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Company

U.S. HQ's

Reincorporated

When

Estimated tax savings

U.S. Government Contracts

Description/Products

Accenture n/a Bermuda ("ab Initio") 2001   over $1 billion in total federal contracts
consultant; spinoff of Arthur Andersen


APW (spun off from Applied Power/ Actuant)
 
Bermuda

2000
   
enclosures for electronic systems; clients include Cisco, IBM, Nokia and Sun Microsystems


Carnival Corporation
Miami, FL Panama
1974
"We believe that substantially all of our income, with the exception of
our U.S. source income from the transportation, hotel and tour businesses of Tours, is exempt from U.S. federal income taxes." 10-K
 
Travel Cruises


Cooper Industries

Houston, TX

Bermuda

2002

$55 million/yr

63 contracts, including contracts with the Navy, Dept. of Interior, Dept. of Defense and General Services Administration

tools, hardware, electical products (lighting)


Everest Reinsurance
 
Bermuda

2000
   
Property/casualty reinsurance


Foster Wheeler

Clinton, NJ

Bermuda
May
2001
 
424 contracts worth over $600 million

builds industrial plants, incinerators, electrical power projects


Fruit of the Loom


Cayman Islands

1998
   
Underwear maker


Global Crossing
Madison, NJ
Bermuda

1997

(now bankrupt)

Contracts with the Army, Navy, and State Dept.
 


GlobalSantaFe

Houston, TX

Cayman Islands

1997
   
Offshore drilling contractor


Helen of Troy

Texas

Bermuda

1993
   
Sells licensed personal care productsd: Vidal Sassoon, Revlon, and own brands: WICO, Karina, Helen of Troy. Foot massagers (Dr. Scholl's Carel, Hotspa) and hair products


Ingersoll-Rand

Woodcliff Lake, NJ

Bermuda

Dec. 2001

$40 million/yr; $60 million in 2002

271 contracts with the Navy, Army, Dept. of Energy, Air Force, Dept. of Treasury, General Services Administration

Tools, locks and security systems, industrial equipment


Mcdermott
  Panama
1983

(now bankrupt)
 
subsea oil and gas faciltiies; nuke plant equipment


Nabors Industries

Houston, TX

Bermuda (proposed)

June 2002
 
Largest, Dept. of Interior

Drilling contractors/ oil servicer


Noble Drilling
Sugar Land, TX
Cayman Islands

April 2002

down to 15% in 2002
 
Drilling services


Playstar

Antigua 1998    
Internet gambling/cyber-casino

PwC Consulting/Monday
n/a
Bermuda (via Luxembourg) March 2002   $760 million woth of government contracts Accounting/ Consultants


PXRE Group Ltd.

n/a
Bermuda
1999
   
Reinsurer


R & B Falcon
 
Cayman Islands

2000 (announced)
   
World's largest fleet of marine-based drilling rigs


Seagate Technology, Inc.

Scotts Valley, CA

Cayman Islands

2000
   
Makes computer storage drives, disk and tape drives.


Seven Seas Petroleum
Houston/Toronto, Canada Cayman Islands
March 2001
   
Oil exploration and drilling, primarily in Colombia


Stanley Works

New Britain, CT

Bermuda (proposed)
 
$30 million/yr

100 contracts, with the Dept. of Transportation, Health and Human Services, Dept. of State, Dept. of Defense, and General Service Administration

Brands: Bostitch, Jensen, Husky, Stanley, and Vidmar


TransOcean

Houston, TX

Cayman Islands

1999
   
Deepwater drilling contrator.


Trenwick
  Bermuda
2000
   
Trenwick reinsurance.


Triton Energy

Dallas, TX

Cayman Islands

1996
   
International oil and gas production company.


Tyco International

Exeter, NH
Bermuda
1997

$400 million in 2001 alone

108th largest: over $1 billion, including terrorist emergency response

Electrical connectors, printed circuit boards, security systems,healthcare products (bandages, crutches); financial services through CIT group


Veritas DGC

Houston, TX

Cayman Islands

May 2002 (announced)
   


Weatherford International (oil services)

Houston, TX

Bermuda (proposed)

June 2002
 
Contracts with NASA
 


White Mountain Insurance
  Bermuda
1999
   
Reinsurance (Folksamerica)


Willbros Group

Houston, TX

Panama

?
 
Oil pipeline contruction


Xoma (XOMA)
  Bermuda
Jan. 1999
   
Drug developer, works with Baxter International

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