Capgemini Schweiz AG (“Capgemini”) won the business with Telekurs Financial against tough Indian competition and will deliver the service from its own BPO delivery centre in Mumbai, India. The threeyear agreement finally involves 80 process seats being developed by Capgemini to support the input of financial data from the US and the UK with the potential for expansion.

“In addition to our existing data centres around the world, this new centre will give us flexibility in manpower increases together with a very good cost efficiency” said Eugen Niesper, CEO of Telekurs Financial.

“Our ability to provide an accurate and high quality service, via a cost reducing offshore location and the economics of outsourcing, provides the client with a clear cost/efficiency benefit and also the ability to be scalable as the company grows intensively in the market.” said Hansjoerg Siber, VP of BPO in Central Europe.

“This agreement with Telekurs is another key step in the continued growth of our “Rightshore™” Business Process Outsourcing delivery network which spans Canada, Europe, India and China. In addition to supporting our growth as one of the leading Global BPO service providers, this agreement with Telekurs will enhance our ability to provide economies of scale, technological innovation and productivity improvement to our clients operations” said Hubert Giraud, Global Head of BPO for the Capgemini Group.

About Telekurs Financial
Telekurs Financial is a company of Zurich based Telekurs Group, an internationally active service organization in the fields of international financial information, card-based payment transactions and electronic payment systems. Telekurs Financial is specialized in the acquisition, refinement and processing of financial information for use in investment consulting, asset management, financial analysis and securities administration. The database maintained by Telekurs Financial and its ten foreign subsidiaries provides a unique depth of information and data coverage as a result of the direct linkage of fundamental and corporate actions data with current price information and business news. As the official numbering agency for Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein, Telekurs Financial is responsible for allocating Swiss security (Valor) numbers.
www.telekurs-financial.com

About the Capgemini Group

Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services, has a unique way of working with its clients, which it calls the Collaborative Business Experience. Through commitment to mutual success and the achievement of tangible value, Capgemini helps businesses implement growth strategies, leverage technology, and thrive through the power of collaboration. Capgemini employs approximately 60,000 people and reported 2004 global revenues of 6.3 billion euros.

More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at www.capgemini.com

For further information:

Telekurs Financial Information Ltd.
Daniela Graichen
Communications
Tel: +41 44 279 54 40
daniela.graichen@telekurs.com

Capgemini UK
Jennie Laird
PR & Communications
Tel: +44 870 904 5720
jennie.laird@capgemini.com