SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of October 2001
GENESYS S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
L'Acropole, 954-980 avenue Jean Mermoz, 34000 Montpellier, FRANCE
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
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(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-_______________.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2001
GENESYS CONFERENCING SEES GLOBAL DAILY VOLUMES
SURGE TO RECORD LEVELS
All Conferencing Services See Increased Use
Montpellier, France--October 2, 2001--Genesys Conferencing (Euronext: 3955 and
Nasdaq: GNSY), the world's leading conferencing specialist, today announced it
experienced record volumes for all its services -audio, data, video and
Web-based conferencing services- for the week ended September 23, 2001. Compared
with daily levels seen the week prior to September 11th 2001, all services
registered a 45% increase in terms of volume on a global basis, with this rise
being even sharper in North America where automated services have increased by
over 60%.
Francois Legros, chairman and chief executive officer of Genesys Conferencing,
believes the volume increases were driven by the growing worldwide awareness of
conferencing as a viable alternative to travel. "Whether it is for personal or
business reasons, travel is costly, time consuming and inconvenient. Businesses
are reining in their costs while trying to boost their productivity, and they
are finding that conferencing is a simple, effective and cost-efficient solution
to connect with people across the country and the world."
Commenting specifically about Genesys' strong growth in volumes, Legros stated,
"We have built a strong franchise with 17,000 clients in 18 countries throughout
Europe, Asia-Pac and North America. Our position as the number one conferencing
specialist in each of our three regions, combined with our reputation for
state-of-the-art technology, clearly makes us a leading beneficiary of the
growing worldwide shift to conferencing services."
While Legros is optimistic that conferencing will continue to enjoy strong
growth worldwide, he cautioned that it was too soon to confirm if volume
increases of this magnitude could be sustained.
Genesys will provide shareholders with news on further changes in conferencing
volumes as they occur.
About Genesys Conferencing
Founded in 1986, Genesys Conferencing is a global communications specialist,
providing practical and innovative real-time collaborative and managed event
services to over 17,000 clients worldwide. Working in a rapidly growing market
and enjoying unique worldwide coverage as a result of its geographic expansion
policy, Genesys Conferencing has established its advanced technology in 18
countries throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and the United States. Genesys
Conferencing's ordinary shares are listed on the Nouveau Marche in Paris
(Euronext: 3955) and its ADSs are listed on the Nasdaq National Stock Market
(Nasdaq: GNSY).
www.genesys.com
Contacts
Pierre SCHWICH Marine BRUN Florence CATEL
Executive Vice President,
Audit, Financial Planning
and Investor Relations Shareholder and Investor Relations Corporate Press Relations
Tel: +33 4 99 13 27 55 Tel: + 33 4 99 13 25 17 Tel: + 33 4 99 13 27 49
pierre.schwich@genesys.com marine.brun@genesys.com florence.catel@genesys.com
Paul JOYAL
Press Relations North America
Direct line : 781-761-6231
Paul.joyal@genesys.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are statements other than historical information or
statements of current condition. These statements appear in a number of places
in this release and include statements concerning the parties' intent, belief or
current expectations regarding future events and trends affecting the parties'
financial condition or results of operations. Forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and actual
results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a
result of various factors. Some of these factors are described in the form F4
registration statement which was filed by Genesys with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 12, 2001.Although management of the parties
believe that their expectations reflected in the forward looking statements are
reasonable based on information currently available to them, they cannot assure
you that the expectations will prove to have been correct. Accordingly, you
should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. In any
event, these statements speak only as of the date of this release. Except to the
extent required by law, the parties undertake no obligation to revise or update
any of them to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release,
or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Document de Reference
On August 3, 2001, the French Commission des operations de bourse approved and
registered Genesys' document de reference for the year 2000 under No. R01-404.
The document de reference is available in the French language only and includes
a description of Genesys' activities as well as its financial statements for the
year 2000 in French GAAP.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: October 3, 2001
GENESYS SA
By: /s/ Pierre Schwich
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Name: Pierre Schwich
Title: Executive Vice President,
Audit, Financial Planning
and Investor Relations