American Power Conversion joins the HEC Foundation
Issy-les Moulineaux, 10th May 2006 – The American Power Conversion (APC) has signed a
partnership agreement with the HEC Foundation, with which it will become an active member.
HEC and APC share common values of research and innovation.
For APC, education is a priority. In fact, several years ago the company launched the Data Center
University, a global education program aimed at informing the market on the issues of physical security
in information systems. The agreement will reinforce this initiative by involving HEC students.
American Power Conversion will thus contribute, through its membership in the HEC Foundation, to
strategic decisions made by HEC Paris concerning teaching and research and will bring its knowledge
and expertise of the management and development of activities on a global level.
Additionally, APC will equip HEC with its IT infrastructure solutions, therefore guaranteeing students
and HEC partners high access to critical data and to the HEC knowledge database.
About the HEC Foundation:
The HEC Foundation is sponsored by a group of prestigious multinational companies to support HEC’s
ambitions, participate in its strategic orientation, and provide a direct link between the academic and
business world.
For Companies, being a member of the Foundation is a unique way to benefit from contact with students
and Faculty, and to contribute to the development perspectives of HEC School of Management
The HEC Foundation currently consists of over thirty partner members including APC  Accor  AGF
 Air France  Alcatel Allen & Overy  Altime  APC  Association des Diplômés HEC  Atos Origin
 AXA  Bain & Company  BNP Paribas  Capgemini  Carrefour  Deloitte  EDF  Ernst &
Young  Exane  Groupe Caisse d’Epargne  Groupe Pernod Ricard  Hewlett-Packard  La Banque
Postale  L’Oréal  McKinsey & Company Neopost  Ogilvy  PricewaterhouseCoopers  Procter &
Gamble  Province Sud de la Nouvelle Calédonie  Publicis  Reuters  Sanofi-Aventis  Schneider
Electric  SNCF  Suez  Toshiba
About American Power Conversion:
Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC) is one of the premier suppliers of
solutions providing guaranteed availability and reliability of IT infrastructure. Designed for both the
professional and domestic markets, the products and services of APC make the sensitive equipment used
in electronics, networking, telecommunications, and industry more manageable, more reliable, and
better-performing. APC offers a wide variety of products for the physical infrastructure of critical
networks (NCPI), including InfraStruXure; its revolutionary on-demand architecture for data centers,
and products for management of physical threats in sensitive locations via its division NetBotz. APC,
whose headquarters are in West Kinston (Rhode Island), produced a global sales figure of U.S. $1.9
billion in 2005 and is listed among the companies of the Fortune 100, the Nasdaq 100, and the S&P 500.
For more information on APC: www.apc.com
Press Contact, HEC School of Management
Catherine Rousseau
 +33 1 39 67 94 23
 +33 1 39 67 94 46
rousseau@hec.fr
www.hec.edu