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AGM Information May 29, 2013

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Atos Annual General Shareholders' Meeting

Paris, 29 May 2013 - Atos, an international IT services company, today held its Annual Shareholders' Meeting chaired by Atos Chairman and CEO, Mr. Thierry Breton.

The Shareholders met for the first time under the company status of a SE (Societas Europaea); this transformation was approved with a large majority of 99.70% one year ago.

All resolutions submitted by the Board of Directors have been approved by a large majority. In particular, the shareholders approved the dividend payment of €0.60 per share and the option for payment of the dividend in either shares or cash. Shareholders may opt (1) for payment in shares between June 4 and June 17, 2013 inclusive by addressing their request to their financial intermediary. The issue price of new shares pursuant to exercise of the option of payment in shares was fixed at €48.95. The share will be paid in cash or shares as from June 26, 2013.

The Shareholders' Meeting also renewed the term of office of Directors Ms. Aminata Niane (Senegalese citizen) and Mr. Vernon Sankey (British citizen), and appointed new Director Ms. Lynn Paine (American citizen), and proceeded with the election of Ms. Jean Fleming (British citizen) as Director representing the employee shareholders.

The voting results of the Annual General Meeting are indicated in the Appendix of this press release.

Lynn Paine is Senior Associate Dean of Harvard University where she chairs and co-ordinates the programs on corporate governance. An American specialist with worldwide recognition, she currently co-chairs the Senior Executive Program for China. She co-founded and chaired the "Leadership and Corporate Accountability" required courses, which she has taught in the MBA program as well as the Advanced Management Program. In addition to providing executive education and consulting services to numerous firms, she has served on a variety of advisory boards and panels. In particular, she was a member of the Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private enterprise set up after Enron's collapse.

About Atos

Atos SE (Societas europaea) is an international information technology services company with annual 2012 revenue of EUR 8.8 billion and 76,400 employees in 47 countries. Serving a global client base, it delivers hi-tech transactional services, consulting and technology services, systems integration and managed services. With its deep technology expertise and industry knowledge, it works with clients across the following market sectors: Manufacturing, Retail, Services; Public, Health & Transports; Financial Services; Telecoms, Media & Technology; Energy & Utilities. Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and helps organizations to create their firm of the future. It is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market. Atos operates under the brands Atos, Atos Consulting & Technology Services, Atos Worldline and Atos Worldgrid.

Press contact:

Jose de Vries Tel.: +31 6 30 27 26 11 [email protected]

Investors contact: Gilles Arditti Tel.: +33 (0) 1 55 91 28 83 [email protected]

(1) The option to receive the dividend payment is not available to shareholders residing in a country where such option would require registration or authorization by local market authorities. Shareholders residing outside France are required to inform themselves of any restrictions which may apply under their local law and comply therewith.

Voting results

Quorum : 72.332% (i.e., 62,333,754 shares and 755 shareholders)

SHAREHOLDERS SHARES VOTES
Attendees 29 18,094,545 18,094,545
Represented 0 0 0
Proxy to the Chairman 61 67,323 67,323
Votes by mail 665 44,171,886 44,171,886
Total 755 62,333,754 62,333,754

Share capital : EUR 86,314,253

Number of shares making up the capital: 86,314,253

Number of shares with voting rights: 86,177,060

NUMBER RESOLUTIONS FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
Ordinary Business Votes % Votes % Votes %
1 Approval of the Company accounts for the financial year ending
December 31, 2012
60,296,069 97.15 1,768,175 2.85 83,771 -
2 Approval of the consolidated accounts for the financial year ending
December 31, 2012
61,742,727 100 0 0 83,771 -
NUMBER RESOLUTIONS FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
3 Assignment of the net income for the financial year ending December
31, 2012 and payment of the dividend
61,539,505 99.54 286,993 0.46 0 -
4 Option to opt for the payment of the dividend in shares 60,312,353 97.55 1,514,045 2.45 102 -
5 Approval of an overall amount of annual Directors' fees 61,782,813 99.93 41,127 0.07 2,638 -
6 Renewal of Ms. Aminata Niane
as member of the Board of Directors
61,741,961 99.86 83,670 0.14 114 -
7 Renewal of Mr. Vernon Sankey as member of the Board of Directors 61,743,078 99.87 83,409 0.13 11 -
8 Appointment of Ms. Lynn Sharp Paine as member of the Board of
Directors
61,666,954 99.77 142,935 0.23 180 -
9 Election of a Director representing the employee shareholders -
Designation of Ms. Jean Fleming
47,439,158 76.72 14,397,886 23.28 10,967 -
10 Election of a Director representing the employee shareholders -
Designation of Mr. Daniel Gargot
13,191,845 21.34 48,624,339 78.66 10,635 -
11 Election of a Director representing the employee shareholders -
Designation of Mr. Denis Lesieur
11,105,907 17.97 50,685,259 82.03 36,923 -
12 Authorization granted to the Board of Directors for the purpose of
purchasing, conserving or transferring shares in the Company
43,905,154 70.89 18,029,184 29.11 101 -
Extraordinary Business Voix % Voix % Voix %
13 Authorization
granted to the Board of Directors to reduce the share
capital by cancelling self-owned shares
61,786,674 99.98 11,376 0.02 100 -
NUMBER RESOLUTIONS FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
14 Delegation of authority to the Board of Directors for the purpose of
increasing the share capital of the Company with the removal of the
preferential subscription rights to the benefit of the employees of the
Company and its affiliated companies
60,838,032 98.45 960,565 1.55 0 -
15 Authorisation
given to the Board of Directors to allot free shares to
the employees and executive officers of the Company and/or its
affiliated companies
48,869,514 80.05 12,179,041 19.95 887,155 -
16 Modification of article 15 of the Articles of association -
Directors'
shares
45,974,701 74.03 16,130,534 25.97 131,532 -
17 Pouvoirs 61,547,129 100 0 0 0 -

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