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DISCOVER THE HISTORY OF THE BOUYGUES GROUP

Francis Bouygues founds Entreprise  Creation of the Compagnons du 1952 Francis Bouygues, a Paris-based 1963 Minorange guild to promote an company specialising in industrial elite among site workers. works and construction. He sets up  Launch of the Group's in-house design and methods magazine. Francis Bouygues Le Minorange, the Group’s-in-house departments and applies the magazine industrialization principles.  Development of civil engineering and public works activities 1965 (engineering structures, earthworks, infrastructure, etc.).

 Founding of regional building and civil works subsidiaries 1956 The company starts property development with Stim. that gradually cover the whole of France.

Founding of a subsidiary specialising in industrial precasting  Bouygues moves to a new head office in Clamart, south- and the development of special concrete treatment 1959 1968 west of Paris. processes (EPI).  An information systems department is set up.

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Bouygues is floated on the Paris stock exchange. Delivery of Terminal 2 of Paris 1970 1981 Charles de Gaulle airport.  International operations are 1972 launched with the Tehran Olympic

complex (first prestressed concrete Terminal 2 triangular truss). Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport The Bouygues logo 1982 Francis Bouygues is named "Manager of the Year" by the  Creation of the Bouygues logo. magazine Le Nouvel Economiste.

 Delivery of Parc des Princes stadium.  Delivery of Bubiyan Bridge in Kuwait.  A scientific department is set up. 1983  Delivery of the Inset University in Yamoussoukro in the Ivory Coast.  Establishment of Bouygues 1974 Offshore, specialised in oil and  Delivery of Riyadh University in Saudi Arabia. The mere gas contracting (sold to Saipem in 1984 size of the project (1 million sq metres in the desert) and July 2002). its successful completion within 40 months changed the  Delivery of the Fiat Tower in La face of the Group. Paris Convention Center Défense business district (Paris).  Delivery of Dar-es-Salaam airport in Tanzania.  Delivery of Paris Convention Centre.  Handover of the Les Halles complex (Paris).  Delivery of the Elf Tower in La Défense business district.  Bouygues acquires ETDE, specialising in energy supply Founding of local foreign subsidiaries. 1975 and transmission, and Saur, France's third-largest water Founding of "Maison Bouygues" (catalogue homes), sold in supply company. Saur was sold to PAI Partners on 1978 1990. 15 February 2005, with the exception of its African subsidiaries.

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Involvement in the new town centre of Saint-Quentin-en-  On 5 September 1989, Francis 1985 Yvelines. 1989 Bouygues stands down as Chairman of the Bouygues  Delivery of Orsay Museum in Paris. Board of Directors. On his 1986  Delivery of 4,000 housing units in proposal, Martin Bouygues is Medea (Algeria). Arche de la Défense in Paris appointed Group Chairman and  A Franco-British consortium is Chief Executive Officer. formed to design, build and  Delivery of Sylans viaduct in France. Orsay Museum, Paris operate a fixed link across the  Delivery of the Arche de La Défense in Paris. English Channel.  Acquisition of Grands Moulins de Paris (GMP), sold on  Acquisition of the Screg group, France's leading 2 October 1998 to a group of investors made up of AXA roadworks contractor, comprising Colas, Screg Routes Private Equity Fund, Gilde Buy-Out Fund and and Sacer. Bouygues becomes the world’s leading Charterhouse. construction firm.  Acquisition of Dragages and Smac Acieroïd (waterproofing).

 Delivery of Pyeong Taek methane terminal in South 1987 Korea.  Delivery of Lagos thermal power plant (Nigeria), one of the most powerful in Africa.  Acquisition of TF1: Bouygues becomes the main shareholder (25%) and operator of France’s leading television channel.  Restructuring of the Richelieu wing of the Louvre Museum 1990 in Paris. Lagos thermal power plant  Delivery of the first project in Moscow (Iris Hotel).  The Group moves into its new  Bouygues begins operations in Thailand with the 1988 head office, Challenger, in Saint- construction of Muang Thong Thani new-town near Quentin-en-Yvelines (Paris region). Bangkok.  Delivery of the Ile de Ré bridge  Acquisition of Losinger, Switzerland's third-ranking The Ile de Ré Bridge (western France). construction group, whose subsidiary, VSL, is world  Delivery of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg. leader in post-tensioning.  Martin Bouygues is named Chief Executive Officer of Bouygues.  Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricité (CIE, a subsidiary of

