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Marc-André AudisioPartner, Director of EY Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes marc-andre.audisio@fr.ey.com+ 33 4 78 63 16 21

Jacques GoudardDirector, Business Development jacques.goudard@fr.ey.com+33 6 69 31 44 98

Sandrine JaffreDirector, Business Development sandrine.jaffre@fr.ey.com+ 33 6 89 84 29 50

EY

Auvergne-

Rhône-Alpes

Whatever:

Your company’s size(Start-up, mid-cap or large company)

Your specificities(owner-managed companies, listed companies, family businesses, investment fund-backed businesses, etc.)

75%of foreign investors in the

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region trust us with their businesses

EY has been serving you for the past 40 years

EY

and you

Your transformation challenges(getting financing, developing, restructuring, going digital, going international, etc.)

Foreign investors in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, how do you secure your growth?

How EY in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France) can help you at

each stage in your acquisition and development

EY in France

AuvergneRhône-AlpesRegion

For the second year in a row, Lyon ranks #1 as the most attractive

regional city in France. Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes is home of 1,300+

foreign companies with 20+ full-time employees.

Source: EY France attractivenesssurvey - 2018

Our teams in all EY’s service lines provide ongoing

assistance to the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region’s

companies throughout their development.

Agri-food – Biotechnologies – Chemicals – Retail – Energy – Industry –

Digital – Healthcare – Public sector – Services – Automotive supply

industry – Textiles – Transport and logistics - etc.

Multi-disciplinary

teams

2

Recognized

sector-based

expertise

Our teams possess a strong

international culture and work closely

with the EY network of French

professionals located worldwide (the

French Business Network).

1

3

International

business on

a daily basis

Our regional strengths Key figures

2Offices

Lyon & Grenoble

450people

Established in

197737

Partnersand Executive Directors

15départementscovered4

Service lines

A tailor-made service,thanks to our combined areas of expertise

Local presence,throughout the region

For all our clients,

from start-ups to mid-caps,large companies and

organizations

A key contact

Our commitments

Our events at the serviceof the business ecosystem

To promote leadership

To keep abreast of the latest regulatory and technical developments

To exchange with one’s peers, in specific functions (digital,CFO, internal audit,consolidation, etc.)

For the region’s family SME and mid-cap decision-makers

For the EY alumni in the region

To stay informed without having to go anywhere

Located in central-eastern

France, at the westernmost edge

of Europe, these executives

successfully combine growth,

innovation, drive and realism.

For 2017, we counted 154

investment decisions, for a

total of 4,373 jobs.

Our role: to work alongside

the region’s executives,

assisting them at all stages

of their development and

their projects, whatever

their size.

With a GDP of 270 billion euros in 2017 (source : INSEE), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the fifth richest region in Europe in terms of foreign investments, after North Rhine-Westphalia (€670 billion), the Paris region (€660 billion), Greater London (€447 billion) and the Milan region (€357 billion), and ahead of Catalonia (€215 billion) and the Madrid region (€210 billion).

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes’ GDP contributes 10% to France’s national GDP. Of France’s 13 new metropolitan regions, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes holds second position in terms of attractiveness for most activities, and has even overtaken the Paris region.

Source: Why Invest in Lyon ? –EY/JLL -2018

The region’s economy

EditorialLocated at the heart of an exceptional geographical area sharing borders with Italy and Switzerland, executives based in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in France have an impact on both the French and the international economy. More than 20 companies with a turnover of at least €600 million have their national or global headquarters in Lyon, attracting high-level managers.

Did you know?With 498 incoming foreign direct investment projects in the last five years, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ranks 6th among Europe’s most attractive regions.

Source: EY European Investment Monitor – 2016

Marc-AndréAudisio, Partner,

Director of EY Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Club EY

Start-up

Club

Alumni

Cercledes Entrepre-neurs

Consulting

90 professionals

• Marketing strategy, innovation,

digital, international

• Performance and transformation

• Risk management, audit

and internal control

• Information systems and

cybersecurity advisory

• Analytics

Audit & and Financial Advisory

230professionals

• Statutory audit

• Financial and accounting advisory

• Fraud and investigation

• Environment and sustainable development

• Outsourcing of payroll

and accounting

• Operational assistance:

accounting, tax and payroll

70 professionals

• Direct and local taxation

• Business law

• Employment and Labor law

• Public law

• International mobility

• Transaction law and taxation

• Indirect taxation, VAT and customs duties

• International taxation and

transfer pricing

Tax and Legal Transaction Advisory

40 professionals

• Performance, optimization

and securing of acquisition

and disposal transactions

• Evaluation and financial

modeling

• Assistance for companies in

difficulty

• Optimization of WCR

and cash flow

Did you know? Lyon’s attractiveness