Alten

Earnings Release • Nov 10, 2009

Press release Paris, 10 November 2009

ACTIVITY AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2009: UP 2.6 %

In €m	Sept 2008	Sept 2009	Change
Revenues of which France of which International	624.8 463.1 161.7	641.1 445.9 195.2	+ 2.6% -3.7% +20.7%
Workforce	11,800	11,370	-3.6%

ACTIVITY AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2009:

• Activity increased by 2.6% at the end of September 2009 (as a result of acquisitions made at the start of the year).

On a like-for-like consolidation basis, activity decreased by 9.4%, (down 9.6% in France; down 8.9% abroad).

Idestyle Technologies, whose activity fell by around 70% in the first half, was deconsolidated at 1 st July 2009.

The activity would have decreased by 7.8% on a like-for-like consolidation without Idestyle Technologies.

• Activity stabilised in the third quarter of 2009 in all business sectors. The strict control over staff resources resulted in an improvement in the activity ratio up to 92% in the third quarter (versus 88.6% in the first half). Accordingly, at the end of September 2009, the activity ratio rose to 89.5%.

OUTLOOK FOR 2009

• Even though activity is stabilising since the end of June 2009, visibility remains low. The activity ratio, under tight control, should exceed 91.8% over the second half-year as a whole. Because of the "embedded" decline in business over the first nine months of the year, and because of an activity ratio lower than that of 2008, the Alten Group's revenues should be down by 10% to 11% on a like-for-like consolidation basis in 2009, and slightly up in total as a result of acquisitions.
• The deconsolidation of Idestyle Technologies, together with the increase of the activity rate will involve an improvement of Alten operating profitability on activity in the second half.

As the European Leader in Technology Consulting and Engineering, ALTEN carries out design and research projects for the technical and IT divisions of major clients in industry, telecoms and services. ALTEN's stock is listed on 'compartiment B' of the Euronext Paris stock exchange (ISIN FR0000071946). It is part of the SBF 120, the IT CAC 50 and MIDCAP 100 indexes, and is eligible for the SRD.

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