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Exhibit 21.1
SUBSIDIARIES OF IMATION CORP.

				Country or State In Which Subsidiary Was Organized	Percentage of Ownership (Note 1)
Imation Enterprises Corp.				Delaware	100
Imation Funding Corp.				Delaware	100
		Imation Greece S.A.		Greece	100
Imation Insurance Ltd.				Bermuda	100
Imation Argentina S.A.C.I.F.I.A.				Argentina	100
Imation do Brasil Ltda				Brazil	100
Imation Chile S.A.				Chile	100
Imation Colombia S.A.				Colombia	100
Imation Dominicana, S.A.				Dominican Republic	100
Imation de Guatemala S.A.				Guatemala	100
Imation Mexico S.A. de C.V.				Mexico	100
Imation Panama, S.A.				Panama	100
Imation Peru S.A.				Peru	100
Imation Caribbean Inc.				Puerto Rico	100
Imation Venezuela, S.A.				Venezuela	100
Imation Canada Inc.				Canada	100
Imation (Barbados) Corp.				Barbados	100
Imation (Thailand) Ltd.				Thailand	100
Imation Holdings Pte Ltd.				Singapore	100
	Imation Asia Pacific Pte Ltd			Singapore	100
		Imation ANZ Pty Ltd		Australia	100
		Imation (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.		China	100
		Imation (Guangzhou) International Co. Ltd.		China	100
		Imation (Tianjin) International Co. Ltd.		China	100
		Imation Information Technology (Beijing) Limited		China	100
		Imation Hong Kong Limited		Hong Kong	100
		Imation India Private Limited		India	100
		Imation Corporation Japan		Japan	60	*
		Imation Korea, Inc.		Korea	100
		Imation (Malaysia) SDN.BHD.		Malaysia	100
		Imation Singapore Pte. Ltd.		Singapore	100
		Imation Taiwan Ltd.		Taiwan	100
Imation Europe B.V.				Netherlands	100
		Imation France S.A.		France	100
		Imation Deutschland GmbH		Germany	100
		Imation Finanziaria S.p.A.		Italy	100
			Imation Ricerche S.p.A.	Italy	100
			Imation S.p.A.	Italy	100
		Imation International B.V.		Netherlands	100
		Imation So. Africa (Proprietary) Ltd.		South Africa	100
		Imation Iberia, S.A.		Spain	100
		Imation Middle East FZE		U.A.E.	100
		Imation U.K. Limited		United Kingdom	100
Imation Research Ltd.				United Kingdom	100

Note 1—Except where noted, the percentage of ownership refers to the total ownership by the indicated parent corporation.

*  Japan is a Joint Venture

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Exhibit 21.1 SUBSIDIARIES OF IMATION CORP.