Publicis Groupe Announces Its Plans to Purchase Xebia France
October 22 2018 - 11:06AM
Business Wire
This purchase would significantly boost
Publicis.Sapient in France, which is already a market leader in
Digital Business Transformation.
Regulatory News:
Publicis Groupe (Paris:PUB) [Euronext
Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] announces that it is entering
into exclusive negotiations with Xebia France, the agile IT
consultancy firm.
Founded in 2005 by Luc Legardeur, Xebia France is a renowned
agile IT consultancy firm that specialises in Data, Web, Cloud
technologies, reactive software programming and Mobility.
This technological gem, with a 170-strong talented team called
the “Xebians”, works with large accounts such as Axa, Air France,
BNP Paribas, la Française des Jeux, Meetic, Natixis, Sanofi and
startup businesses such as BlaBlaCar, Early Birds, ManoMano.
Xebia France is the creator of XebiCon, a key event in the field
of technology which has been running every year for the last five
years, bringing together over 1,000 participating developers, data
experts, tech leads, CTOs, etc.
This merger would strengthen the Publicis.Sapient teams in
France (650 people) and bolster its high-end engineering
capability, which is a key component of Publicis.Sapient’s unique
combination of strategy & consulting, experience and
engineering expertise – all of which are crucial to the delivery of
a successful end-to-end transformation for clients. It would allow
for an increase in this group’s dynamic of sustained growth as
transformation partner to clients, able to help them reimagine
their business through radical customer centricity and to
accelerate their Digital Business Transformation efforts.
The purchasing plans are subject to prior consultation by the
representative staff bodies and the usual applicable terms and
conditions. The financial details of this process will not be
disclosed.
Agathe Bousquet, President of Publicis Groupe in France,
states: « Publicis.Sapient is experiencing significant
growth since we asserted our offer and gathered all our experts
under the same brand. Today, we want to reinforce our capabilities
in technology in order to better deliver on our clients’ strategic
projects and we are convinced of Luc and his team’s excellence and
complementarity ».
Nigel Vaz, Global Business Transformation Lead at Publicis
Groupe and CEO of Publicis.Sapient in EMEA and APAC, says:
“Publicis.Sapient has always been there to help clients reimagine
their business in the context of a digital age, and engineering is
core to that approach. As we continue to grow in France, having the
high-end engineering capability of Xebia France join our business
would take Publicis.Sapient to the next level as we deliver digital
business transformation for our clients.”
“We are certain that joining the forces of a globally renowned
group such as Publicis and a firm specialising in new technologies
creates a unique and valuable offer in the French market to help
our customers proceed with their necessary digital transformation.
We would be very proud to be part of the Digital Business
Transformation strategy of Publicis.Sapient and inspired by the
prospects of such a collaboration”, adds Luc Legardeur, CEO of
Xebia France.
About Publicis Groupe - The Power of One
Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] is a
global leader in marketing, communication, and digital
transformation, driven through the alchemy of creativity and
technology. Publicis Groupe offers its clients seamless access to
its tools and expertise through modular offering. Publicis Groupe
is organized across four Solutions hubs: Publicis Communications
(Publicis Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, BBH,
Marcel, Fallon, MSL, Prodigious), Publicis Media (Starcom, Zenith,
Spark Foundry, Blue 449, Performics, Digitas),Publicis.Sapient
(SapientRazorfish & Sapient Consulting) and Publicis Health.
Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs nearly
80,000 professionals.
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About Publicis Sapient
Publicis.Sapient, the digital business transformation hub of
Publicis Groupe, helps clients drive growth and efficiency and
evolve the ways they work, in a world where consumer behavior and
technology are catalyzing social and commercial change at an
unprecedented pace. With 17,000 people and over 100 offices around
the globe, our expertise spanning technology, data sciences,
consulting and creative combined with our culture of innovation
enables us to deliver on complex transformation initiatives that
accelerate our clients’ businesses through creating the products
and services their customers expect. For more information,
visit www.publicis.sapient.com.
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