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	ERG GROUP - Shareholder Information - Media Releases - Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sema Group is one of the leaders in supplying IT systems to the transport sector including provision of the ticket revenue settlement systems for all UK rail operators.
		Sema Group is one of the world's leading IT and business services companies with more than 18,000 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
		Sema Group's transport clients include the French and Belgian national operators - SNCF and SNCB, the German railways - Deutsche Bahn and Nederlandse Spoorwegen in the Netherlands.
	www.erggroup.com /news/mediarel/mediadisplay.cfm?MediaRelease=77 (1796 words)

	Sema Group to run Olympic IT marathon - Computeract!ve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sema Group will take over from IBM as Olympic technology systems integrator in 2002 in a multi million pound deal in an attempt to transform the company's international profile.
		Sema conducts 60 per cent of its business in the UK and France, and most of the rest elsewhere in Europe.
		Until last year, Sema Group was prevented from operating in the US under the Banking Act because it was a subsidiary of Paribas bank.
	www.computeractive.co.uk /vnunet/news/2102830/sema-group-run-olympic-marathon (612 words)

	Sema $4.7bn software deal
		Sema Group chief executive Pierre Bonelli said the buy was to gain market share and makes the company "the world number one in the software for mobile arena".
		Company figures showed the combined group would have a turnover of $600m in telecoms-related revenues, of which $400m was in billing and customer management software for mobile phones.
		Sema is offering 2.6 new Sema shares for each of the New York Stock Exchange listed LHS shares, giving LHS shareholders just over a quarter of the combined group.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/2000/03/16/cnsema16.html (373 words)

	Sema shares plummet after profit warning - IT Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sema admitted its end-of-year financial results would "clearly be below anticipation", blaming a significant deterioration in recently acquired LHS Group's performance in the third quarter, and a lower than expected performance in outsourcing.
		Sema bought the German/US LHS Group earlier this year for $4.7bn, but the completion of the sale was delayed for regulatory reasons.
		Sema said this was due to postponed contracts in Europe, as well as a selective approach in the UK to win more profitable contracts.
	www.itweek.co.uk /vnunet/news/2114164/sema-shares-plummet-profit-warning (520 words)

	The Malta Business Weekly Homepage
		Sema, the information technology group, suggested that its trading will be largely immune to Y2K-induced uncertainties as it announced its interim results to June 30.
		Sema continues to win significant new contracts in a wide range of markets, with the result that the book-to-bill ratio for the first half was a healthy 1.12.
		Sema Group's order book suggests that, because of the nature of its projects and its client base, the group will not suffer any noticeable downturn due to Year 2000 uncertainties.
	www.business-line.com /business-weekly/archives/256/investor.html (1546 words)

	Sema grows with outsourcing market - WhatPC? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sema Group posted healthy half-year results last week which appear todefy the received wisdom that margins and growth rates in the outsourcingmarket are set to decline
		Sema's biggest growth area overall was in the telecoms market - a leap of 95% compared with 50% at the same point last year.
		Sema has yet to win any deals under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), but it is on the shortlist for the contract from the Lord Chancellor's Office.
	www.whatpc.co.uk /computing/news/2060203/sema-grows-outsourcing-market (617 words)

	Computergram International: IT Services: Sema Group's Future is Stateside
		Much of Sema Group's European market penetration is attributable to the company's previously aggressive acquisition policy during which it tended to buy out technology businesses from large corporates or government.
		In addition, Sema Group has a good proportion of long-term systems development contracts with a total order book of 1.6bn pounds ($2.6bn) of which 600,000m pounds ($970,000) relates to the next 12 months, meaning that 44% of 1999 income is already accounted for.
		Sema Group was created in 1988 from a merger between French company Sema (Societe et de Mathematiques Appliquees) Metra and Cap (Computer Analysts and Programmers) Group of the UK.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0CGN/is_1999_April_15/ai_54386825 (914 words)

