acquisition was completed on 22 March 2018, bringing the overall turnover of the new structure close to €3 billion. On 28 June 2018, Altran announced the plan "The High Road, Altran 2022". This plan aimed for a 14.5% margin and a 4 billion euros turnover in 2022 by betting on technological breakthroughs. Takeover by Capgemini On 1 April 2020, Capgemini's friendly takeover bid for Altran was finalized. Capgemini reached the squeeze-out threshold of 90% of Altran's capital, which is no longer to be an independent company and was delisted from stock markets on 15 April 2020. For Dominique Cerutti, Chairman and CEO of Altran, the takeover "will give birth to the world leader in ‘Intelligent Industry’ to champion the digital transformation of companies". Organization and activities Altran Technologies is active in innovation and advanced engineering consulting. The company covers the entire project life-cycle, from the planning stages (technological monitoring, technical feasibility studies, strategy planning, etc.) to final realization (design, implementation, testing, etc.). As of 2008, Altran was organized in roughly 200 branches, each autonomous in their management and commercial strategy. The firm's main business areas are as follows: Aerospace and Defense Automotive and Transportation Energy and Industry Financial Services Government Life sciences Media Railway Telecom The Altran group is active worldwide with 23 country divisions. Revenue breakdown by sector: Technology and research & development consulting (68.5%) Organizational and information technology consulting (31.5%) Geographical breakdown of revenues: France (43.3%), Europe (51.6%) and other (5.1%). Software Frameworks Automotive frameworks Cloud & edge computing Intelligent automation Internet & embedded system Networking Security software Worldwide presences Altran is headquartered on the avenue Charles de Gaulle in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. The group is present in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Germany, Spain, Ukraine, France, Italy, India, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Tunisia, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, the Middle East, the United Kingdom and the United States. Corporate governance As of February 2018, Altran's executive leadership was as follows: Dominique Cerutti: Chairman and CEO Cyril Roger: Senior Executive Vice-President for Europe and Delegate Director Albin Jacquemont: Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer Pascal Brier: Executive Vice-President for Strategy, Innovation and Solutions Daniel Chaffraix: Executive Vice-President in charge of Transformation and Executive Vice-President North America and India Luis Abad: CEO Spain Marcel Patrignani: CEO Italy William Rozé: CEO France Research and innovation Altran Research Altran Research, headed by Fabrice Mariaud, is Altran's internal R&D department in