Philippe Salle
Chairman of the Board & CEO

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, dear shareholders, I'd like to welcome you to the Annual General Meeting of Atos. And I'd like to thank you for your presence. For those who cannot be here physically, this meeting is broadcasted directly on our Internet site, and this recording will be available at a later stage.

On my left, I have Jacques-Francois de Prest, who's the Financial Manager of the group. And on my right-hand side, Cecile Kavalses, Secretary General, Legal Manager of the Group and Secretary of the Board. The summary of this general meeting, you have it here in front of you. We'll go through all the sections. And now I would like to proceed with the opening formalities. The committee of this general meeting includes 2 scrutineers who are the 2 members of the meeting who have the greatest number of votes and who have accepted this role. Simon Poggioli, representative of Melqart Asset Management, not yet here, but he is going to arrive; and Nicolas Buisine, who is the representative of ING. I'd like to thank them for having accepted this role.

At the committee, the role of the Secretary of this general meeting is assured by Cecile on my right-hand side and some members of the Board are present here in the hall. Laurent Collet-Billon, who is the Lead Director and Chair of the Nominations and Governance Committee; Jean-Jacques Morin, who is the Chair of the Audit Committee; Sujatha Chandrasekaran, Chair of the