SHAREHOLDING
In January 2011, FCDE and Imprimerie Nationale invested in SPS, and became reference shareholders of the company.
The Capital Increase of 7.5 Million Euros jointly subscribed by the IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE Group, the FCDE and the management of the company, enables SPS to:
- finance the working capital generated by the start of major new contracts
- grant continued attention to its main customers large industrial and public contractors
- secure its growth
The Imprimerie Nationale Group is a high technology company, a secure and reliable service provider and a global secure solution integrator for the State, the private sector and citizens.The Group offers electronic authentication, certification and securitization solutions. Confidentiality is at the heart of its corporate culture and of every assignment. Listed an
« Operator of Vital Importance », the highest level of physical and IT security standards, the Imprimerie Nationale produces over 25 million secure documents per year.
The Imprimerie Nationale manages all electronic and biometric passports processes - development, production and personalization - at its highly secure production plant (PS1 level). The Douai site is listed as an Operator of Vital Importance (OVI).
Drawing on the Imprimerie Nationale’s long established reputation of expertise in highly secure technical integration, the French Government has entrusted the Group to produce the new European Residence Permit in France.
Building on its experience, the Imprimerie Nationale develops a wide range of agent and professional cards with identification and authentication systems tailored to the clients’ needs.
Imprimerie Nationale is represented on the Board of SPS by its CEO.
Didier TRUTT
http://www.imprimerienationale.fr
The Fonds de Consolidation et de Développement des Entreprises (FCDE) was created at the end of 2009 to finance the recovery and development of high potential SMEs based in France.
This public-private growth capital fund of approximately €200m is financed by the Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement (FSI – French Sovereign Fund) to the amount of €90m, in partnership with the main banks and insurance companies of the Paris market.
Part of group Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, the FCDE has the legal status of a Fonds Commun de Placement à Risques (FCPR). It is managed by an independent management company, which is a minority subsidiary of CDC Entreprises, and which is accredited by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF).
A trusted and long term investor, the FCDE increases the value and strengthens the shareholder base of the companies in which it invests, stabilises their corporate governance and facilitates relations with their banking partners.
FCDE is represented on the Board of SPS by:
Pierre Taillardat Julien Di Marco