7th April 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Candidature Populous and Egis chosen to support the Paris bid

At the conclusion of an extensive consultation period undertaken by the Paris 2024 Bid Committee, international sports and entertainment design practice Populous and Egis, an international group offering engineering, project structuring and operations services, have been selected for the provision of technical assistance in the development of plans for 38 Olympic and Paralympic venues for the Paris 2024 bid.

The scope of this partnership, in association with ISC, a sport and culture consulting agency, will include ensuring existing venues are ready for the scale and needs of Olympic and Paralympic events; as well as designing both new and temporary venues and facilities, allowing Paris 2024 to deliver successful and truly memorable Olympic and Paralympic Games.

With unique major events experience comprising involvement in 13 Olympic and 7 Paralympic Games, including London 2012, Rio 2016 and Sydney ©Paris2024/KMSP 2000, Populous are also the only firm to have designed 3 main Olympic Stadia.

Populous Senior Principal Ben Vickery said, “This is a great opportunity for Paris to showcase a beautiful international city and its proud sporting history. For Populous, it will be an exciting step on our Olympic Games journey, showcasing our expertise in designing experiences that can be enjoyed by millions of people, whether they’re at the events, soaking up the atmosphere in the host city or watching from around the world.”

Populous’ event and overlay designs support cities from all around the world to host successful major international events. Their long-term design relationships include the NFL Super Bowl, the FIFA World Cup, Cricket and Rugby World Cups, as well as the inaugural 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. Populous’ work takes in the full design and delivery spectrum, from assisting bid teams with submissions, helping masterplan the major venues and facilities, to the design of the main stadium and hundreds of temporary venues needed to support modern Games.

Populous Principal Francois Clement said, “We truly believe that our knowledge and experience, both of Olympic and Paralympic Games work and of working in France on the new stadium for Olympic Lyonnais will, together with Egis, help Paris to create an incredible event in 2024. We are very proud to be working with the Paris bid team.”

Nicolas Jachiet, Egis Chairman and CEO said “Our Group is proud to participate in this Olympic Bid adventure with our partner Populous. Our consulting teams will enthusiastically bring all their expertise and know-how in project management so that Paris could host the Olympics in 2024. Egis is an international group with extensive experience in designing major sports complexes and sports events for many years. Thanks to the multiplicity of its skills and its cross specialization process, Egis is now recognized as a major player in the engineering of stadiums.”

Egis teams have been mobilized on major projects such as the construction or renovation of most of the stadiums that will host, in less than 70 days, matches of the 2016 UEFA Euro Cup: Matmut-Atlantique stadium in Bordeaux, Saint- Etienne stadium, Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, Velodrome stadium in Marseille, and Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Lille.

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Outside France, Egis is also involved in several sports facilities such as the “Stade du 5-Juillet” and the in , ; the Olympic stadium in Istanbul, Turkey; and stadiums in Marrakech and Tangiers in Morocco.

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About Populous

Populous is a global architecture and design firm that designs the places where people love to be together, like Yankee Stadium, the 2012 London Olympic Games, and the Super Bowl. Over the last 30 years, the firm has designed more than 2,000 projects worth $40 billion across emerging and established markets. Their Olympic and Paralympic Games design experience includes Games in Atlanta, Nagano, Sydney, Salt Lake City, Athens, Torino, Beijing, Vancouver, London, Sochi, Rio, and Pyeongchang. Populous’ comprehensive services include architecture, interior design, event planning and overlay, environmental graphics and wayfinding, master planning, landscape design, urban planning and sustainable design consulting. With regional headquarters in London, Kansas City and Brisbane, Populous has 16 offices on four continents. Website: www.populous.com

About Egis

Egis is an international group offering engineering, project structuring and operations services. In engineering and consulting, its sectors of activity include transport, urban development, building, industry, water, environment and energy. In roads and airports its offer is enlarged to encompass project structuring, equity investment, turnkey systems delivery, operation and maintenance services and mobility services. Employing 13,000 people, including 8,300 in engineering, the group generated a managed turnover of €937 million in 2015.

Egis is 75%-owned by the French “Caisse des Dépôts” and 25%-owned by Iosis Partenaires (a “partner” executive and employee shareholding).

Website: www.egis-group.com

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