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HARMONIZING 
IN THE AGE 
OF EXPERIENCE

2013 ANNUAL REPORT

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The 3DEXPERIENCE Company

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OVERVIEW:
Dassault Systèmes, 
a pioneering 
company, is 
consolidating 
its new, bold 
and ambitious 
strategy (p. 3) 
that embodies 
a vision based on 
the essential role 
played by 
experience (p. I 
to VIII).
With an 
organization as 
robust as it is 
agile (p. 7),  
Dassault Systèmes 
helps its clients 
to meet the 
challenges of 
today's world 
(p. 15) by asking 
the right 
questions and 
providing the 
solutions they 
need to design 
and offer 
remarkable 
adventures in 
experience 
(p. 23). The 
results match 
Dassault Systèmes 
ambitions
(p. 30).

PROFILE

HUMAN SOCIETIES ARE ENTERING THE AGE OF 
EXPERIENCE. TRULY BELIEVING IN THE IMPORTANCE 
OF THIS TRANSFORMATION, DASSAULT SYSTÈMES 
AFFIRMS ITS POSITION AS THE 3DEXPERIENCE® 
COMPANY AND SUPPORTS BUSINESSES AND 
ORGANIZATIONS BY HELPING THEM TO CREATE 
MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. 

ITS 3DEXPERIENCE® PLATFORM BRIDGES DATA, 
INFORMATION, IDEAS, PEOPLE, VIRTUAL WORLDS, 
AND SOLUTIONS.
IT MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO DESIGN, TEST, AND 
EVALUATE THE FINAL EXPERIENCE – RICHER IN 
MEANING, EMOTION, AND VALUE – THAT COMPANIES 
WILL OFFER TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.

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DASSAULT 
SYSTÈMES 
2013: 
BUILD OUR
GROWTH

"Our development is your growth."

Interview with the Chairman 
of the Board of Directors 
and with the President & Chief Executive Offi cer

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2013: a year of major 
transformations

2013 was a year of major trans-

formations  for  Dassault 
Systèmes. Just one year 
after having announced our determination to 
become the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, we 
released our fi rst applications based on our 
new 3DEXPERIENCE platform, available on 
premise and on the cloud. We also continued 
to strengthen the organization of our sales 
force and to improve its performance in closer 
proximity to our customers. Finally, many of 
our largest clients are entering into the deploy-
ment phase of our V6 architecture.

Complementing our technologies portfolio, we 
undertook a number of acquisitions to reinforce 
our presence in many domains, particularly 
within simulation, manufacturing operations 
and digital marketing. These efforts are aimed 
at accelerating the implementation of our Social 
Industry Experience strategy and provide us with 
access to new markets. Finally, we delivered 
revenue and EPS growth, continued client and 
industry diversifi cation, and we won 19,500 
new customers in the context of an uncertain 
economic environment.

Advancing our 3DEXPERIENCE roadmap 
3DEXPERIENCE is a profound transformation, 
illustrating our capability to reinvent ourselves 
and to provide clients with an approach that 
meets their need to base innovative processes 
on the creation of delightful experiences. This 
concept has been favorably received in 2012 
by our customers and sales partners. It was 

validated in 2013 during our 3DEXPERIENCE 
Lighthouse Program, confi rming the strong 
value of our 3DEXPERIENCE platform, particu-
larly with regard to its collaborative capabilities. 
Companies of all sizes in very diverse sectors, 
working both on the cloud and on premise have 
confi rmed the capacity of our business platform 
to revolutionize product innovation and associ-
ated decision-making, helping our clients to 
move into the Age of Experience.

3DEXPERIENCE 
is a signifi cant 
transformation.

Harmonizing product, nature, and life through 
3DEXPERIENCE virtual universes is an ambitious 
purpose, well aligned with our Social Industry 
Experience strategy. This ambition is supported 
by the advancement of our solutions as well as 
through organic and external investments. We 
are enriching our software applications portfolio 
with industry-specifi c solutions, as refl ected 
in the general availability of R2014x in Febru-
ary 2014, an important new release offering 
183 processes, 60 of them available on the cloud. 

Extending client and industry reach
During this year of transition, we laid the 
foundations for future growth, extended our 

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BERNARD CHARLÈS
PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE 
OFFICER

CHARLES EDELSTENNE
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 
OF DIRECTORS

3DEXPERIENCE market offering and broadened 
our industry coverage; Dassault Systèmes 
has also pursued its diversifi cation efforts and 
improved its market penetration. 

With 19,500 new customers, we have expand-
ed our client base to almost 190,000, and our 
Industry Solution Experiences have further 
extended the coverage of our 12 target sectors. 
This diversifi cation effort has also been con-
ducted on a geographical basis, with the ex-
panded  presence  of  our  Group’s  products 
worldwide, from the countries where Dassault 
Systèmes is most solidly established to the 
newest  and  particularly  promising  “high-
growth” countries. Finally, we have set up 12 
regional organizations to support our strategic 
initiatives at a local level, to be closer to our 
clients and to accelerate our development.

Expanding the number of users of our software 
solutions within our existing clients and in new 
domains has also been among the major ac-
tions implemented by our Company. Our soft-
ware portfolio is now used not only by the 
engineering departments, but also for project 
management, simulation, manufacturing, mar-
keting, and sales and executive management.

We also aim to provide easier access to our 
products to a broader range of clients. With the 
3DEXPERIENCE platform using cloud-enabled 
V6 architecture, medium-sized companies 
can more easily adopt our solutions through 
the availability of SaaS on the cloud and 

mobile applications, which enables quick 
implementation and reduces total cost of 
ownership for our customers. 

Enriching our portfolio
To contribute to developing innovative pro-
cesses and to target a broader market, we are 
enriching our products with new capabilities 
across the 12 industries we serve. The acqui-
sitions undertaken in 2013 enter into the 
deployment of our 3DEXPERIENCE strategy, 
broadening our capabilities in the domains of 
manufacturing with Apriso, in simulation, 
particularly with SFE and FE-DESIGN, as 
well as in high-end 3D visualization for use in 
marketing with RTT.

Finally, we are investing in skills expansion. 
Over 500 people joined Dassault Systèmes 
in 2013, bringing our total number of employ-
ees to 10,685 in 43 countries. Now close to 
5,000 engineers, our Research & Development 
department represents a collection of talents 
unique in the industry and our acquisitions 
have further broadened the range of tech-
nologies we offer.

