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Financial Review - Bouygues

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Full servicecontractor2004 sales€5,512m (+10%)Earnings before tax and exceptionals€181m (x2.6)Net earnings (Group share)€144m (x4.5)Employees38,500Sales objective 2005** IFRS standards€5,500m (=)HIGHLIGHTSMajor new contracts Exaltis tower, Courbevoie (€52m) Street lighting for the city of Lille(€37m over 8 years) Mechanical and electrical servicesfor Tahiti Hospital (€54m) Phase 2 of the M5 motorwayin Hungary (€117m) Tsing Yi viaduct in Hong Kong(€49m) Citylights@Jellicoe apartmentblocks in Singapore (€45m) Sail@Marina Bay towersin Singapore (€139m)Major projects underconstruction UK Home Office (€325m) Quai Branly museum (€29m) Nuclear simulation centrein Bordeaux (€135m) Port of Tangier (€150m) A28 motorway (€636m) Hong Kong Exhibition Centre(€225m) Barking Schools PFI contractin London (€68m) Masan Bay Bridgein South Korea (€87m)<strong>Bouygues</strong> Construction is a world-leading company, operatingin building, civil works, electrical contracting andmaintenance. It combines the strength of a large groupwith the responsiveness of a network of smaller contractingbusinesses. In 2004, it continued to improve its financialperformance.The building and civil works sectoris distinguished by its size, the verylarge number of firms that operatewithin it and the variety of their activities.In France, three major firms operatein the construction, infrastructureconcessions and roadbuildingsectors: <strong>Bouygues</strong>, Vinci and Eiffage.<strong>Bouygues</strong> Construction holds a leadingposition on the building market inthe Paris region and is one of the topfour construction firms in each ofFrance's five great regions.Competition on international marketsand in Europe is fierce due to concentrationin the European constructionindustry, the return of Americangroups to Europe and the Middle Eastin 2003 and the growth of firms fromemerging countries, especially Chinaand Turkey. Many firms are staking outpositions on the transport infrastructuremarket, while the majors are alsodeveloping sophisticated servicesand technologies through an increasinglyselective approach to theirchoice of projects.According to the annual survey conductedby the American magazineEngineering News Record (ENR),<strong>Bouygues</strong> is the fifth placed internationalfirm behind Skanska (Sweden),Hochtief (Germany), Vinci (France)and Bechtel (USA).A 10% increase in salesGood management on some majorprojects was one of the factors behindthe group's sales performance in 2004(€5,512m): <strong>Bouygues</strong> Construction benefitedfrom fine weather on the A28 motorwayproject, which brought in €270mover the year. The125 km sectionbetweenRouen andAlençon willcomplete a majormotorway link betweennorthern and southern Europevia Calais and Bayonne. The Home Office building inLondon, a 75,000 m 2 Private FinanceInitiative project, generated €143min 2004 and was delivered on 26January 2005, despite tight deadlines(under the Private Finance Initiative,the government delegates the design,construction, financing and managementof infrastructure to the privatesector). The Lok Ma Chau project (€73m in2004) in Hong Kong confirmed<strong>Bouygues</strong> Construction's technicalexpertise in underground works. Thetwo parallel tunnels, each over5 km long, were built usinga combination of boring(3.5 km) and cut andcover (the remaining1.5 km).Kipchak mosquein Turkmenistan The Kipchak mosque inTurkmenistan (€87m in 2004) wasinaugurated on 22 October 2004. Witha surface area of 20,000 m 2 , it is thesecond biggest mosque in CentralAsia.14

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