ALSTOM selects EDS as preferred bidder for IT outsourcing
project

ALSTOM has selected the leading global services company EDS
as preferred bidder for a project to outsource the
Companys IT infrastructure, applications and related
services. The project excludes IT hardware and software
embedded in ALSTOMs products, equipment and systems.

Under the outsourcing, ALSTOMs IT infrastructure,
operations and services in 14 countries - Belgium, Brazil,
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and USA - would be
transferred to EDS. Approximately 1,300 ALSTOM employees in
these countries would also transfer to EDS, following
appropriate employee consultation.

ALSTOM expects the outsourcing to reduce its IT costs, while
delivering improved operational efficiency, and higher IT
service and quality levels.

ALSTOM and EDS expect to reach contractual agreement over
the coming months.

ALSTOM is the global specialist in energy and transport
infrastructure. The Company serves the energy market through
its activities in the fields of power generation and power
transmission and distribution, and the transport market through
its activities in rail and marine. In fiscal year 2001/02,
ALSTOM had annual sales in excess of 23 billion and
today employs 112,000 people in over 70 countries.

ALSTOM is listed on the Paris, London and New York stock
exchanges.

EDS, the leading global services company, provides strategy,
implementation, business transformation and operational
solutions for clients managing the business and technology
complexities of the digital economy. EDS brings together the
worlds best technologies to address critical client
business imperatives. It helps clients eliminate boundaries,
collaborate in new ways, establish their customers trust
and continuously seek improvement. EDS, with its management
consulting subsidiary, A.T. Kearney, serves the worlds
leading companies and governments in 60 countries. EDS reported
revenues of $21.5 billion in 2001. The companys stock is
traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: EDS) and the
London Stock Exchange. Learn more at
www.eds.com.

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