Delivering growth in an uncertain business 
environment
In an uncertain business environment, and 
after two years of record results, we delivered 
total revenue growth* of 5% (IFRS and non-
IFRS) at €2.07 billion (non-IFRS). Revenue 
growth and organic operating margin im-
provements offset dilution from acquisitions 

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to maintain our non-IFRS operating margin at 
31.5%,  essentially  stable  compared  with 
2012. At €3.49, non-IFRS EPS increased 4%, 
reflecting  revenue  growth  but  absorbing 
4 points of negative currency impact from 
the Japanese yen. Finally, operating cash 
fl ow generation remained at a high level at 
€507 million. 

On a regional basis, all three regions saw an 
increase in revenue. Results were strongest in 
Asia, with non-IFRS revenue increasing by 8%, 
driven by high-growth countries. The Ameri-
cas reported non-IFRS revenue growth of 4%, 
driven by an increase in software revenue. 
Europe total revenue increased 4%, still refl ect-
ing the softening of the macro-environment 
that began in the second half of 2012.

We continued to diversify our business in our 
target verticals, now accounting for 25% of our 
end-user revenue in 2013, with the contribu-
tion of GEOVIA and continued strengthening 
in Construction, Consumer Goods & Retail and 
Energy. In our core industries, Industrial Equip-
ment revenue grew mid-single digit, while 
other core verticals showed some softness.

With their capabilities permanently enriched 
and each a domain leader, our brands are 
bringing strong value to our customers and 
addressing the requirements of the industries 
they serve. In 2013, SIMULIA continued to 
benefit  from  a  good  dynamic,  as  well  as 
DELMIA benefi ting from the Apriso acquisi-
tion. SOLIDWORKS revenue grew 6% while 
CATIA and ENOVIA were fl at, impacted by the 
expected transition to our V6 architecture and 
the weakening of the macro-environment.

We are 
deepening 
our coverage. 

Looking forward
After establishing a solid base for growth in 
2013, we see several encouraging signs for 
2014. These include the performance of high-
growth nations, particularly in Asia, the adop-
tion of V6 architecture by our clients and the 
introduction of 3DEXPERIENCE R2014x. We 
are also reinforcing our direct and indirect sales 
channels to bring them even closer to their 
customers and we are improving the coverage 

of new target sectors as well as of our core 
industries.

Finally, with strong interest from all our cli-
ents, large-scale deployments in progress, a 
newly available cloud offer and the value we 
deliver, we are extending the availability of our 
products to new categories of customers and 
are confi dent we will double our addressable 
market to $32 billion in the coming years.

Bernard CHARLÈS 
President & Chief 
Executive Offi cer

Charles EDELSTENNE
Chairman of the Board 
of Directors

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ALL THE 
DIMENSIONS OF 
THE EXPERIENCE

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"EXPERIENCE 
IS ESSENTIAL 
TO CREATION"

PIERRE MUSSO
Coordinator of the Chair of Imaginary 
Modeling, Innovation and Creation.
Professor at Rennes 2 University 
and Télécom ParisTech.

"Experience is an excellent source of 
creativity and innovation. It engages 
all of our emotions and feelings, involves 
our bodies, and elicits memories. Memory 
and oblivion go hand in hand: Hugo said 
that  to create is to remember,’ and Aragon 
believed that we must  remember the 
future.’ Experience opens the door to the 
possible. Mobilizing action, emotion, ritual, 
imagination, intuition, and the unconscious, 
it is a resource even for reason itself as 
there can be no knowledge, nor even 
science, without creativity. Experience is 
ultimately a source of life. This is why 
we talk about life experience."

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 "THE PHYSICALITY 
OF EXPERIENCE"

CLAIRE PETITMENGIN
Professor of Telecoms in the Management School 
(Mining & Telecom Institute)
Member of Archives Husserl (ENS Paris)

"A constant stream of feelings, 
emotions, images, and internal dialogue, 
our life experience takes on an almost 
physical form. For example, when we shift 
our attention from the content of a memory 
towards its inception, before it is translated 
into images, sounds, and scents, we 
experience it as a physical sensation with 
its own distinctive texture. Similarly, 
a new idea begins as a  feeling of direction‘ 
that slowly comes into focus. This physically 
anchored dimension–composed of 
subtle internal gestures–is the source of 
thought itself."

http://www.clairepetitmengin.fr/

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"THE TANGIBLE 
EXPERIENCE 
OF THE REAL"

DENIS PELLERIN, MATTHIEU SAVARY, 
MATTHEW MARINO
Founders of User Studio,France's pioneering 
interactive and service-design agency, 
serving the research community in particular.

"Is it possible to change our relationship 
with machines? Can we create non-
standard, less specific, more expressive 
interactions? To answer these questions is 
to voluntarily reverse the prism through 
which we create interfaces today.
Can we control a machine by running our 
hand through fur, or other natural fiber? 
Behind this question, there is a desire 
to make use of the infinite nuances of the 
real, with a tapioca interface, for example. 
Beyond touch there is also the tangible, 
haptic, but also taste!"

http://user.io

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EXPERIENCE IN ALL ITS 
DIMENSIONS, GOING 
BEYOND REASON TO CREATE 
AND INNOVATE

Industry’s challenge today, beyond producing knowledge, 
is tightly linked to the concept of experience. This experience 
involves not only our fi ve senses, but emotions, feelings, action, 
and the deepest physicality as well.  Bearing in mind 
the narrative and the accompanying imaginary, it possible 
to reach a higher level in the creation of successful experiences.  
Dassault Systèmes is a partner to the Chair of "Imaginary 
Design, Innovation and Creation" at the University of Rennes, 
which uses the imagination as the "raw material" in innovation 
processes. The Chair is positioned upstream of these processes, 
at the point when intuition, concepts, and dreams 
of the engineers, decision makers, users, and various 
participants in intensive innovation collaborate and collide.

http://imaginaires.telecom-paristech.fr/

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ROBUST 
AND AGILE 
GOVERNANCE

Global stability united with local agility

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

BERNARD CHARLÈS
President & Chief 
Executive Offi cer

MONICA MENGHINI
Executive Vice President,
Corporate Strategy, 
Industry and Marketing

K
DOMINIQUE FLORACK
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President, 
Senior Executive Vice President, 
Vice 
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Research & Development

Updated March 31, 2014

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THIBAULT DE TERSANT
Senior Executive Vice President, 
Chief Financial Offi cer

