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SECTION 1.2

Description of the concentration

1.1. The Commission has received notification of a proposed concentration under Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 pursuant to which CGI Group Inc., a company headquartered in Montréal, Canada (“CGI”), has made an offer to acquire all of the issued and to be issued share capital of Logica plc, a company headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom, (“Logica”). CGI and Logica intend to implement the acquisition of Logica by CGI through a scheme of arrangement under the Companies Act 2006 although CGI has reserved the right to implement the transaction by way of a takeover, subject to the consent of the United Kingdom Takeover Panel.

2.2. This notification is being submitted by CGI.

3. The Parties’ activities are as follows:

CGI:

-– Provision of IT services (consulting, systems integration and management of IT and business functions) globally.

Logica:

-– Provision of IT services (outsourcing, business consulting and systems integration, professional services and projects), mainly in Europe.