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RECENT EVENTS SINCE 1 JANUARY 2006<br />

Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme hotel. The<br />

luxury hotel, redeveloped by <strong>Bouygues</strong><br />

Immobilier, was recently ranked<br />

Europe’s best and number two in the<br />

world by the magazine Institutional<br />

Investor.<br />

TF1<br />

<strong>Bouygues</strong> Construction<br />

On 5 January 2006, <strong>Bouygues</strong><br />

Construction announced that its<br />

subsidiary Dragages Hong Kong was<br />

starting to operate AsiaWorld Expo,<br />

the international exhibition centre it<br />

had previously built. The centre has<br />

70,000 m 2 of exhibition space, including<br />

a large multi-purpose arena with a<br />

seating capacity of 13,500. Over thirty<br />

international exhibitions are already<br />

scheduled for 2006, generating sales<br />

four times higher than forecast.<br />

AsiaWorld Expo, Hong-Kong<br />

was planning to recruit over 7,000<br />

employees in 2006, including 3,000 in<br />

France, 20% more than in 2005.<br />

<strong>Bouygues</strong> Immobilier<br />

<strong>Bouygues</strong> Immobilier has won the<br />

competition to redevelop the Berge<br />

du Lac district of Bordeaux. On a<br />

30-hectare (75-acre) site, it will build<br />

1,550 housing units, schools, a gym<br />

and amenities for local services.<br />

40,000 m 2 of parkland will enhance<br />

the new neighbourhood’s appeal.<br />

On 6 January 2006, TF1, Vivendi<br />

Universal and M6 signed the agreement<br />

merging Canal+ and TPS<br />

announced on 16 December 2005. On<br />

17 February 2006, Vivendi Universal<br />

announced a planned agreement with<br />

Lagardère under which Canal+ would<br />

own 65% of the new entity, Lagardère<br />

20%, TF1 9.9% and M6 5.1%.<br />

In early 2006, Société Générale sold<br />

its 1.4% stake in TF1 on the market. The<br />

disposal ends the shareholder agreement<br />

between <strong>Bouygues</strong> and Société<br />

Générale.<br />

<strong>Bouygues</strong> Telecom<br />

On 1 March 2006, <strong>Bouygues</strong> Telecom<br />

launched two new unlimited contracts,<br />

Neo and Exprima. With the Neo contract,<br />

customers can make unlimited<br />

calls to all fixed and mobile phones in<br />

metropolitan France every day after<br />

8.00 p.m. They can also make calls to<br />

other countries in Europe and to North<br />

America at the same price as a call<br />

within France included in the contract.<br />

With the Exprima contract, customers<br />

can make unlimited calls to all fixed<br />

phones in metropolitan France every<br />

day after 8.00 p.m.<br />

<strong>Bouygues</strong> Telecom and TF1 have decided<br />

to conclude a licence agreement<br />

under which they will be able to propose<br />

an innovative voice and services<br />

offering in 2006 called TF1 Mobile.<br />

<strong>Bouygues</strong> SA<br />

In February 2006, the €750 million<br />

15-year bond issue launched in July<br />

2005 was raised to €1 billion under the<br />

same conditions.<br />

On 23 January 2006, <strong>Bouygues</strong><br />

Construction also announced that it<br />

On 28 February 2006, <strong>Bouygues</strong><br />

Immobilier sold its 40% stake in the<br />

La Berge du lac, Bordeaux<br />

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