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BRUNO LATCHAGUE
Senior Executive Vice President, 
Americas Market and Global Sales 
Operations

LAURENCE BARTHÈS
Executive Vice President,
cercer
Chief People & Information Offi cer

PASCAL DALOZ
Executive Vice President,
Dassault Systèmes Brands 
and Corporate Development

SYLVAIN LAURENT
Executive Vice President,
Asia Pacifi c Market and 
Global Business Transformation

PHILIPPE FORESTIER
Executive Vice President,
Global Affairs & Communities

LAURENT BLANCHARD
Executive Vice President,
EMEAR Market and 
Worldwide Consulting & System 
Integrators Alliances 
Assumption of duties on March 31, 2014

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OUR LEADERSHIP 
FOR THE INDUSTRIES

PHILIPPE 
BARTISSOL
Vice President
Industrial 
Equipment

STÉPHANE DECLÉE
Vice President
Energy, Process 
& Utilities 

SUSAN OLIVIER
Vice President
Consumer Goods 
& Retail

MICHEL TELLIER
Vice President
Aerospace 
& Defense

MARTY DOSCHER
Vice President
Architecture, 
Engineering 
& Construction

JEAN COLOMBEL
Vice President
Life Sciences

OLIVIER SAPPIN
Vice President
Transportation 
& Mobility

KEVIN PLEITER
Vice President
Financial & 
Business Services

RICK 
MOIGNARD
Vice President
Natural 
Resources

ALAIN HOUARD
Vice President
Marine 
& Offshore

PHILIPPE LOEB
Vice President
Consumer Packaged 
Goods

OLIVIER RIBET
Vice President
High-Tech

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OUR ATTENTION 
TO USERS

ANDY KALAMBI
Boston, US

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LAURENT COUILLARD
Paris, FR

FREDDY MINI
San Francisco, US

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PHILIPPE LAUFER
Paris, FR
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BERTRAND SICOT
Boston, US

RICK MOIGNARD
Vancouver, CA

PHILIPPE CHARLÈS
Detroit, US

SCOTT BERKEY
Providence, US

VINCENT PICOU
Paris, FR

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OUR PRESENCE 
IN THE WORLD

STEPHEN CHADWICK 
Northern 
Europe

BRUNO 
LATCHAGUE
North 
America

VALERIA GODOY
Latin 
America

LAURENT VALROFF
Russia

CHANDAN 
CHOWDHURY
India

SAMSON KHAOU
Southern Asia, Pacifi c

OLIVIER 
LETEURTRE
Western 
Europe

ANDREAS 
BARTH
Central 
Europe

GUIDO PORRO
Southern 
Europe

SEIJI KAJIYA
Japan

YOUNGBIN CHO
Korea

HAO FENG WANG 
Greater 
China

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OF THE 3DEXPERIENCE

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44%

Europe and
Middle East

28%

Americas

28%

Asia

EMPLOYEES 
BY REGIONS
(2013 HEADCOUNT)

Source: 2013 Annual Report – full-time 
equivalent, including 3DS employees, 
3DPLM employees and subcontractors. 

Realistic 
simulations, 
virtual production, 
marketing: the 
expertise brought in 
by this new talent 
will enable the 
group to expand the 
range of experiences 
available to 
its clients.

NEW TALENT, NEW EXPERIMENTS

External growth has been part of Dassault 
Systèmes’ (3DS) business development model 
since the 1990s. Each contact with a new 
company  is  a  source  of  human  and 
technological enrichment. New talent, new 
outlooks and expertise, new technology... so 
many ways to work together to develop the 
group’s portfolio of solutions and accelerate 
its ability to implement its strategy.

Targeted acquisitions...
In 2013, Dassault Systèmes continued to use 
this model to grow with twelve acquisitions. 
They are: Archividéo (3D urban modeling and 
town  planning),  Simpoe  (plastic  injection 
manufacturing  simulation),  FE-Design 
(structural optimization and management of 
fluids  in  simulations),  Apriso  (general 
production management), SFE (integrated 
automation solution and design optimization), 
Safe Technology (stress analysis simulation to 
predict  product  durability),  and  Realtime 
Technology AG (RTT).

...creating value
The expertise brought in by this new talent 
will enable the group to expand the range of 

experiences it offers in fields as varied as 
realistic simulations, virtual production, or 
marketing. 

RTT, for example, brings new creative potential 
to the marketing and sales departments of 
Dassault  Systèmes's  clients,  with  the 
possibility to develop high-emotional-value 
experiences for consumers. This acquisition 
highlights the shared belief in 3D’s power as 
a communication tool. With Apriso, Dassault 
Systèmes provides an integrated production 
experience, from the brief and production line 
simulation to the management of production 
operations. Archividéo will expand the 3DS 
range  for  urban  development  and  town 
planning. This year, SquareClock is accelerating 
the work to recenter the 3DVIA brand on the 
individual and to create consumer experiences 
in architecture and interiors.

All  over  the  world,  these  varied  talents 
represent so many different facets that can 
only enrich our value for our clients.

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WOMEN’S INITIATIVE 
(“3DS WIN”) SHOWCASING 
FEMALE LEADERSHIP
3DS has encouraged 
the emergence of an inter-
departmental and 
intergenerational community 
of female employees. 
This initiative, launched by 3DS 
in North America, forms a group 
of women who are there to 
encourage, inspire, and support 
other women in their careers 
at Dassault Systèmes. Almost 
30 group sessions on issues 
such as how to infl uence without 
authority, “personal branding,” 
and leadership skills were held. 
3DS WIN also stretches beyond 
Dassault Systèmes: a support 
fund was recently created 
for young people in Rwanda, as 
part of a desire to have an impact 
on society in a broader sense.

Systèmes to share ideas, skills, and expertise 
within project or interest groups. Virtual 
reality and real life merge seamlessly with 
the  “3DEXPERIENCE  Company”  project, 
boosting our total innovation potential. 

Sharing an ambition with our clients 
Thanks to 3DEXPERIENCE, Dassault Systèmes‘ 
clients are able to carry out realistic virtual 
product testing, simulating their products‘ 
impact on the environment and on life. This 
means that Dassault Systèmes plays a role in 
defi ning sustainable experience with solutions 
at all levels: eco-design, sustainable system 
engineering, “lean & green” manufacturing, 
waste  management ,  environmental 
compliance, and an in-depth understanding 
of companies‘ needs.