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Saur and EDF) is awarded the concession for the power  Casablanca Bay sanitation utility in Ivory Coast. 1993 scheme (Morocco) (January).  Bouygues is the main shareholder of the concession  In February, Bouygues acquires a company entrusted with design, financing, construction stake in South African construction

and 35-year operation of the Northern Lyon Bypass. The Channel Tunnel firm Basil Read (sold in 2005).  Francis Bouygues founds Ciby 2000, a feature film  Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival for by production company, which stopped its production (May). activities in 1998. Its catalogue was sold in 1999. Films  César (French Oscar) for Best Foreign Film for Pedro produced include: Une Epoque Formidable by Gérard Almodóvar's High Heels. Jugnot, High Heels by Pedro Almodovar, The Piano by  Francis Bouygues dies on 24 July. Jane Campion, Underground by , Secrets  Bouygues establishes a national paging network under and Lies by , and Taste of Cherry by Abbas the ERMES standard. The first service, Kobby, is Kiarostami. launched in 1994. (September).  Delivery of the Channel Tunnel (December).  Reconstruction of Charlety Stadium 1991 in Paris.  Delivery of the World Trade  Delivery of Agadir airport (Morocco). 1994 Centre in Bucharest (Romania).  Delivery of the viaduct over the  Delivery of the European Kwun Tong bridge, Hong Kong Isère river for the Winter Olympics. Business Centre in Budapest  Delivery of the two Pacific Place towers. European Business Centre, Hungary ( Hungary).  Delivery of Kwun Tong bridge in Hong Kong.  Stim and Batir merge.  TF1 takes over the thematic channel Eurosport.  Bouygues increases its stake in TF1 from 25% to 34%.  Ciby 2000 produces Une époque formidable by Gérard  Three Oscars in Hollywood for The Piano by Jane Jugnot. Campion (March).  Ciby 2000 produces and High Heels by Pedro Almodóvar.  Bouygues and EDF sign a strategic international partnership agreement (May).  Delivery of James Bay dam in Canada. 1992  Launch of LCI (La Chaîne Info), Europe's first rolling  Delivery of Hassan II mosque in Casablanca (Morocco). news channel and wholly-owned subsidiary of TF1 (June).  Bouygues gains a licence to operate France’s third mobile phone network under the DCS 1800 standard (October).  Delivery of the National Stadium and the Tsing Ma Bridge. 4 Printable version of the History section of the www.bouygues.com website

 Delivery of Happy Valley race course in Hong Kong.  Delivery of the Pontiac Marina  Delivery of Rambler Channel Bridge in Hong Kong. 1995 office tower in Singapore.  Inauguration of the Normandy  Delivery of the Ashgabat Bridge (France) (January). 1997 Presidential Palace in  Construction/concession of Turkmenistan (February). Normandy bridge, France the Sydney metro in Australia  Taste of Cherry by Abbas (February). Kiarostami wins the Palme Stade de France  Delivery of the French National Library in Paris. d'Or at CannesStadium Paris film festival (May).  Delivery of Hong Kong Convention Centre in time for the  Construction of the N'Kossa barge in Congo (March). ceremony handing the Special Administrative Region  Underground by Emir Kusturica wins the Palme d'Or at back to China (June). Cannes Film Festival (May).  Opening of the Gustave Eiffel Apprentice Training  Establishment of Saibos in which Bouygues Offshore Centre in Chilly-Mazarin (Paris region, September). and Saipem hold equal stakes (turkey construction and  Bouygues Telecom signs a loan agreement for installation of platforms and subsea pipelines) (June). FF 15 billion (October).  Delivery of the Gök Tepe mosque in Turkmenistan.  Bouygues is removed from the CAC 40 index  TF1 opens its website (www.tf1.fr) (December). (November).  Delivery of the Stade de France Stadium in Saint-Denis  Bouygues creates and (November). 1996 launches the digital package  Bouygues Telecom launches high-resolution digital TPS (Télévision par sound and Nomad, the no-commitment mobile Satellite) (January). (November).  The French broadcasting  Delivery of Cheung Ching tunnel in Hong Kong. Rambler Channel Bridge, Hong Kong authority (CSA) renews  Vincent Bolloré acquires a stake in Bouygues TF1's broadcasting licence for five years (April). (December).  Commercial launch of Bouygues Telecom (May).   Secrets and Lies by Mike Leigh wins the Palme d'Or at  Bouygues signs a PFI Cannes Film Festival (May). 1998 contract for the construction  40% of Bouygues Offshore is floated on the stock of King's College in London exchange in Paris and New York (November). (January).  The Saur/Cise merger alters the capital structure of  Delivery of the Boulonnais Bouygues. Avignon viaduc, France viaducts (A16 motorway, 5 Printable version of the History section of the www.bouygues.com website