	Description of the Participiants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sema Group sae is the Spanish company of Sema Group plc, one of the largest software houses in Europe, with more than 18,000 people in the world.
		The Research and Development part of the group, that is distributed through Europe, is being recognised in different areas as one of the key in Europe and in the world, and technology integration has been one of the point to become Sema the first Software House in Europe.
		Sema Group sae, the Spanish company of Sema Group plc, is itself one of the largest software houses in Spain, with more than 3,300 people distributed in several cities.
	www.infosys.tuwien.ac.at /sparta/Consortium/participiants.html (1917 words)

	Sema Group merges to ease US restrictions on operations - vnunet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sema Group is merging with Financiere Sema, its largest shareholder, so that it can expand its operations in the US.
		The group has faced restrictions due to the US Banking Act, which prevents firms that are subsidiaries of banks from operating in markets other than banking.
		The group, which has a small subsidiary in Atlanta, has been looking for ways of gaining a greater share of the US telecoms market.
	www.vnunet.com /management-consultancy/news/2076353/sema-group-merges-ease-restrictions-operations (492 words)

	Lucent Technologies adds wireless billing, customer care solutions from Sema Group, Stonehouse Technologies and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sema Group Telecoms' CABS 2000 is a comprehensive system geared to wireless operators by supporting a complement of necessary operations ranging from identifying potential customers and billing for their calling services.
		With more than 16,300 employees across Europe, Asia, and the Americas and 1997 revenues of nearly $2 billion, Sema Group is one of the world's leading information technology companies, specializing in telecommunications.
		Serving more than 135 networks and 28 million subscribers worldwide, Sema Group Telecoms is a world leader in supplying best-in-class solutions, products, and complementary services to the international telecommunications market.
	www.lucent.com /press/0698/980615.nsc.html (781 words)

	Sema Group Open Tool Bus, OTB/Skipper, Concerto, CORBA, IDL, ORBIX
		With the support of France Telecom, Sema Group decided to capitalise on the Concerto experience and to build the OTB specification which defines the basic properties that domain-specific objects must possess in order to be visible and manageable by the above-mentioned general services.
		A separate study achieved by Fokker Space and Sema Group was aimed at the integration of simulation in the software development cycle in different phases, as for example testing the software requirements or proceeding with the system test acceptance.
		Sema Group and Fokker Space have used the CORBA OTB/Skipper tool to provide traceability at simulation variable level and exploit traceability data to highlight dependencies between requirements and simulation results.
	www.omg.org /corba/vendors/pages/sema.html (973 words)

	Michael Howard, Sema Group, Home Office ED5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sema Group made it clear, he continues, that the number of staff required would be dependent on an “operational review.”
		Sema has also received a 'transitionary' payment for the period, but again the Home Office is refusing to disclose the amount.
		Sema Group has claimed that these amount to 30% over the life of the contract.
	users.cliq.com /~bayvulture/yarbles/ed5.html (956 words)

	Sema, LHS Merger Aims To Become Mobile Software Giant
		Europe's second largest IT services company Sema Group plc and software developer LHS Group Inc. Wednesday announced a merger of the two firms that aims to capture a piece of the mobile e-commerce pie.
		Sema has an option to subscribe for new shares in LHS representing up to 17.5 per cent of its existing capital.
		Although its registered office is in London, Sema has much of its management and operations in France, and a pre-merger total of 20,200 employees in 25 countries.
	www.internetnews.com /bus-news/print.php/3_321141 (425 words)

	Sema Group set to enter US to win huge utility contracts (275) - Computing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Anglo-French integrator Sema Group wants to enter the US market within 30 days, even if it means major upheaval among the company?s financial backers, as state deregulation starts integrators bidding to win huge utility contracts.
		Sema hopes to force American authorities to change their rules or change its ownership to get a foothold in the US market, because utility deregulation in many US states will open markets to utility companies who will provide huge SI and outsourcing contracts to integrators who have a big enough US presence.
		Sema financial director William Bitan said: "We have talked to federal authorities for years about changes in legislation." He admitted Paribanque may sell part of its holding in Sema.
	computing.co.uk /vnunet/news/2092459/sema-group-set-enter-win-huge-u... (657 words)

