{"id":17474,"date":"2021-09-23T11:46:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T11:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/?p=17474"},"modified":"2021-09-23T11:46:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T11:46:23","slug":"projet-orange-cyberdefense-a-quelles-fins-orange-filialise-t-elle-ses-activites-de-cyberdefense-en-europe-bis-la-question-reste-posee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.cfecgc-orange.app\/index.php\/2021\/09\/23\/projet-orange-cyberdefense-a-quelles-fins-orange-filialise-t-elle-ses-activites-de-cyberdefense-en-europe-bis-la-question-reste-posee\/","title":{"rendered":"Projet Orange Cyberd\u00e9fense: \u00e0 quelles fins Orange filialise-t-elle ses activit\u00e9s de cyberd\u00e9fense en Europe (bis) ? La question reste pos\u00e9e !"},"content":{"rendered":"

[French version here\/English version below<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Dans le cadre du Comit\u00e9 de Groupe Europ\u00e9en d’Orange des 14 et 15 septembre 2021 organis\u00e9 \u00e0 distance en s\u00e9ance extraordinaire, la Direction du Groupe a inscrit \u00e0 l’ordre du jour le projet de cr\u00e9ation de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Holding Orange Cyberd\u00e9fense pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par Hugues FOULON, Directeur Ex\u00e9cutif Strat\u00e9gie et des activit\u00e9s de cyber-s\u00e9curit\u00e9, Laurent CELERIER, Executive Vice President Technology and Marketing,<\/strong> Angus McMICHAEL, Directeur des Ressources Humaines et Audrey BARTHELEMY, Directrice Juridique d\u2019Orange Cyberd\u00e9fense.<\/p>\n

Ce projet affectant huit pays europ\u00e9ens fait l\u2019objet d\u2019une proc\u00e9dure d\u2019information\u2013consultation, la premi\u00e8re r\u00e9union ayant eu lieu le 10 juin dernier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Le m\u00eame dossier a \u00e9t\u00e9 soumis au Comit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique et social central d\u2019Orange Business Services qui a d\u2019ores et d\u00e9j\u00e0 rendu un avis. L\u2019avis est notamment consultable et comment\u00e9 dans la \"pdf\"publication de juillet de \u00abl\u2019Essentiel du CSEC de l\u2019UES OBS\u00bb<\/span><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ce Comit\u00e9 de Groupe Europ\u00e9en extraordinaire de septembre fait suite \u00e0 l\u2019expertise r\u00e9alis\u00e9e \u00e0 la demande des \u00e9lus par le cabinet Secafi et la remise, fin ao\u00fbt, du rapport de l\u2019expert. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 convenu qu\u2019une troisi\u00e8me s\u00e9ance pl\u00e9ni\u00e8re relative au sujet n\u2019\u00e9tait pas n\u00e9cessaire.<\/p>\n

La Direction a circonscrit la proc\u00e9dure de consultation \u00e0 la seule op\u00e9ration juridique et financi\u00e8re de cr\u00e9ation de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Holding, premi\u00e8re brique d\u2019un projet plus global de d\u00e9tourage et r\u00e9organisation des activit\u00e9s de cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9, laissant ces prochaines \u00e9tapes \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cart des d\u00e9bats.<\/p>\n

La Direction motive son projet de HoldCo par sa volont\u00e9 de simplifier le portefeuille de filiales et de proc\u00e9der, \u00e0 l\u2019avenir, \u00e0 des acquisitions externes par \u00e9changes de titres. Dans cette perspective, elle a confirm\u00e9 en s\u00e9ance qu\u2019Orange entendait garder le contr\u00f4le de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 nouvelle et avait exclu de coter celle-ci en bourse.  <\/p>\n

L\u2019expertise a confirm\u00e9 que les objectifs de r\u00e9duction et la rationalisation du portefeuille des filiales op\u00e9rant pour Orange Cyberd\u00e9fense depuis le rachat de SecureLink et Secure Data seraient facilit\u00e9s par la cr\u00e9ation de la Holding ainsi que leur pilotage. Quant aux moyens d\u2019une croissance inorganique par \u00e9changes de titres, ils d\u00e9pendront en pratique de la valorisation de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9, tout comme la possibilit\u00e9 de lever de la dette.<\/p>\n

