dominique Mégret, Bertrand Meunier, Michel Paris, Pasquale Pistorio, Vernon Sankey and Jean-Philippe Thierry
- New organisation set up to transform Atos Origin into a global and integrated Group to increase margin in 2009:
- Charles Dehelly appointed Senior Executive Vice President in charge of the Operations
- Gilles Grapinet appointed Senior Executive Vice President in charge of the Global Functions
- TOP Program (Total Operational Performance) implemented and supported by twenty transversal initiatives accross the organisation
2008 Financial highlights
- Group revenue at EUR 5,479 M with an organic growth at +5.6%
- Group operating margin at EUR 261 M (4.8% of revenue) representing an increase of +11% at same scope and exchange rates compared to 2007.
- Net income Group share at EUR 23 M after EUR 226 M of impairment of assets mainly in France
- Year end net debt at EUR 304 M
- Full year order entries reached EUR 5.4 billion representing a book to bill of 98%
- Full backlog at EUR 7.4 M representing 1.4 year of revenue
- Good commercial activity with a full qualified pipeline increasing at EUR 2.7 billion
- Disposals completed during the year: Italy, AEMS Exchange, Mexico, Thailand and Technical Automation in The Netherlands.
Outlook and objectives
2009 Objectives
In a tough economic environment, the Group's priority is the improvement of the operational performance.
- Revenue: a slight decrease compared to 2008 at same scope and exchange rates
- Operating margin: ambition to improve by +50 to +100 basis points compared to 2008
- Cash generation: objective of a positive free cash flow