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(formerly Bull) R&D teams. teams, like for example, Atos’ scientific community or BDS various Service Line experienced research and development research and development teams indeed interact with Atos’ € 47.6 million in 2016 and € 47.9 million in 2015. The Group’s Group’s research and development expense amounted to field working with clients to implement the Group’s services. The supports a broader team of more than 4,000 engineers in the The Group’s dedicated research and development team and development projects dedicated to disruptive innovation. Report, presented in Annex III. innovation” Of the Group’s Corporate and Social responsibility Section 2.1.1 “Anticipate customers’ expectations regarding The Group’s research and development activities are detailed in

is constantly evolving. its products and solutions, a critical strength in an industry that a key enabler of its capacity for innovation and improvement of projects. The Group’s Research and Development department is and encourage the design and implementation of value creating innovation designed to spur its employees to greater creativity The Worldline Group actively seeks to promote a culture of managed centrally from its headquarters, comprise a dedicated The Group’s research and development teams, which are team of research and development engineers spread development engineers are focused on longer-term research primarily on incremental innovation, while other research and integrated within the Group’s operational teams and focus the Group’s research and development engineers are closely throughout the countries in which the Group operates. Many of

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