SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of September 2001.
CGI Group Inc.
(Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)
1130 Sherbrooke Street West
5th Floor
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3A 2M8
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
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Enclosure: Press Release dated September 27, 2001
This Form 6-K shall be deemed incorporated by reference in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8, Reg. Nos. 333-9106, 333-13350 and 333-66044.
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION
Pitney Bowes Office Systems and CGI sign five-year IT
outsourcing contract valued at close to
US$25 million
Andover, Mass., September 27, 2001 - Pitney Bowes Office Systems Inc.
(PBOS), the fax and copier division of the leading mail and document
management firm, and CGI Group Inc. (CGI) (NYSE: GIB, TSE:GIB.A) signed
today a five-year information technology outsourcing contract valued at
close to US$25 million. CGI will provide IT infrastructure management
and support to PBOS employees in some 150 locations across the United
States.
As part of the agreement, the enterprise servers and infrastructure
will be hosted and managed out of CGI's Canadian-based data centers and
will be ready for operation in December 2001.
Robert Butler, CIO, Pitney Bowes Office Systems said: "We are very
pleased with the caliber and professionalism of CGI's delivery team and
appreciated their responsiveness and flexibility in meeting our needs.
This initiative will enable us to review our processes and technologies
in a more focused fashion to better serve our organization and
clients."
Gartner Consulting conducted the evaluation of the proposals and
recommended CGI as a preferred supplier. "Our role is to objectively
assess the IT requirements of a given firm and help optimize the
delivery of solutions and services to meet the clients business
objectives by recommending the appropriate IT partner." said Robert
Sauerhoff, senior consultant, Gartner Consulting.
Satish Sanan, president, USA and Asia Pacific, CGI highlighted: "We are
pleased to welcome PBOS as a new client. It is our firm belief that
through this partnership, they will be able to realize new cost savings
that will in turn be invested into their core business - that of
helping businesses communicate."
About Pitney Bowes Office Systems
Pitney Bowes Office Systems is a division of Pitney Bowes Inc. which is
a $4 billion global provider of integrated mail, messaging and document
management solutions headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The
company serves over 2 million businesses of all sizes through dealer
and direct operations.
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About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI is the fourth largest independent information
technology services firm in North America, based on its headcount of
more than 13,000 professionals. CGI's annualized revenue run-rate
totals US$1.3 billion (CDN$2.0 billion). CGI's order backlog currently
totals US$5.7 billion (CDN$8.8 billion). CGI provides end-to-end IT
services and business solutions to more than 3,000 clients in the
United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, India, Japan, and
Australia from more than 60 offices in more than 20 countries. CGI's
shares are listed on the NYSE (GIB) and the TSE (GIB.A). They are
included in the TSE 300 Composite Index as well as the S&P/TSE Canadian
Information Technology and Canadian MidCap Indices. Website:
www.cgi.ca.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements in this press release that do not directly and
exclusively relate to historical facts constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements represent CGI Group Inc.'s
intentions, plans, expectations, and beliefs, and are subject to risks,
uncertainties, and other factors, of which many are beyond the control
of the Company. These factors could cause actual results to differ
materially from such forward-looking statements.
These factors include and are not restricted to the timing and
size of contracts, acquisitions and other corporate developments; the
ability to attract and retain qualified employees; market competition
in the rapidly-evolving information technology industry; general
economic and business conditions, foreign exchange and other risks
identified in the Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) in CGI
Group Inc.'s Annual Report or Form 40-F filed with the SEC, the
Company's Annual Information Form filed with the Canadian securities
commissions, on the Registration Statement on Form F-4 filed with the
SEC in connection with the acquisition of IMRglobal and with the Forms
10-K and 10-Q of IMRglobal filed with the SEC for the periods ended
December 31, 2000 and March 31, 2001 respectively. All of the risk
factors included in these filed documents are included here by
reference. CGI disclaims any intention or obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
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For more information:
CGI:
Investor relations
USA
Julie Creed
Vice-president, investor relations
(312) 201-1911
Canada
Ronald White
Director, investor relations
(514) 841-3230
Media relations
Eileen Murphy
Director, media relations
(514) 841-3430
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CGI GROUP INC.
(Registrant)
Date: September 27, 2001 By /s/ Paule Dore
Name: Paule Dore
Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Corporate Officer
and Secretary