Earnings Release • Nov 9, 2010
Earnings Release
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Paris, 9 November 2010
In the first nine months of 2010, the Bouygues group reported consolidated sales of €23.1 billion, stable compared with the previous year and down 3% like-for-like and at constant exchange rates.
| Sales by business area (€ million) |
9-month 2009 |
9-month 2010 |
% change |
Change like-for like and at constant exchange rates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouygues Construction | 7,133 | 6,801 | -5% | -7% |
| Bouygues Immobilier | 2,154 | 1,769 | -18% | -18% |
| Colas | 8,684 | 8,785 | +1% | -2% |
| TF1 | 1,628 | 1,826 | +12% | +11% |
| Bouygues Telecom | 3,960 | 4,146 | +5% | +5% |
| Holding company and other | 104 | 99 | ns | ns |
| Intra-Group elimination | (495) | (359) | ns | ns |
| Total | 23,168 | 23,067 | = | -3% |
| o/w France | 15,924 | 15,838 | -1% | -1% |
| o/w international | 7,244 | 7,229 | = | -5% |
Sales at Bouygues Construction were in line with the target for the year at €6,801 million, down 5% (-6% in France and -3% internationally).
Order intakes in the first nine months totalled €8.7 billion, up 34% on end-September 2009. They include in particular the Singapore Sports Hub contract, worth €750 million.
The order book rose to a record €14.3 billion, up 19% on end-December 2009 and up 25% on end-September 2009.
As expected, sales at Bouygues Immobilier were hit mainly by the completion of major office projects and also by the fall in residential property reservations in 2008. Sales amounted to €1,769 million at end-September 2010, down 18% (-4% for residential property and -45% for commercial property).
Business activity remained strong in the residential property segment, with reservations rising 32% to €1,658 million. Commercial property reservations were low in a market which is at a cyclical low. Overall, reservations at end-September 2010 were up 26% at €1,729 million.
The order book was stable on end-June 2010 at €2.2 billion.
Sales at Colas amounted to €8,785 million, up 1% (1% in France and 2% internationally). The sales figure benefited from positive exchange rate and consolidation scope effects, notably with the integration of Société de la Raffinerie de Dunkerque from 1 July 2010. Like-for-like and at constant exchange rates, nine-month sales were therefore down 2% (-1% in France and -4% internationally), continuing the trend in the first half of the year.
The order book at end-September 2010 was virtually stable on end-September 2009, at €6.6 billion.
Sales at TF1 rose 12% to €1,826 million, driven by the recovery of the advertising market and growth in diversification activities. This figure includes sales of TMC and NT1, fully consolidated from 1 July 2010.
Bouygues Telecom reported a 5% increase in overall sales to €4,146 million and a 4% rise in sales from network to €3,763 million. Organic growth remained strong, with sales from network increasing 13%, stripping out the impact of the cut in voice and SMS termination rates.
Bouygues Telecom is continuing its growth strategy in both its mobile and fixed broadband businesses. In the third quarter of 2010, 201,000 new mobile contract customers signed up with Bouygues Telecom, bringing the total number of new customers to 552,000 since 1 January 2010, or 23% of net market growth1 . At 30 September 2010, Bouygues Telecom had 10,721,000 mobile customers, including 8,478,000 on call plans (79.1% of the total customer base, an increase of 2.9 points over one year).
The fixed broadband business continued to grow strongly, with 120,000 net activations in the third quarter of 2010. 645,000 Bbox routers had been activated2at 30 September 2010, representing 472,000 additions over one year.
1 Arcep (French communications regulator) data 2 Bbox routers in operation or the number of customers billed
Earnings for the first nine months of 2010 will be released on 2 December 2010 at 5.45pm (CET).
Investor and analyst contact: +33 (0)1 44 20 10 79 – [email protected]
| ANNEX | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sales by business area | Q3 | % | Change like-for like and |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (€ million) | 2009 | 2010 | change | at constant exchange rates |
|
| Bouygues Construction Bouygues Immobilier Colas TF1 Bouygues Telecom Holding company and other |
2,375 721 3,568 498 1,335 31 |
2,271 456 3,783 541 1,414 29 |
-4% -37% +6% +9% +6% ns |
-7% -37% -1% +5% +6% ns |
|
| Intra-Group elimination | (150) | (82) | ns | ns | |
| TOTAL o/w France o/w international |
8,378 5,428 2,950 |
8,412 5,469 2,943 |
= +1% = |
-4% -2% -7% |
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