TEAMS DRIVEN BY AN AMBITION FOR A 
MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD: PRODUCTS, 
NATURE, AND LIFE, ALL IN HARMONY.

In 2012, Dassault Systèmes turned a new 
page in its story by revealing 3DEXPERIENCE. 
In 2013, its nearly 11,000 employees helped 
to reveal the potential of the 3DEXPERIENCE 
platform. Buoyed by its accomplishments, 
our group is ranked Number 31 in Forbes’ list 
of the world’s most innovative companies, 
while the Corporate Knights rankings place 
us 5th in the Top 100 sustainable businesses. 
Both of these achievements acknowledge the 
visionary positioning of the “3DEXPERIENCE 
Company,” as well as the role played by all 
of us at Dassault Systèmes.

International and sustainable cooperation
Dassault Systèmes‘ sites are designed to 
promote  creativity  and  teamwork.  The 
Vélizy campus near Paris, and the Waltham 
campus near Boston, in particular, possess 
virtual  reality  rooms,  remote  working 
rooms,  videoconference  rooms,  and 
travelers‘ rooms to welcome our clients and 
partners  in  comfort.  Furthermore,  3DS 
employees make daily use of the social and 
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CONTRIBUTING 
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If we ask the right questions...

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A-NSE (Aero-Nautic Services & 
Engineering) designs revolutionary 
airships with adaptative geometry 
and shapes that provide the most 
effi cient solution to protect natural and 
critical resources. To sustain its vision 
and create its innovative airborne 
surveillance and reconnaissance 
systems, A-NSE relies on Dassault 
Systèmes digital simulation tools.

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SPACE: 
FEET ON THE GROUND 
AND HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

Widespread use of simulations
As  it  grows,  the  sector  will  lead  to 
industrialization, economies of scale, and 
safer  programs,  made  possible  by  the 
systematic  use  of  simulation,  to  design 
innovative  space  vehicles  or  terrestrial 
infrastructures related to space production. 
This is how SE Corp. used simulations to 
evaluate  usage,  safety  equipment,  and 
emergency evacuation procedures for the 
Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s 
Kennedy Space Center. As the space sector 
grows, it will need to train workers in new 
fields  and  professionalize  career  paths. 
Opening up the sector to young people was 
one of the aims of a proj ect conducted by a 
number of French secondary schools that 
collaborated  together  to  assemble  the 
Curiosity Rover.

Simulate to understand, analyze, 
and optimize
This collaboration is characteristic of the 
space industry, where the division of labor 
is essential. It is standard procedure for cal-
culations to be performed by specialized 
clusters, often located in geographically 
distant locations. Working in this way, a 
number of laboratories created a successful 
3D simulation of an exploding star and the 
formation of a supernova. They were able 
to see how the instability resulting from the 
heated gas at the core of the star can disrupt 
the star’s spherical symmetry, stretching 
the star until the gas envelope tears and 
explodes. In fundamental research and in-
dustry  alike,  progress  is  made  possible 

through cooperation.•

OUTER SPACE NOW FORMS AN 
INTEGRAL PART OF OUR DAILY LIFE. 
THIS SEEMING TRIVIALIZATION TAKES 
NOTHING AWAY FROM THE MAGIC 
OF SPACE TRAVEL, WHICH REMAINS 
ONE OF OUR FINAL FRONTIERS.

The blazing development of the information 
society provided a major boost to innovation 
in three fi elds: telecommunications, spatial 
imaging, and global positioning systems 
in  cars  or  in  mobile  phones.  Satellite 
transmissions of voice, images, and data form 
an essential part of the technology used in 
telecoms, television, and the Internet. Almost 
90% of today's commercial launches are for 
telecommunications satellites.

Observing millimeter-scale variations 
from space
Meteorology also uses observations from 
space to refi ne its models, with satellites 
taking  altimetry  readings  to  measure 
changes in surface conditions for use 
i n   ocean  forecasting.  Environmental 
observation  and  management  systems 
also use satellite imaging, and additional 
observations can be obtained from airships 
with a revolutionary design, such as those 
developed by A-NSE. 

Who will travel beyond the atmosphere 
tomorrow?
Mature launch solutions and safe machines 
and systems go hand in hand with the need 
for  constant  evolution  and  innovation, 
pushing  the  technical  and  economic 
boundaries of the space industry, which will 
one  day  include  space  travel.  Although 
currently,  only  a  handful  of  billionaire 
tourists have left the atmosphere to visit 
the International Space Station, access to 
space  technology  may  well  become 
available to a wider range of people with the 
development of sub-orbital fl ights.

With SOLIDWORKS 
Flow Simulation 
software, I was 
able to produce 
grid-independent 
solutions and 
report multiple fl ow 
gradients with high 
fi delity and detail 
in a single day.

SEAN STAPF
Owner/CFD Analyst, SE Corp.

> ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP 
PRAISED AT THE PARIS AIR SHOW
17 French universities helped to 
build a life-size model of NASA’s 
Curiosity Mars Rover. Dassault 
Systèmes solutions made it 
possible for all of those involved 
to work together on the same 
project. Participants from every 
discipline - mechanics, industrial 
automation, industrial product 
design, IT, electronic 
engineering, and manufacturing 
- were able to work in a shared 
industrial reality at every stage 
up to production of the rover, 
which received widespread 
acclaim at the Paris Air Show.

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"Working in an entirely virtual 
environment with 3DEXPERIENCE 
technology is a new design experience 
for us. We can test different concepts 
early, foresee problems we would 
otherwise detect much later, and make 
the required design changes before going 
to production."

FLEMMING MORTENSEN 
Department Manager, Structural Blade Design, 
SE Blades Technology

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TERRITORY:
FROM LOCAL TO 
GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM

they are more readily accepted, given that 
they are less visible from land. These new 
developments require increasingly powerful 
wind  turbines,  fabricated  largely  from 
composite materials. This is the specialty 
of SE Blades Technology, part of the Indian 
group Suzlon.

Energy transfer and decontamination
Marine  turbines  are  a  newer  technology, 
currently  undergoing  tests  at  sea.  They 
harness the energy of the tides to produce 
renewable energy that is also more predictable. 
During the transition to new forms of energy, 
offshore  exploitation  will  nevertheless 
continue to draw upon more traditional energy 
sources; offshore deposits account for the 
lion’s share of oil discoveries. This exploitation 
is not without environmental risks, and the 
effectiveness of the methods used to combat 
pollution at sea is constantly improving: clean-
up  workboats  such  as  those  designed  by 
Ecoceane are now able to be mass-produced.

