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Colas Earnings Release 2010

May 21, 2010

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May 21, 2010

COLAS

(subsidiary of Bouygues)

French Société Anonyme with share capital of 48,902,683.50 euros

Head office: 7, place René Clair - 92653 Boulogne-Billancourt, France

BREAKDOWN OF 1 ST QUARTER 2010 REVENUE BY BUSINESS SECTOR

(in millions of euros)

COLAS 1 st quarter 2010 Business was penalized by unfavorable weather

2010 2009 Fiscal
2009
I. Parent Company
st

1
quarter
97 97 573
II. GROUP
st

1
quarter
-
Roads
-
Civil
Engineering,
Electricity,
Pipes
-
Waterproofing
-
Signaling,
Safety,
Traffic
Management
-
Building
-
Railways
1,285
148
134
55
86
120
1,414
147
144
56
84
127
8,979
783
577
331
393
518
TOTAL ____
1,828
____
1,972
_____
11,581

The Colas Group's consolidated revenue at the end of March 2010 totaled 1.828 billion euros, compared to 1.972 billion euros at the end of March 2009, a 7.3% decrease (-7.7% with comparable exchange rates and scope of business). A breakdown of these figures shows that France accounted for 1.223 billion euros (-5.9%) and the international units for 605 million euros (-10.1%).

Business was put at a sharp disadvantage by very harsh winter weather in France (especially in January and February), Europe and North America. Climate conditions were even worse than those recorded during the 1 st quarter 2009.

It is important to underline that 1 st quarter activity is not highly significant, due to the strong seasonal nature of the majority of Colas' businesses.

Work-on-hand remains high at the end of March 2010 with 7.0 billion euros, slightly more than the 6.7 billion euros recorded at the end of March 2009.