	House of Commons - Social Security - Minutes of Evidence
		Sema Group engaged two companies as sub-contractors, one of which was Nestor Healthcare Group plc and its subsidiary, Nestor Disability Analysts (NDA), who have extensive experience of supplying nurses and doctors to fill posts across the country.
		The cost of Sema Group delivering its services in its first year (September 1998 to August 1999) was £83.8 million, but the two figures are not directly comparable because of changes in the number of cases handled and new processes introduced.
		Sema Group charges also reduce significantly year on year through the life of the contract.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmsocsec/183/0011926.htm (4678 words)

	Sema Group develops consultancy muscle - vnunet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sema Group is changing its business proposition from being primarily a systems integrator, increasing its focus on management consultancy.
		The group saw turnover increase by 21.9 per cent to #1.1m at the end of December 1997.
		Sema has re-engineered its consultancy practice in preparation for the growth, dividing consultants who focus on new accounts from the remainder, who work in key accounts across industry sectors.
	www.accountancyage.com /news/it/56435 (506 words)

	ATOS ORIGIN FULL YEAR RESULTS FOR 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Group revenues were ahead of expectations, at EUR 5,302 million, an increase of 75% compared with 2003, prior to the acquisition of Sema Group.
		Group revenue amounted to EUR 5,302 million, which was slightly higher than in the previous financial year on a constant scope and exchange rate basis.
		Following the acquisition of Sema Group, we stated that the Group intends to dispose of low margin and/or non-core businesses with annual revenues of up to EUR 500 million.
	www.atosorigin.com /corporate/newsroom/pr2005/20050316.htm (1350 words)

	Business Wire: Sema Group and Lucent Technologies' New Enterprise Networks Group Announce Worldwide Alliance to Supply ...
		Sema Group ("Sema", LSE:SEM.L) and the new Enterprise Networks Group being spun off from Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) announced today a worldwide strategic alliance to supply eBusiness solutions to enterprises in the telecommunications industry, such as service providers and network operators.
		Sema Group and Lucent's Enterprise Network Group account teams will jointly pursue market opportunities with offers that are unique to this alliance.
		Sema Group, www.semagroup.com, is one of the world's leading IT and business service companies.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_April_18/ai_61553734 (909 words)

	Adam Continuity - Sema Group suffers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shares in Sema Group, the European IT company and parent company to business continuity company SG-RS, have fallen over 60 percent during November.
		Turnover in the second half of the year is expected to show an increase of some 13% (and 17% at constant exchange rates) over the corresponding period in 1999.
		The dynamism and the determination with which the integration plan was implemented has improved performance: As a result, LHS is expected to achieve turnover in the fourth quarter of over £35m, including synergies.
	www.adam.co.uk /article/view/7794/1/30 (622 words)

	Bird and Bird Sema Appoints Bird & Bird
		International law firm, Bird & Bird, has been appointed by Sema Group, one of the world's leading IT and business services companies, to be its preferred supplier of legal services.
		Sema Group is a FTSE 100 company based in 20 countries around the world and with over 18,000 employees.
		"Sema's priority was to appoint a law firm which could meet all our needs.
	www.twobirds.com /English/pressreleases/sema.cfm (175 words)

	Sema tops first-half profit target, but shares sink - Sep. 5, 2000
		LONDON (CNNfn) - Sema Group PLC, an Anglo-French provider of information technology services and software, reported on Tuesday that rising demand for mobile-phone and e-commerce services helped it to an 11 percent increase in first-half pretax profit.
		Sema's e-commerce unit, Webtech, posted even stronger growth, nearly quadrupling, to represent 5.5 percent of company sales.
		Sema is currently integrating its $4.7 billion acquisition LHS, a German-American software company it bought in March.
	money.cnn.com /2000/09/05/europe/sema (384 words)