La Direction a bien confirm\u00e9 en s\u00e9ance que la prochaine \u00e9tape consisterait dans le d\u00e9tourage ou \u00ab carveout \u00bb des activit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Les \u00e9lus, dans l\u2019avis qu\u2019ils ont formul\u00e9 restent mobilis\u00e9s et attentifs aux \u00e9volutions futures du projet, la cr\u00e9ation de la HoldCo \u00e9tant \u00e0 ce stade sans impact sur les \u00e9quipes.  <\/strong><\/p>\n

Ils ont unanimement regrett\u00e9 que le projet soit scind\u00e9 en s\u00e9quences successives et que la globalit\u00e9 de celui-ci ne leur soit pas soumise dans le cadre d\u2019une proc\u00e9dure unique d\u2019information\u2013consultation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ils anticipent bien \u00e9videmment les impacts sociaux susceptibles de r\u00e9sulter du carveout li\u00e9s \u00e0 de tr\u00e8s probables transferts de salari\u00e9s, mais aussi les risques de perte de synergies op\u00e9rationnelles et commerciales entre les activit\u00e9s cyberd\u00e9fense et les autres activit\u00e9s au sein d\u2019Orange Business Services. <\/strong><\/p>\n

La majeure partie des \u00e9changes a ainsi port\u00e9 sur la demande des \u00e9lus d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e0 nouveau consult\u00e9s sur le projet de d\u00e9tourage. Une premi\u00e8re assurance en ce sens leur a \u00e9t\u00e9 donn\u00e9e par la Direction en s\u00e9ance, renouvel\u00e9e lors de la r\u00e9union du Bureau de l’instance qui a suivi. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Il a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 convenu avec la Direction de recourir de mani\u00e8re plus syst\u00e9matique \u00e0 des expertises lorsque le Comit\u00e9 de Groupe Europ\u00e9en est consult\u00e9 sur des dossiers techniques, afin d\u2019aider les \u00e9lus \u00e0 appr\u00e9hender les enjeux.<\/strong><\/p>\n

[English version<\/em>]<\/p>\n

As part of the Orange European Works Council on September 14th and 15th 2021, organized remotely in an extraordinary meeting, the Group Management placed on the agenda the project to create the Holding Orange Cyberdefense company presented by Hugues FOULON , Executive Director of Cyber \u200b\u200bSecurity Strategy and Activities, Laurent CELERIER, Executive Vice President Technology and Marketing, Angus McMICHAEL Director of Human Resources and Audrey BARTHELEMY Legal Director of Orange Cyberdefense.<\/p>\n

This project affecting eight European countries is the subject of an information – consultation procedure, the first meeting having taken place on June 10th.<\/a><\/p>\n

The same file was submitted to OBS’s Central Work Council \"pdf\"which has already issued an opinion.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This September extraordinary meeting follows on from the expertise carried out at the request of elected officials by Secafi and the submission, at the end of August, of the expert’s report. It was agreed that a third plenary meeting on the topic was not necessary.<\/p>\n

Management limited the consultation procedure to the legal and financial operation of the creation of the Holding company, the first brick of a more global project of reorganization of cyber-security activities, leaving these next steps out of the debates.<\/p>\n

Management is motivating its HoldCo project by its desire to simplify the portfolio of subsidiaries and to proceed, in the future, to external acquisitions through exchanges of shares. In this perspective, she confirmed at the meeting that Orange intended to keep control of the new company and had ruled out listing it on the stock exchange.<\/p>\n

The expert confirmed that the reduction objectives and the rationalization of the portfolio of subsidiaries operating for Orange Cyberd\u00e9fense since the takeover of SecureLink and Secure Data would be facilitated by the creation of the Holding as well as their management. As for the means of inorganic growth through shares exchanges, in practice they will depend on the valuation of the company, as will the possibility of raising debt.<\/p>\n

The Management did confirm during the meeting that the next step would consist in the \u201ccarveout\u201d of the OCD activities.<\/p>\n

The European Works Council members, in the opinion they have formulated, remain mobilized and attentive to the future developments of the project, the creation of the Holding Company having no impact on the teams at this stage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They unanimously regretted that the project was split into successive sequences and that the whole of it was not submitted to them as part of a single information – consultation procedure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They obviously anticipate the social impacts likely to result from the \u201ccarveout\u201d linked to very probable employee transfers but also the risks of loss of operational and commercial synergies between cyber defense activities and other activities within Orange Business Services.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most of the discussions thus focused on the request of elected officials to be consulted again on the clipping project. A first assurance in this direction was given to them by the Management in session, renewed during the meeting of the Bureau which followed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was also agreed with the Management to make more systematic use of expertise when the European Works Council is consulted on technical files in order to help elected members understand the issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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