On dry land
The exploitation of natural resources found on 
dry land also necessitates consideration for 
the environment, and pioneering companies 
like Anglo American are beginning to use 
cutting-edge technology. On land and at sea, 
the best tools and processes enable businesses 
to  better  manage  their  work  for  more 

environmentally friendly operations.•

WHETHER EXPLOITING OR CONSERVING 
NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY 
PRODUCTION MUST BE DESIGNED AS 
PART OF A GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM.

In this day and age, the stakes are global. 
Populations,  food,  water  management, 
energy and climate: the challenges we face 
affect the global equilibrium and are planetary 
in scale. Yet the response to these challenges 
may arise from a local context, if only because 
the infrastructure, equipment, facilities, and 
good practices needed to produce solutions 
need to be implemented at the regional level. 
These necessary connections between local 
and global, the part and the whole, the isolated 
and the widespread, mean that research must 
be focused on the creation of sustainable 
experiences, where the mechanisms, facilities, 
processes, administrations, nature, and society 
are designed holistically, as the planet is the 
ultimate ecosystem.

From land to ocean
The story of wind-generated electricity is 
particularly enlightening here. The fi rst wind 
farms  were  erected  on  land,  where 
construction and connection to the grid was 
relatively simple. Sea-based wind farms were 
the next evolution, bringing higher production 
capacities due to the stronger, more consistent 
winds out at sea. While the fi rst offshore 
models were slightly modifi ed versions of the 
wind  turbines  used  on  land,  set  in  very 
shallow water, new wind farms are being 
installed further and further from the coast.

The composite takeover
Farshore fl oating wind farm platforms are a 
major technological breakthrough that enables 
wind farms to occupy deep water. The turbines 
are fixed to floating bases anchored with 
cables. Assembled on land, they are towed out 
before being moored, and they can be placed 
out at sea where the winds are stronger and 

Enabling designers, 
manufacturing staff, 
and customers, each 
with their own ideas, 
expertise and know-
how, to participate 
on a project is the 
best way to create 
the most effi cient 
design.

BENJAMIN LERONDEAU 
Naval Architect, Ecoceane

> DRIVING A MINING 
EVOLUTION 
"The industry needs a more 
collaborative approach to mining, 
using innovation and technology 
to fi nd safer, more effi cient, and 
more environmentally friendly 
ways to unlock mineral value. 
Looking outside the industry to 
innovative companies such as 
Dassault Systèmes, we can 
leverage their proven 
technologies to help change the 
mining industry, overcome 
industry challenges, and drive 
effi ciencies for long-term 
sustainable growth."

Mark Cutifani 
Chief Executive Offi cer, 
Anglo American

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"Exalead enables our users to fi nd 
the desired document in just a 
few seconds thanks to advanced 
semantic technologies and an intuitive 
classifi cation of content."

DR FRANCESCO CASTANO
Director, Uffi cio per il Coordinamento 
Informatico Dipartimentale

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Single Source 
for Speed provides 
us with a unique 
solution to 
accelerate design, 
sourcing, production 
and servicing from 
any of our sites.

GIONATA BERNA
CIO, Riello Group

> EVERYBODY WORKING 
TOGETHER IN REAL TIME
When designing a modular 
home in Brooklyn’s Red Hook 
neighborhood, severely affected 
by Hurricane Sandy in October 
2012, the New York-based 
architecture, engineering, and 
construction company SHoP used 
Dassault Systèmes cloud-based 
solutions. Everyone involved, 
from the owners to the designers, 
and including the workshop 
manufacturing teams and 
builders on-site, were able to 
work together in real time. 
The design and construction 
times were considerably reduced, 
all while complying with the 
original specifi cations.

SMART CITIES:
LIVING TOGETHER 
SUSTAINABLY

effective  waste  recovery  and  treatment 
systems. Cities will also need to implement 
local  energy  production  procedures  and 
redouble their efforts in energy effi ciency. 
Riello group has grabbed the bull by the horns, 
designing energy effi cient systems to heat and 
cool residential and industrial buildings using 
alternative energies. 

Responsible town planning 
and smart housing 
High property values in city centers, together 
with limited available land, makes modern 
town planning a complicated affair. Indeed, the 
urban sprawl model – with a high cost in space, 
public  facilities,  and  energy  –  which  has 
prevailed up until now is no longer sustainable. 
Buildings must also be smarter in order to 
facilitate and improve energy management 
and  reduce  energy  use.  A  city  is  a  living 
organism: urban planners, architects, and 
governments need to invent urban spaces that 
allow for change, provide privacy in the home, 
deliver as much sunlight as possible, and that 
promote livability and the communal living 

experience.•

URBAN POPULATION GROWTH 
REQUIRES SOLUTIONS THAT 
RECONCILE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, 
AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

More than half of the world’s population lives 
in urban areas, with 16% living in shanty 
towns. In 2050, two-thirds of the planet’s 
9 billion people will live in towns and cities. 
It  is  therefore  critical  that  we  engage  in 
intelligent urban development.

New ways to interact with citizens 
Whether you call it a smart city, green city, 
eco-city, connected city, or sustainable city, 
smart cities work using a holistic approach that 
combines  participative  governance  and 
environmental policy to meet the needs of the 
city’s institutions, businesses, and citizens. As 
part of this approach, the Italian Ministry of 
Economy and Finance has granted its citizens 
with access to all of the data and information 
it owns. The aim is to fi nd new ways to interact 
with citizens, to foster creative collaboration. A 
smart city takes all stakeholders into account. 
And smart they are in every way, enlightening 
the  economy,  mobility,  the  environment, 
governance, residents, and lifestyles.

Smart transport and mobility
One challenge is to combine different modes 
of transport – rail, car, bike, and pedestrian – 
into a single effective, accessible, safe and 
affordable system that is also environmentally 
friendly. This integrated system reduces local 
pollution and carbon emissions, makes optimal 
use of urban space, and provides inhabitants 
with a varied range of solutions that meet all 
of their mobility needs.

Sustainable environment 
Cities must also reduce their environmental 
impact in two other areas: waste and energy. 
By  reducing,  or  even  eliminating,  the 
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"With Dassault Systèmes’ 
3DEXPERIENCE platform and CATIA 
for Creative Designers, our designers 
and engineers were able to work in 
concert to produce an esthetically 
innovative and aerodynamic design 
under a very tight schedule."

