Dassault Systemes Joins The CAC 40 Index of the Paris Bourse.Business Editors PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2000 Dassault Systemes (Nasdaq: DASTY, Bourse de Paris), today announced that it will be included in the CAC 40 index CAC 40 index A broad-based index of common stocks composed of 40 of the 100 largest companies listed on the forward segment of the official list of the Paris Bourse. of blue chip stocks Blue chip stocks Common stock of well-known companies with a history of growth and dividend payments. on the Paris Bourse Paris Bourse National stock market of France. , beginning December 21, 2000. The move follows a decision on November 22 by the Conseil Scientifique des Indices (Scientific Council on Indexes) of the Paris stock exchange. The CAC 40 index consists of 40 French and international stocks listed on the main market in Paris, chosen primarily for their market size and liquidity. Dassault Systemes is the world leader in developing solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM (Product Life cycle Management) A comprehensive information system that coordinates all aspects of a product from initial concept to its eventual retirement. Sometimes called the "digital backbone" of a product, it includes the requirements phase, analysis and design ). Since going public in 1996, simultaneously on the Paris Bourse and Nasdaq, the Company has become an international player with six major brands: CATIA A family of 2D and 3D CAD programs from IBM. CATIA was one of the first CAD programs to provide 3D solid modeling. The program was developed by Dassault Systems, a French aerospace company. , ENOVIA, DELMIA DELMIA Digital Enterprise Lean Manufacturing Interactive Application , SolidWorks, Smart Solutions and Spatial. Today, Dassault Systemes has the largest development lab in Europe. For the nine-months ended September 30, 2000, the Company's revenue increased 22% to EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 435.9 million compared to the year-ago period. The Company's net income increased 16% to EUR 92.2 million, or EUR 0.78 per diluted share, excluding acquisition costs. Dassault Systemes has over 2,900 employees worldwide About Dassault Systemes Dassault Systemes (NASDAQ: DASTY and Bourse de Paris) is the premier global software developer of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, providing companies with e-business solutions to implement their digital enterprise, thus creating and simulating the entire product life cycle from initial concept to product in service. CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA solutions support industry-specific business processes to help unleash creativity and innovation, reduce development cycle time, improve quality, competitiveness and shareholder value: CATIA supports the digital product definition and simulation, DELMIA provides solutions to define and simulate lean digital manufacturing processes and ENOVIA delivers enterprise solutions that manage a comprehensive, collaborative and distributed model of the digital product, processes and resources. The combined integration creates the Digital Product lifecycle Pipeline, supporting reuse of corporate knowledge. SolidWorks and SmartSolutions, as Dassault Systemes companies, offer respectively 3D design-centric and TeamPDM software solutions based on Windows. Information about Dassault Systemes is available at http://www.dsweb.com. |
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