Francenetherlands Thales Completes Tender

Thales has today completed the acquisition of Gemalto Euronext Amsterdam and Paris GTO creating a global leader in digital identity and security. With Gemalto Thales will cover the entire critical decision chain in a digital world from data generation via sensors to real-time decision support. This acquisition increases Thaless revenues to 19 billion and self-funded RD to 1 billion a year with 80000 employees in 68 countries.Completed in 15 months the acquisition of Gemalto by Thales for 4.8 billion creates a Group on a new scale and a global leader in digital identity and security employing 80000 people. The larger Thales will master all the technologies underpinning the critical decision chain for companies organisations and governments. Incorporating the talent and technologies of Gemalto Thales will develop secure solutions to address the major challenges faced by our societies such as unmanned air traffic management data and network cybcrsocurity. airport security or financial transaction security.This combination creates a world-class leader with an unrivalled portfolio of digital identity and security solutions based on technologies such as biometry data protection and more broadly cybersecurity. Thales will thus provide a seamless response to customers including critical infrastructure providers such as banks telecom operators government agencies utilities and other industries as they step up to the challenges of identifying people and objects and keeping data secure.Research and development inventing the world of tomorrowThales and Gemalto share a passion for the advanced technologies that serve as a common foundation and focus for their 80000 employees. Research and development RD is at the core of the new Group with its 3000 researchers and 28000 engineers dedicated to RD. Thales has been developing state-of-the-art technologies to meet the most demanding requirements of customers around the world for decades. Today the Group has become a giant laboratory inventing the world of tomorrow with a portfolio of 20500 patents of which more than 400 new ones were registered in 2018.Technological synergiesThe new Thales will cover the entire critical decision chain in an increasingly interconnected and vulnerable world with capabilities spanning software development data processing real-time decision support connectivity and end-to-end network management.With 1 billion a year devoted to self-funded RD the Group will continue to innovate in its key markets drawing in particular on its world-class digital expertise in the Internet of Things Big Data artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. The first illustrations are as wide as the Groups portfolio Banking Big Data analytics Defence biometrics Aerospace unmanned traffic management Ground transportation Internet of Things Space Internet of Things Telecommunications Big Data analyticsAn extended global footprintFolbwing this acquisition Gemalto will form one of Thaless seven global divisions to be named Digital Identity and Security DIS. Gemalto will interact with all of the Groups civil and defence customers and will significantly strengthen its industrial presence in 68 countries. Thales will considerably expand its operations in Latin America 2500 employees up from 600 triple its presence in Northern Asia 1980 from 700 Southeast Asia 2500 from 800 and India 1150 from 400 and North America 6660 employees up from 4600.With Gemafto. a global leader in digital identification and data protection Thaies has acquired a set of highly complementary technologies and competencies with applications in all of our five vertical markets which are now redefined as aerospace space ground transportation digital identity and security and defence and security. These are the smart technologies that help people make the best choices at every decisive moment. The acquisition is a turning point for the Group s 80000 employees. Together we are creating a giant in digital identity and security with the capabilities to compete in the big leagues worldwide. Patrice Caine Chairman and CEO Thales