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Colas Earnings Release 2010

May 11, 2010

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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

COMPARED REVENUE FIGURES (excluding taxes)

(in millions of euros)

2010 2009 Fiscal
2009
I. PARENT COMPANY 573
st

1
quarter
97 97
II. GROUP 11,581
st

1
quarter
1,828 1,972

COLAS 1 st quarter 2010 Business was penalized by unfavorable weather conditions.

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.