FABIO FILIPPINI
Vice President Design, Pininfarina

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You could say the 
library is the brain 
of our development. 
All the information 
our developers 
need for their work 
is stored centrally 
so they know, 
for instance, 
whether they can 
use a component 
for a new 
development or 
when it has been 
discontinued. 

LUTZ NAPIWOTZKY
Responsible for Engineering 
Applications Corporate IT, Bosch

>HAVE MORE TIME
“We introduced harmony in our 
processes, methods and tools, 
saving precious time that we 
instead spent on innovation."

Didier Évrard
Executive Vice President, 
Head of the A350 XWB Program

MOBILITY:
MORE FLUID, 
CLEANER TRAVEL

Accessible knowledge
All of these devices, such as those produced 
by Bosch to control the engine and gears, ABS 
brakes, or lane-departure warning systems, 
are major technological advances. To design 
and produce these different sub-systems, 
manufacturers work with a knowledge base 
accessible everywhere, at all times, by any of 
their design teams. 

Beauty and practicality
New vehicles are lighter, more fuel effi cient, 
and often hybrids or fully electric, and are 
produced using manufacturing procedures 
that take the environment into account. With 
the vehicle’s end of life included in the design, 
recycled  materials  and  lean  &  green 
manufacturing processes are used in the car 
and aerospace industries alike. A product’s 
entire lifecycle is taken into account, from the 
design stage to end of life, and including 
manufacturing and use. Industry is striving to 
make greener vehicles at greener production 
sites. But whether they are electric or have 
combustion engines, cars will remain an object 
of desire, constantly renewing belief in Sergio 
Pininfarina’s words that, "a car isn’t just a 

machine, it’s a work of art”.•

NEW USES, ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF 
TRANSPORTATION... INNOVATIVE 
VEHICLES TURN TRAVEL INTO AN 
UNPRECEDENTED EXPERIENCE.

It  is  a  modern  paradox:  information 
technology  and  straightforward  remote 
communications  are  accompanied  by  an 
increased desire for mobility at all levels: from 
neighborhoods, to regions, to countries, and 
even between continents. In parallel, new 
uses  appear  and  quickly  take  hold.  Self-
service electric bikes and cars, frequent use 
of  multimodal  transpor t ,  the  rapid 
dissemination of cutting-edge technology: 
all  of  this  combines  to  make  travel  an 
experience in its own right.

Toward sustainable mobility
Mobility  is  essential  to  a  society’s 
development. It has always gone hand in 
hand with growth, and the ability for people 
to get around is inextricable to the prog ress 
of  human  society.  If  mobility  is  to  be 
sustainable, it must evolve in ways that meet 
the general desire for more accessible, safer 
transport, while reducing its environmental 
impact  through  the  use  of  the  most 
appropriate technologies. Airbus is a tangible 
example  of  responsible,  ecological  and 
technical optimization throughout its entire 
production process.

Threat detection and safety
Vehicle autonomy is a hot topic in the car 
industry, made popular by the Google Car, 
whose self-driving system has already been 
installed in eight cars that have travelled 
more than 120,000 miles. Understanding the 
surroundings,  identifying  threats,  global 
positioning: these major features, essential 
to  automated  vehicles,  process  data  and 
images, also used in park-assist systems 
(standard cameras) and to detect obstacles 
in fog or at night (infrared cameras).

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"Everything is now instant, and that is 
creating an atmosphere where 
consumers are changing the way they 
purchase and how they interact with 
brands. Our customers are asking, 'How 
do we decrease our lead times and get 
to market faster?' We have set an 
aggressive goal to shorten the lead time 
from 18 months to 6 months. Dassault 
Systèmes‘ 3DEXPERIENCE platform, 
combined with our extensive global 
secondary packaging expertise, puts us 
on a direct path to success."

BILL CECIL
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There’s now 
more logic behind 
the assortment – 
it tells a story. 
And this creates 
a far better 
customer 
experience.

LAURENT THOUMINE 
Vice President 
of Supply Chain, celio*

> FUJITSU RATIONALIZES 
ITS PROCESSES
Fujitsu, a leading supplier of 
communications solutions, 
has adopted a strategy of 
continuous improvement. 
To rationalize its processes 
and achieve the best possible 
results, Fujitsu chose Dassault 
Systèmes solutions and was 
able to improve the quality of 
their data and cooperative 
procedures, benefi tting their 
employees and customers alike.

LIFESTYLE:
REMARKABLE CONSUMER 
EXPERIENCES

OUR SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE 
WAY WE CONSUME, EAT, DRESS AND 
ENTERTAIN OR EDUCATE OURSELVES, 
FORM PART OF OUR EVERYDAY 
EXPERIENCE.

environmentally friendly ways to consume. 
Examples include decoupling the correlation 
between  use  and  ownership,  or  finding 
production methods that are more economical 
in terms of energy and materials.

Recent habits and lasting needs
Minimizing  the  use  of  raw  materials  and 
reducing the energy needed by manufacturing 
is essential if sustainable development is to be 
achieved. Even better, industry must take the 
manufacturing process into account as soon 
as design begins, as well as the product's 
environmental impact during the distribution 
phase, and anticipate end-of-life processing 
and the recycling of parts. This is just what 
MeadWestvaco (MWV) does when designing 
and producing packaging and the machines 
that make it.

Product experience at the point of sale 
In order to provide clothes that match the per-
sonality, desires, and expectations of all, styl-
ists at celio* observe the trends that make the 
world’s major cities such vibrant places. Indi-
vidual consumers bring their own meaning to 
consumption. The continuum of the brand 
image, advertising, the product, the atmos-
phere and presentation at the point of sale 
must work as a whole. The purchase and the 
conditions in which it is made hence become 

an experience in and of itself.•

Lifestyles  are  made  up  of  the  different 
experiences and activities that we undertake 
in an effort to lead the life we want. They are 
formed from our past experiences, the means 
at our disposal, what we have learned, and our 
relationships. With the same income, there are 
myriad  ways  to  consume  and  occupy 
ourselves.  But  while  many  lifestyles  are 
possible, they are always shared by a group, 
with  all  of  the  possibilities  for  individual 
variations that this entails.

