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PRESENTATION OF THE GROUP

BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND GROUP STRATEGY

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THE GROUP’S STRATEGY

telecommunications, railway, mining, metallurgy, environmental and nuclear industries. In recent years the MPH Group has been significantly affected by lower capital spending in the Oil & Gas sector – the world’s largest market for staffing – and is therefore gradually building up its client portfolio in other markets. ASSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES Until the acquisition of SQS, the Assystem Technologies group – in which Assystem SA holds a 38.2% interest (see Sections 1.1 and 1.3 above) – was specialised in outsourced research and development for industrial clients operating in the Aerospace, Automotive, Transport (rail) and Industry sectors. The acquisition of SQS (see Section 1.1 above) has broadened the group’s field of expertise and diversified its client portfolio, particularly by adding the bank/insurance sector. 1.2.3

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The Group's expansion drive is now focused on its E&I division, for which the strategy is to: ● combine organic and external growth in a balanced way; ● develop new services for existing clients and enlarge the client portfolio, in particular by gaining additional skills through hiring employees and/or acquiring companies that possess those skills; ● ensure that client offerings remain competitive by using an appropriate mix of resources based in Western Europe and elsewhere in the world. The objective for the Staffing division is to grow its portfolio of clients in the Industry sector in order to mitigate the effect of the morose market for staffing in the Oil & Gas sector. ● consolidate the globalisation of its activities;

50 YEARS OF EXPERTISE SOME 5,000 EMPLOYEES A GLOBAL PRESENCE WITH SUBSIDIARIES IN 15 COUNTRIES (Belgium, France and French overseas territories, India, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom) €395.2 MILLION IN REVENUE REGISTERED OFFICE: PARIS (FRANCE) LISTED ON EURONEXT PARIS

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REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2017