Earnings Release • May 13, 2009
Earnings Release
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Paris, 13 May 2009
The Bouygues group reported consolidated sales of €6.7 billion in the first quarter of 2009, down 2% year-onyear and 3% like-for-like and at constant exchange rates.
| Sales by business area (€ million) |
First-quarter 2008 |
First-quarter 2009 |
% change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouygues Construction | 2,210 | 2,291 | +4% |
| Bouygues Immobilier | 564 | 628 | +11% |
| Colas | 2,189 | 1,972 | -10% |
| TF1 | 6531 | 538 | -18% |
| Bouygues Telecom | 1,200 | 1,272 | +6% |
| Holding company and other | 122 | 131 | ns |
| Intra-Group elimination | (128) | (177) | ns |
| Total | 6,8101 | 6,655 | -2% |
| France | 5,0481 | 4,783 | -5% |
| International | 1,762 | 1,872 | +6% |
1 Applying the same accounting policy as in 2009, excluding TF1 third-party sales (€5 million in first-quarter 2008)
Bouygues Construction recorded a 4% increase in sales — stable in France and up 9% internationally thanks to strong order intakes in previous years. Like-for-like and at constant exchange rates, growth was identical, up 4%.
As expected, business activity slowed. Order intakes totalled €2.2 billion, down 30% on the first quarter of 2008, an exceptional period that saw the signature of four major contracts. At €12.2 billion, the order book was stable on end-December 2008.
Bouygues Immobilier posted an 11% rise in sales — up 8% for Residential property and 17% for Commercial property — thanks to reservations from previous years.
After the strong downturn in the second half of 2008, Residential property business activity improved sharply, reaching levels similar to those in the first quarter of 2008 by volume, and down 6% by value (€339 million in reservations). The Commercial property market remains very difficult. Total reservations were down 24% at €350 million. The order book came to €2.9 billion, down 9% compared with end-December 2008.
Colas reported a 10% drop in sales, or 11% like-for-like and at constant exchange rates.
First-quarter activity in France — down 15% — got off to a slower start than in previous years due to a very harsh winter, which had not been the case for several years, thus contrasting with the exceptionally favourable weather in the first quarter of 2008.
International sales grew 2% in the first quarter of 2009.
The order book at end-March 2009 came to €6.8 billion, down 7% on the record-setting order book at end-March 2008 and down 5% stripping out major, exceptional projects which were not renewed. The order book remained at a high level and has still not factored in the positive effects expected from stimulus plans.
TF1's sales fell 18% on a worsening advertising market and a still-difficult economic environment.
Bouygues Telecom posted a 6% increase in sales. Sales from network grew 5% to €1,175 million, including a €9 million contribution from the Fixed-line business.
Some 144,000 new Mobile customers joined Bouygues Telecom in the first quarter of 2009, compared with 51,000 in the first quarter of 2008.
At 31 March 2009, Bouygues Telecom had 9,739,000 Mobile customers, 7,348,000 of whom were on contracts — 75.5% of the total customer base, a year-on-year increase of 1.7 points.
| Contribution of business areas to sales (€ million) |
First-quarter 2008 |
First-quarter 2009 |
% change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouygues Construction | 2,148 | 2,183 | +2% |
| Bouygues Immobilier | 564 | 625 | +11% |
| Colas | 2,180 | 1,956 | -10% |
| TF1 | 6491 | 536 | -17% |
| Bouygues Telecom | 1,197 | 1,268 | +6% |
| Holding company and other | 72 | 87 | ns |
| Total | 6,8101 | 6,655 | -2% |
| France | 5,0481 | 4,783 | -5% |
| International | 1,762 | 1,872 | +6% |
1 Applying the same accounting policy as in 2009, excluding TF1 third-party sales (€5 million in first-quarter 2008)
First-quarter 2009 results will be published on 2 June 2009 at 5.45pm (CET).
Press contact: +33 (0)1 44 20 12 01 — [email protected]
Investor and analyst contact: +33 (0)1 44 20 12 77 — [email protected]
www.bouygues.com
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