DELFINGEN Industry — Earnings Release 2009

May 13, 2009

2009 firstq uarte rsale s

M ay 13th , 2009

Th e s trong d e cline of m a rk e ts i m p a cts th e a ctivi ty

In m illions ofe uros	2009	2008	Variation	Variation e xcluding curre ncie s e ffe cts
Sale s	15.4	23.9	-35.4%	- 39 .6%
ofw h ich : Europe -Africa-South A m e rica (EA A S)	7.8	15.3	-48.6%	- 48.6%
North A m e rica - Ce ntral A m e rica - A sia (A NCA )	7.6	8.6	-12.1%	- 23.5%

Th e fallofautom otive m ark e ts ,trigge re d in 2008,gotw orse during th e firsth alf- y e ar 2009 (- 50% in A m e rica and - 34% in Europe ).

In th is conte xt, sale s figue s ofth e D e lfinge n Industry Group w e nt dow n strongly (- 35.4% atcurre ntrate ), im pacte d by :

• th e dow nsw ing in busine ss (-50%),

• th e incre ase ofm ark e tparts link e d to th e acq uisition – in th e m iddle ofM arch 2008 – ofth e 'w iring h arne ss prote ction' division ofM & Q (+ 11%),

• th e incre ase ofth e dollar parity com pare d to th e e uro (+ 4%).

In th e Europe an are a, th e de cline re m ains gre ate r th an th e one ofth e m ark e t, m ainly due to th e car m anufacture rs and th e O EM s de stock ing.

In th e A m e rican are a, th e drop due to th e m ark e t(-51%) is partially com pe nsate d for th e incre ase ofour m ark e tpart link e d to th e acq uisition ofM & Q (+ 28%).

In th is conte xt,th e D e lfinge n Industry Group:

• h as se cure d its financings up to th e e nd of2011
• continue s: th e adjustm e nts ofits organization and its production capabilitie s, - its e fforts ofproductivity ,

w h ich allow s to e nte r th e y e ar 2009 w ith se re nity .

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