Elior is a contracted food and support services group based in France. Co. provides personalized catering and service solutions to 3.7 million customers in the business & industry, education, healthcare, leisure and travel markets through 17,500 restaurants and points of sale in 13 countries. Co. offer solutions in two core segments, Contract Catering & Support Services (provides foodservice solutions to Business & Industry, Education and Healthcare as well as support services for facilities management and cleaning services) and Concession Catering & Travel Retail (food service solutions for motorways, airports, railway stations and leisure).

Petroleum Geo-Services is engaged in providing geophysical services and oil and gas production services. As of Dec. 31, 2001, Co. operated six Ramform design vessels in its marine seismic data acquisition operations.

Pierre & Vacances is engaged in the market of local tourism by operating apartments and homes, or beds, located primarily in France (in mountain, seaside and countryside resorts, cities and the French West Indies), as well as in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Spain. Co. develops its activities through two lines of business: the Property Development business (building and marketing of the residences and villages in France, Italy and Spain) and the Tourism business (operating and marketing of holidays in residences and villages under the Pierre & Vacances, Maeva, Adagio, Residences MGM, Hotels Latitudes, Center Parcs Europe and Sunparks brands).

Soitec is a manufacturer of silicon and integrated circuits. Co. offers products based on Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI), which serves to support the manufacturing of more energy-efficient integrated circuits. Co.'s operations can be divided into three divisions: Electronics, Solar Energy and Lighting. The Electronics division manufactures and sells substrates and components intended for the microelectronics industry; the Solar Energy division manufactures and sells photovoltaic modules, designs and constructs turnkey projects, and operates photovoltaic power plants; and the Lighting division isolates resources to develop materials designed for the production of light emitting diodes.

Vranken-Pommery Monopole is engaged in the production, marketing and distribution of alcoholic beverages, primarily champagne, porto and pink wine (Rose). Co.'s brands are Pommery, Vranken, Heidsieck & Cdeg Monopole and Charles Lafitte for champagne; Sao Pedro, Rozes et Terras do Grifo for Porto; and Listel and Chapelle Gordonne et Billette for pink wine (Rose). Co.'s activities can be divided into three segments: Vineyard which focuses on managing Co.'s vineyard and wine-producing activities; Production of champagne, porto and pink wine; and Distribution and Marketing of products.