Paris La Défense, 6 May 2015 – Thales is today releasing its order intake and sales figures for the first quarter of 2015.

Patrice Caine, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, stated: “The beginning of 2015 confirms Thales’s strong commercial momentum with order intake up 36% in the first quarter. Growth was particularly strong in emerging markets, which are benefitting from sustained demand.”

• Order intake: €2.82 billion (+36%), led by emerging markets (Egyptian Rafale)
• Sales: €2.58 billion (+4%)
• 2015 objectives confirmed

 

In millions of euros	Q1 2015	Q1 2014	Total change	Organic change[1]
Order intake
Aerospace	782	777	+1%	-7%
Transport	462	257	+80%	+75%
Defence & Security	1,566	1,024	+53%	+48%
Other	13	16
Total	2,823	2,074	+36%	+30%

 

Sales
Aerospace	1,081	955	+13%	+3%
Transport	234	229	+2%	-3%
Defence & Security	1,244	1,266	-2%	-5%
Other	17	17
Total	2,576	2,467	+4%	-2%

 

It should be noted that fluctuations in sales (a significant percentage of which is booked as technical milestones achieved pursuant to the terms of the different contracts) and order intake over a single quarter cannot be extrapolated and may differ markedly from long-term trends. This comment is even more applicable when each operational segment is taken separately.

 

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

 

Wednesday, 6 May 2015 at 11:00 pm (CET)

• Dial-in number from France: + 33 (0)1 70 77 09 40
• International dial-in number: + 44 (0) 203 043 24 41.

 

It will be also possible to follow the conference call through a webcast by using the following link:

• http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/xa2md5c9.

 

If you are unable to listen to the call live, a digital replay will be available the following day and will remain available for 90 days. To access the replay, please dial +33 (0)1 72 00 15 00 or +44 (0) 203 367 94 60 (code 293508#).

The webcast will remain available for one year.