Sopra Steria - 2019 Universal registration document

1 BUSINESS OVERVIEWAND STRATEGIES Key events and recent developments

Social and environmental 6.5. footprint

leading the way in corporate transparency and action on climate change. In particular, this ranking is based on targets set by companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), in line with the aim to limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5°C. Furthermore, the actions carried out in 2019 to raise Sopra Steria’s profile as a leading employer helped increase the net headcount by 2,131 employees over the year, accompanied by a 0.7 percentage point drop in the employee turnover rate in France to 17% and the continuation of efforts to bring more women into the Group, with the proportion of female employees rising from 31.6% at end-2018 to 32.0% at end-2019 (excluding the impact of the year’s acquisitions).

Sopra Steria firmly believes that digital technology, when closely linked to humanity, is a rich source of opportunity and progress. The Group sees its contribution to society as sustainable, human and guiding. As one measure of its deep commitment to this role, Sopra Steria is proud to have been a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact since 2004. In January 2020, CDP announced that Sopra Steria had been named on its global climate change A List for the third consecutive year. The Group is thus ranked alongside 179 other companies

Key events and recent developments 7.

Key events during the year 7.1.

INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNICAL FACILITIES 7.1.2. A total of €33.0 million was invested in 2019 in infrastructure and

technical facilities, as against €52.2 million in 2018. Investments in facilities comprised the following:

ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSALS IN 2019 7.1.1. During financial year 2019, the Sopra Steria Group announced the following transactions: SAB a. On 3 July 2019, the Group, via its subsidiary Sopra Banking Software, acquired a 70% stake in SAB, one of France’s leading core banking software developers, which generated revenue of €64.4 million in 2018. SAB and its subsidiaries have been consolidated in Sopra Steria’s financial statements since 3 July 2019. Under the terms of this acquisition, Sopra Banking Software granted SAB’s minority shareholders a put option for their shares, representing the 30% stake not yet owned by the Group. This option may only be exercised during the 2020 financial year (see press release of 10 April 2019). Sopra Financial Technology GmbH b. On 2 August 2019, Sopra Steria Group, the Group’s parent company, acquired a 51% stake in Sopra Financial Technology GmbH, the entity tasked by the Sparda cooperative banks in Germany with the development, maintenance and operation of their shared information system (see press release of 9 May 2019). Sopra Steria Recruitment Ltd c. On 28 June 2019, the Group sold 100% of its recruitment subsidiary in the United Kingdom. In 2018, this business contributed €129 million to the Group’s consolidated revenue (see press release of 18 June 2019).

land and buildings: €0.5 m; p fixtures and fittings: €16.9 m; p IT equipment: €15.6 m. p

Recent developments 7.2.

SODIFRANCE 7.2.1. On 21 February 2020, Sopra Steria announced plans to acquire Sodifrance (which posted 2019 revenue of €106.5 million) by signing an exclusive negotiation agreement with a view to acquiring a controlling interest of 94.03% of the company. If this controlling interest were acquired, a buyout offer (offre publique de retrait) would have to be filed with the AMF, followed by a squeeze-out (procédure de retrait obligatoire).

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