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CLASQUIN

Earnings Release Apr 27, 2017

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www.clasquin.com Financial press release Lyon,27 April2017 (after market closure)

5 continents -20countries -62offices

Strong growth in business and gross profit in Q1 2017

Q1 2017 Q1 2016 Change at
current
exchange rate
Change at
constant
exchange rate
CONSOLIDATED (unaudited)
Number of shipments 55,720 51,789 +7
6%
+7.6%
Sales
(€m) *
65.6 52.5 +25
0%
+23.7%
Gross profit
(€m)
14.5 13.4 3%
+8
+7.2%

*Sales is not a relevant indicator for assessing activity in our business, because it is greatly impacted by changing sea andair freight rates, fuel surcharges, exchange rates (especially versus the \$), etc. Variations in the number of shipments, the volumes shipped and—in terms of the Group's finances—gross profit are relevant indicators.

The WTO has forecast world trade volume growth of between 1.8% and 3.6% in 2017.

This recovery in international trade was reflected by first quarter growth in the global sea freight (number of containers up 4%) and air freight (tonnage up 6/7%) markets.

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In this buoyant environment, Group growth was boosted by strong sales momentum impacting both volumes shipped (3-4x market growth) and the number of shipments.

Sea freight unit margins dipped slightly versus Q1 2016 but held up well in a market hit by declining offer. As a reminder, the number of recognised global sea freight companies fell from 20 to 14 over the course of a single year.

Air freight unit margins rose compared to Q1 2016, although they correspond to the average observed over the last five years.

Gross profit was also boosted by the May 2016 acquisition of Art Shipping and the Q4 2016 launches of Clasquin Chile and Clasquin Portugal. These transactions contributed 2.7% to the 8.3% growth in Group gross profit recorded in Q1 2017.

VOLUMES NUMBER OF SHIPMENTS GROSS PROFIT (in €m) At current exchange rate Q1 2017 Q1 2016 Q1 2017/ Q1 2016 Q1 2017 Q1 2016 Q1 2017/ Q1 2016 Q1 2017 Q1 2016 Q1 2017/ Q1 2016 Sea freight 37,033 TEUs* 33,029 TEUs* +12.1% 25,048 23,730 +5.6% 7.0 6.8 +1.9% Air freight 13,223 T** 10,477 T** +26.2% 17,480 16,103 +8.6% 4.6 3.9 +17.3% RO/RO*** 9,777 8,605 +13.6% 1.7 1.7 +1.6% Others 3,415 3,351 +1.9% 1.0 0.7 +47.3% TOTAL OVERSEAS ACTIVITY 55,720 51,789 +7.6% 14.2 13.1 +8.8% Log System 0.7 0.6 +15.1% Consolidationentries -0.5 -0.3 NS TOTAL CONSOLIDATED 14.5 13.4 +8.3%

DETAILS ON ACTIVITY BY BUSINESS LINE

* Twenty Equivalent Units

**Tons

*** Roll On / Roll Off

Q12017 HIGHLIGHTS

The various growth operations made in 2016 (Bangalore, New York (customs broker), Art Shipping (Paris), Chile and Portugal) are developing in accordance with expectationsduring this initial period of the year.

The deployment of our new Transport Management System (TMS) developed by Wisetech, worldwide leader in the sector, is also progressing as planned. Implementation of this application at the Italian subsidiary began in April, in accordance with the initial schedule.

Lastly, we hired a new Group CIO responsible for managing all Group information systemsand technology. The former CIO was appointed Manager of our new Supply-Chain Management division.

2017 OUTLOOK

Market: Growth of more than 2%.

Clasquin:

Growth higher than market growth.

UPCOMING EVENTS (publication issued after market closure)

  • Wednesday 20 September 2017: 2017 Half year results

Wednesday 7 June 2017: Combined Annual General Meeting Thursday 31 August 2017: Business report as at 30 June 2017 Thursday 26 October 2017: Business report as at 30 September 2017

CONTACTS CLASQUIN

Yves REVOL – Chairman and CEO Hugues MORIN – Group Executive Vice President Philippe LONS – Deputy Managing Director and CFO Stéphanie CHALANDON – Financial Communication Coordinator CLASQUIN Group -235 cours Lafayette -69006 Lyon Phone: +33 (0)4 72 83 17 00 – Fax: +33 (0)4 72 83 17 33

Clasquin is an air and sea freight forwarding and overseas logistics specialist.

The Group designs and manages the entire overseas transport and logistics chain, organising and coordinating the flow of client shipments between France and the rest of the world, and more specifically to and from Asia-Pacific and the United States.

Its shares are listed on Alternext Paris, ISIN FR0004152882, Reuters ALCLA.PA, Bloomberg ALCLA FP. For more information, see www.clasquinfinance.com. CLASQUIN confirm s its eligibility for the new share savings plan for M SCs (m edium-sized companies) in accordance with Article D221-113-5 of the French Monetary and Financial Code established by decree number 2014-283 of 4 March 2014 and with Article L221-32-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code which set the conditions for eligibility (less than 5,000 employees and annual sales of less than 1,500 million euros or total balance sheet of less than 2,000 million euros). Clasquin is part of Enternext©PEA-PM E 150 index

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