Gemplus International SA
FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Report of Foreign
Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of September 2006
GEMPLUS INTERNATIONAL S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
GEMPLUS INTERNATIONAL S.A.
(Translation of registrant’s name in English)
46A, Avenue J.F. Kennedy
L-1855 Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F þ Form 40-F o
(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.)
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Gemplus International SA
GEMPLUS INTERNATIONAL SA
Gemplus Trading Update
Luxembourg, September 13, 2006 — Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext LU0121706294 — GEM and
NASDAQ: GEMP), a world leading player in the secure card industry and a subsidiary of Gemalto N.V.
(Euronext NL0000400653 — GTO), announces today that it no longer expects to meet its financial
performance outlook for 2006. The Company cited market conditions that will remain challenging and
uncertainties in the global economic environment. Because of the level of its integration within
Gemalto, the Company will not provide further guidance on future earnings expectations on a
stand-alone basis. It expects to report on October 26, 2006 its financial performance for the third
quarter ending September 30, 2006.
About Gemplus
Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 — GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP) is a world leading
player in the secure card industry in both revenue and total shipments (source: Gartner-Dataquest,
Frost & Sullivan, Datamonitor).
Gemplus delivers a wide range of portable, personalized solutions in areas including Identity,
Mobile Telecommunications, Public Telephony, Banking, Retail, Transport, Healthcare, WiFi, Pay-TV,
e-government, and access control.
Gemplus’s revenue in 2005 was 939 million Euros.
In June 2006, Gemplus and Axalto initiated their combination to form Gemalto, a leader in digital
security.
www.gemplus.com
www.gemalto.com
For more information:
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Gemplus
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Remi Calvet
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Céline Berthier |
Mob. : +33 (0) 6 22 72 81 58
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Tel: +41 (0) 22 544 5054 |
Email: remi.calvet@gemplus.com
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Email: celine.berthier@gemplus.com |
©2006 Gemplus. All rights reserved. Gemplus, the Gemplus logo, are trademarks and service marks
of Gemplus S.A. and are registered in certain countries. All other trademarks and service marks,
whether registered or not in specific countries, are the property of their respective owners.
Some of the statements contained in this release constitute forward-looking statements. These
statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual
results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future
results, levels of activities, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Actual events or results may differ materially. Although we believe
that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot
guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those estimated by the forward-looking statements
contained in this release include, but are not limited to: trends in wireless communication and
mobile commerce sectors; our ability to develop new technology, and the effects of competing
technologies developed and expected intense competition generally in our main segments;
profitability of our expansion strategy; challenges to