Order intake and sales at 30 September 2015

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Paris La Défense, 21 October 2015 – Thales is today releasing its order intake and sales figures as at 30 September 2015.

Patrice Caine, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated: “Thales achieved very good commercial performance in the first nine months of the year. The strong growth in order intake, particularly in defence and ground transportation, confirms the Group’s return to a position of growth. This positive development enables us to confirm all of our objectives.”

  • Order intake : €10.31 billion (+37%), up 42% in emerging markets
  • Sales up 9%, to €9.13 billion
  • Book-to-bill ratio[1]: 1.13 (compared to 0.90 at 30 September 2014)
  • Full year objectives confirmed
in millions of euros9m 20159m 2014Total changeOrganic change[2]
Order intake10,312 7,539 +34% +32%
Sales9,131 8,414 +8%+4%
in millions of eurosQ3 2015Q3 2014Total changeOrganic change
Order intake4,088 2,319 +76% +74%
Sales2,785 2,719 +2%0%

Order intake

in millions of euros

9m 20159m 2014Total changeOrganic change
Aerospace3,1513,1550%-5%
Transport2,486825+202%+192%
Defence & Security4,6423,526+32%+28%
Other3333  
Total10,3127,539+37%+32%

Sales

in millions of euros

9m 20159m 2014Total changeOrganic change
Aerospace3,5843,2839%2%
Transport8628472%-3%
Defence & Security4,6364,2379%6%
Other4947  
Total9,1318,4149%4%

We are pleased to invite you to participate in our conference call in English:

Wednesday, 21 October 2015 at 08:30 am (CET)

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[1] Ratio of orders received to sales

[2] In this press release, “organic” means “on a like-for-like basis and at constant exchange rates”.

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