New lifestyles
The network is made of friends, family, social 
groups and tribes, the brands to which we are 
loyal,  and  our  communication  devices.
Increasingly,  the  Internet  of  Everything 
connects people, processes, data, and objects. 
To ensure that these different aspects are 
always  online  and  to  enable  them  to 
communicate,  an  effective  and  robust 
infrastructure  is  essential.  The  solutions 
proposed by companies such as Fujitsu, from 
workstations to IT centers, and from facilities 
management  to  cloud  applications  are, 
therefore, essential.

Understanding usage to create more 
sustainable products
Anthropological and societal change, plus the 
emergence of new tribes with new codes, are 
just some of the factors that infl uence our 
needs, our tastes in fashion, and what we eat 
and  drink.  Researching,  monitoring,  and 
understanding individual habits help us to 
develop ways to consume and the products 
that should meet individual expectations, but 
also to defi ne a delicate compromise: satisfying 
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for this research because it semi-
automatically creates advanced 
explicit analyses. That signifi cantly 
increases our simulation effi ciency."

WIND FENG
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HEALTHCARE:
RECONCILING SCIENCE 
AND NATURE

> AN OPERATION EXPLAINED 
IN 3D
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. is 
revolutionizing the treatment of 
heart disease with a disposable 
device used in rotational 
atherectomy. Dassault Systèmes 
solutions made it possible to 
speed up development, 
rationalize production, and 
obtain the approval of 
healthcare authorities. They 
also improved the protocol by 
replacing loose laminated 
sheets with 3D animations that 
show how to insert the catheter, 
and how the rotating crown will 
move and behave in the artery.

accelerate this style of care. In time, customized 
care and targeted treatments may be available 
to all patients.

The symbiotic man
The recent exploration of microbial fl ora that 
inhabits  every  human  organism,  made 
possible through genetics, has brought about 
a troubling change in the way that we see our 
bodies. This fl ora, known as microbiota, is of 
increasing importance in medicine, every year 
revealing more of how it interacts with our 
organism.  The  bacteria  that  form  the 
microbiota are essential to our survival, making 
us a complex symbiotic organism, the result 
of a long co-evolution of the human body and 
the  flora  that  inhabit  it.  Our  microbiota 
contains 10 times more cells than our body, 
and its genes, altogether, are 100 times more 
numerous than our own genome!

Reconciling holistic and technical approaches
One of the next challenges in medicine will no 
doubt be to reconcile the holistic vision of a 
biological  organism  in  tune  with  its 
environment  with  that  of  the  dream  of 

technical hybrids.•

THE CONVERGENCE OF THE INFINITELY 
SMALL, THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE, 
INTELLIGENT MACHINES, AND THE 
STUDY OF THE HUMAN BRAIN WILL 
CHARACTERIZE THE FUTURE OF LIFE 
SCIENCES AND HEALTHCARE. 

NBIC:  Nanotechnology,  Biotechnology, 
Information  Technology,  and  Cognitive 
Science are converging to create the medicine 
of the future. Restoring tissue in diseased or 
worn organs in the human body provides a 
new outlook: regenerative medicine, replacing 
or repairing damaged cells with healthy cells, 
is  steadily  advancing.  Known  also  as  cell 
therapy, it uses stem cells, which can create 
different kinds of specialist cells, and is surely 
one of medicine’s greatest hopes.

Optimizing prostheses and artifi cial organs: 
the bionic man
Recent advances in heart surgery and the 
transplant of artifi cial hearts have captured 
our  attention.  Computers  will  be  used  to 
optimize the behavior of implants, evaluating 
tolerance and improving components by, for 
example, simulating the changes that will take 
place over a number of years. This is the work 
of Medtronic, a leading developer of medical 
technology, or China's MicroPort Orthopedics, 
specializing in the design of implants and 
prostheses.

Targeted treatment: the cellular man
In parallel to these high-tech developments, 
personalized  medicine  endeavors  to  treat 
every patient as an individual case. It does so 
by  taking  into  account  the  genetic  and 
biological profi le of their disease, as well as 
the  patient’s  lifestyle  and  surroundings. 
Furthermore, improved coordination of city 
and hospital networks and outpatient care will 
make it easier to return to normal life. In 
coming years, advances in genetics, medical 
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HIGHLIGHTS

Smarter Faster Lighter, a new industry solution experience that 
coordinates a company’s mechanical, electronic and software 
innovations to realize high-value, delightful products.

Licensed to Cure for BioPharma, a new industry solution experience
that transforms the way biotech and pharmaceutical companies manage 
product and process complexity by enabling easier and faster expansion 
into new markets, all while managing increasing regulatory requirements.

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Co-design to Target industry solution experience 
introduces a unique approach to ensure an aerospace 
program is delivered on time, on budget, and 
on objective.

Perfect Package industry solution experience helps 
integrate the highly fragmented package design process 
across the entire supply chain to enable winning package 
designs and faster time to market.

Lean Construction, an industry solution experience 
that empowers companies to take advantage of 
collaborative project management and execution 
in collaborative architectural projects.

Dassault Systèmes partners with la compagnie 
Pietragalla-Derouault for the Mr. and Mrs. Dream 
performance, dance at the heart of virtual unreality. 

A MOVEin3D competition, a FabLab open to collaborators, 
maker projects, a contest with Tom Dixon… many initiatives 
around 3D printing and Manufacturing as a Service.

The project All Eyes is a 3D experience that enables everyone 
to see through the eyes of well-known animals.

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customers such as Qoros, Tata, Tesla Motors, China National 
Nuclear Corporation, Embraer and Geely.

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Strong progress in the health sector with IBA and 
Medtronic, apparel with celio* and O’Stin, or architecture 
with SHoP.

Continuous development in new sectors with 
Kimberly-Clark, SFR, MeadWestvaco, Anglo American.

Realtime Technology AG (RTT) acquisition 
(professional high-end 3D visualization software, 
marketing solutions and computer-generated 
imagery services).

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ROWTH

SFE acquisition (design optimization and 
integrated automation solution.

Apriso acquisition (global manufacturing 
operations management).

Archividéo acquisition (automated creation and management 
of large 3D urban environments and landscapes).

FE-Design acquisition (non-parametric optimization 
solutions in both the structural and fl uids-based domains).

