Order intake and sales at 0 September 05

Order intake and sales at 30 September 2015

Order intake and sales at 30 September 2015

October 21, 2015

Paris La D fense, 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 euros

9m 2015

9m 2014

Total change

Organic change[2]

Order intake

10,312

7,539

34%

32%

Sales

9,131

8,414

8%

4%

in millions of euros

Q3 2015

Q3 2014

Total change

Organic change

Order intake

4,088

2,319

76%

74%

Sales

2,785

2,719

2%

0%

Order intake

in millions of euros

9m 2015

9m 2014

Total change

Organic change

Aerospace

3,151

3,155

0%

-5%

Transport

2,486

825

202%

192%

Defence & Security

4,642

3,526

32%

28%

Other

33

33

Total

10,312

7,539

37%

32%

Sales

in millions of euros

9m 2015

9m 2014

Total change

Organic change

Aerospace

3,584

3,283

9%

2%

Transport

862

847

2%

-3%

Defence & Security

4,636

4,237

9%

6%

Other

49

47

Total

9,131

8,414

9%

4%

READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE

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

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

Dial-in number from France: 33 (0)1 70 77 09 46

International dial-in number: 44 (0) 203 367 94 61.

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/gx3zjrkf

If you are unable to listen to the call live, a digital replay will be available a few hours after the end of the conference call 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 296475#).

The webcast will remain available for one year.

[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 .

LINK:	https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/investors/press-release/order...
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