	House of Commons - Social Security - Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence
		While IPMS is in disagreement with Sema about the number of clients it is reasonable for a doctor to examine in a session, we feel that the underlying problem lies with the contract as set up by IMPACT.
		It is unsurprising that Sema who, like any other commercial company, have an obligation to their shareholders to produce a profit, should seek to ensure their profitability both by reducing the percentage of clients called for examination and by increasing throughput at examination sessions.
		We have made it very clear to Sema Group that in order to recruit and retain properly qualified staff that the levels of remuneration need to be competitive with other employers.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmsocsec/183/183ap18.htm (4111 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sema Group Telecoms has over 10 years of expertise and experience working with mobile wireless operators.
		Sema Group will contribute to the current specification work of WAP by reviewing the draft Specs, providing comment, inputs and defining common and standard Transport layer interface in WAP to Bearer Service in mobile network.
		Sema Group would like to share their expertise in Mobile Network with W3C to understand the unique characteristics.
	www.w3.org /Mobile/1998/Workshop/Papers/SEMA (394 words)

	Sema Group - Careers, Jobs and Hiring Information: Vault.com.
		Sema Group - Careers, Jobs and Hiring Information: Vault.com.
		With company profiles, interviewing advice, message boards, job listings, career services and more, Vault is your complete resource to jobs, careers, interviews and recruiting at Sema Group.
		Sema Group and other Operations & IT Consulting employers
	www.vault.com /company/SemaGroup.html (65 words)

	Sema Group wins Scottish NHS deal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SEMA Group was named last week as the inheritor of CSC's unhappy data centre contract with the Scottish NHS, a deal which increases the cost of the service for the Scottish Office.
		The new Sema deal is worth #11.5 million a year for five years, with 140 staff transferring from CSC.
		John Tilley, UK managing director of Sema Group, said: 'The scope of this contract is a lot more specific than the previous deal.' He added that the deal would be 'profitable'.
	www.pcw.co.uk /articles/print/2065588 (275 words)

	CNN/SI - Olympics - SEMA replaces IBM as IOC's technology chief - Monday December 07, 1998 09:02 AM
		The contract with Sema will be signed Saturday in Lausanne by IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch and Sema chief executive officer Pierre Bonelli.
		Sema is a relatively anonymous European computer services and defense technology firm employing 16,500 people.
		Sema provided information systems at the 1992 Barcelona Games and has been involved in other sports events such as the 1994 World Cup, the 1996 European Soccer Championship and the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/news/1998/12/07/sema_olympics (661 words)

	Shoegirl - the blog: The end of an era for the Sema Group
		Although the Sema Group were not my customer, I got to know them so well that I had contacts who didn't even have to phone me.
		By the end of 2002 the old "Omnes" group (a former comany jointly owned by Cable and Wireless and Schlumberger, bought out around 1999 by SLB) was merged into the organisational structures of the old Sema organisation.
		The Sema group was founded in France in the 1950s and for many years was largely owned by France Telecom.
	www.esatclear.ie /~shoegirl/2003/12/end-of-era-for-sema-group.html (537 words)

	Sema plunges after profit warning - Nov. 24, 2000
		LONDON (CNNfn) - Sema Group PLC shares almost halved Friday after the British computer services firm warned profit this year would undershoot expectations after a $4.7 billion acquisition turned sour.
		At the time of the LHS acquisition, Sema had a market value of £8.9 billion.
		It is now expecting Sema to book £1.85 billion in revenue in the first half of 2001, down from a previous estimate of £2,092 million.
	money.cnn.com /2000/11/24/europe/sema (448 words)

	Sema Group and Lucent Technologies' New Enterprise Networks Group announce worldwide alliance to supply eBusiness ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Enterprise Networks Group holds the No. 1 global market position in call centres, voice messaging and unified messaging, and the No. 1 position in the United States in voice systems.
		Sema Group, http://www.semagroup.com, is one of the world's leading IT and business service companies.
		The Group's 1999 turnover was £1.41 billion, showing a 20 percent increase when compared with the 1998 full results.
	www.gtd5.com /press/0400/000418.bcb.html (826 words)

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