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2013 
AT A GLANCE

GROWTH IN AN UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

Software revenue growth 

Net earnings per share 

Proposed cash dividend 

Net cash provided by operations

Customers expansion 

Geographic diversifi cation 

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+5% in constant currencies*

+4% to €3.49*

+3.75% per share to €0.83

€507 million

+19,500 new customers

High-growth countries revenue 
increasing 13% in constant currencies

INDUSTRY DIVERSIFICATION

26%

New 
Industries

High-Tech
Consumer Goods & Retail
Consumer Packaged Goods & Retail
Life Sciences
Energy, Process & Utilities
Architecture, Engineering & Construction
Financial & Business Services
Natural Resources
Marine & Offshore

29%

Transportation & 
Mobility

*Non-IFRS Information

19%

Industrial 
Equipment

14%

Aerospace 
& Defense

12%

Business 
Services

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  REVENUE NON-IFRS* 
(million €)

  DILUTED EPS

  DILUTED EPS 
NON-IFRS* (€)

 OPERATING MARGIN

   OPERATING MARGIN 
NON-IFRS* (%)

NET CASH PROVIDED
BY OPERATIONS 
(million €)

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2011

2012

2013

2011

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2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

9%

Services 
& Other

20%

Other 
Software

20%

SOLIDWORKS 
Software

27%

Americas

REVENUE 
BY PRODUCT LINE

REVENUE 
BY SALES CHANNEL

SOFTWARE 
REVENUE

39%

CATIA 
Software

56%

3DS Business 
Transformation

24%

3DS Value
Solutions

73%

Recurring 
Software

12%

ENOVIA Software

20%

3DS 
Professional

27%

New Licenses 
& Product 
Development

REVENUE 
BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION

REVENUE 
BY ACTIVITY

46%

Europe

27%

Asia

91%

Software

9%

Services

*All fi nancial information is reported according to IFRS. In addition, the Company has provided supplemental 
non-IFRS fi nancial information which excludes the effect of adjusting the carrying value 
of acquired companies’ deferred revenue, the amortization of acquired intangibles, share-based compensation 
expense, certain other operating income and expense, net, certain one-time items included in fi nancial income 
and other, net, and certain one-time tax effects and the income tax effects.

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SHAREHOLDERS
INFORMATION 

SHAREHOLDERS’ COMPOSITION*

STOCK DATA*

0.9%

Bernard 
Charlès
President 
& Chief 
Executive 
Offi cer

51.9%

Free Float

6.1%

Charles 
Edelstenne
Chairman of 
the Board of 
Directors

Listed on NYSE Euronext Paris and traded on the U.S. 
Over-the-Counter Market
Share price ......................................................... €90.23
........................................................................... $124.44

Market capitalization ......................................... €11.4 billion
........................................................................... $15.8 billion

STOCK PRICE PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

41.1%

Groupe Industriel 
Marcel Dassault

Dassault Systèmes

CAC 40

Euronext 100

+7%

+19%

+19%

AVERAGE DAILY VOLUME TRADED

On Euronext

210,873 shares

SPLIT OF FREE FLOAT*

(Based on identifi ed investors)

5%

Rest-of-World

16%

Continental 
Europe 
(excluding 
France)

39%

North America

KEY 2014 
SHAREHOLDERS’ EVENTS

23%
France

THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014
Release of First Quarter Earnings

MONDAY, MAY 26, 2014
Annual Shareholders’ Meeting

THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2014
Release of Second Quarter Earnings

17%

UK & Ireland

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014
Release of Third Quarter Earnings

SHAREHOLDERS’ CONTACT

Tel.: +33 (0)1 61 62 69 24 Fax: +33 (0)1 70 73 43 59 
E-mail: investors@3ds.com 
www.3ds.com/investors

Use your smartphone to learn more 
about our Investor Relations

*To December 31, 2013

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ADDITIONAL 
INFORMATION

RUSSIE
Leningradskoe shosse, 16 A, b.1, fl oor 9, 
125171 Moscow, Russie.
Tél. : +7 495 935 89 28

KOREA
Mapo Tower 15F, 418 Mapo-dong, 
Mapo-ku, 121734 Seoul, Corée du Sud. 
Tel.: +82 2 3270 7800

SOUTHERN EUROPE
Via Rossini 1/A, 20020 Lainate, Italie. 
Tel.: +39 (0) 2334 3061

WESTERN EUROPE
10, rue Marcel-Dassault - CS 40501, 
78946 Vélizy-Villacoublay Cedex, France. 
Tel.: + 33 (0)1 61 62 61 62

JAPAN
Pier City Shibaura Bldg 10F, 3-18-1 
Kaigan, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-0022, 
Japon. Tel.: +81354424011

For more information, 
visit www.3ds.com

INDIA
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2, 122002 Haryana, Inde.
Tél. : +91 124 4577100

INVESTOR RELATIONS
Tel.: +33 (0)1 61 62 69 24 
Fax:+33 (0)1 70 73 43 59 
E-mail: investors@3ds.com

SOUTHERN ASIA, PACIFIC
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528735 Singapore, Singapour.
Tel.: +65 6511 7988

CHINA
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707-709 No.79, Jianguo Road 100025 
Chaoyang District (Beijing), Chine. 
Tel.: +86 10 6536 2288

HEADQUARTERS
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES
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78946 Vélizy-Villacoublay Cedex, France. 
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GEO HEADQUARTERS
NORTH AMERICA
175 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, 
États-Unis. Tel.: +1 781 810 3000

LATIN AMERICA
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142/143/144, CP 04569-011 São Paulo, 
Brésil. Tel.: +55 (11) 5105 0450

CENTRAL EUROPE
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Allemagne. Tel.: +49 711 27300 0

NORTHERN EUROPE
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CV4 7HP Coventry, Royaume-Uni.
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Stockholm, Suède. 
Tel.: +46 (0) 8 519 058 00

Photographs courtesy of
Anthony Gasparetto, celio*, Compagnie Pietragalla-Derouault, Pascal Elliott, RTT, 
Xavier Granet and the Dassault Systèmes team.

On the cover: Dassault Systèmes provides business and people with 3DEXPERIENCE 
universes to imagine sustainable innovations capable of harmonizing product, 
nature and life. Images courtesy of the production Mr & Mrs Dream from Compagnie 
Pietragalla-Derouault. http://reve.3ds.com/en

Design and production: 

©2014 Dassault Systèmes. All rights reserved. 3DEXPERIENCE, CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, 
SIMULIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, GEOVIA, EXALEAD, NETVIBES, 3DSWYM and 3DVIA are 
registered trademarks of Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other 
countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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