France, June).  €229 million capital increase through Bouygues  Delivery of the Avignon viaducts (June). Confiance, a mutual fund reserved for employees.  Bouygues builds two railway tunnels in Hong Kong for FF 2.6 billion (October).  Bouygues receives a work order for Europe's biggest office development scheme: Cœur Défense in Paris, France (October).  Vincent Bolloré sells his stake in Bouygues to François Pinault (November).  SCDM (Martin Bouygues and Olivier Bouygues) and Artémis sign a 3-year shareholder agreement (December).

 The capital of Saur is 1999 reorganised (January).  €1.5 billion capital increase  Bouygues signs contracts for 2000 (March). the construction of part of the  Works start on Rostock CPC oil export terminal and Tunnel, Germany's first The George V Hotel, pipeline in Russia. Paris. private road infrastructure  The Group spins off its construction business to form The Rostock Tunnel, Germany concession (March). Bouygues Construction (June).  Bouygues makes a share exchange offer for its  Bouygues raises its stake in Bouygues Telecom from subsidiary Colas (July and August). After this 34% to 54%. transaction, Bouygues holds 96.5% of Colas.  €540 million capital increase (June).  Bouygues Telecom welcomes its two millionth customer  Bouygues Telecom decides (July). 2001 not to apply for a UMTS  Francis Bouygues is named entrepreneur of the century licence in France in the construction sector by L'Usine Nouvelle magazine (30 January). (October).  TF1 acquires 100% of the  Bouygues returns to the CAC 40 index (October). The Cairo metro (line 2), Eurosport group (January). Egypt  Delivery of the George V Hotel renovated (December).  Delivery line 2 of the Cairo metro (Egypt).  The Bouygues parent company sells 51% of Bouygues Offshore and 100% of ETDE to Bouygues Construction (December).

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 Bouygues increases its stake per hour. 2002 in Bouygues Telecom from  On 23 July, the Bouygues Board of Directors approves 54% to 65% by acquiring an exceptional payout of €5 per share, proposed at the Telecom Italia's interest Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting on 7 October. (February).  On 19 November, Bouygues signs an agreement to

i-modeTM  Bouygues Telecom applies sell Saur to PAI Partners. The agreement is approved for a UMTS licence. Bouygues Telecom and NTT by the competition authorities on 15 February 2005. DoCoMo sign an agreement to develop

i-mode™ services (April).  An exceptional payout of  Bouygues Construction sells its majority stake in 2005 €5 per share is made on Bouygues Offshore to Saipem (July). 7 January 2005. On 24 January Bouygues  Launch of i-mode™ (November).  Construction signs a contract to build  Bouygues acquires E.ON's Sail@MarinaBay, Singapore Singapore's tallest 2003 interest in Bouygues residential towers (The Sail@Marina Bay). Telecom, raising its stake  United Kingdom: Bouygues Construction delivers new from 67% to 73% (January), Home Office headquarters, a PPP project (February).  Bouygues, Bouygues Telecom, TPS, Orange and and to 83% (December). The Tangiers Mediterranean France Telecom join forces to test a TV-over-mobile t  Bouygues Construction service using the new DVB-H standard (March). delivers the Budapest sports arena in Hungary (March).  On 26 May, Bouygues Telecom launches nationwide  The shareholder agreement between Artémis and broadband services using its Edge network, covering SCDM is extended (May). 85% of the French population.  Bouygues Construction signs a contract for construction of  Founding of the Francis Bouygues Corporate the new Tangiers Mediterranean port (Morocco) (June). Foundation, which helps motivated school-leavers with financial difficulties to finance their studies and fulfil

their professional ambitions (June).  Bouygues Construction signs  Bouygues Construction and RATP Group are awarded 2004 a €250 million contract to build construction of the Gautrain rail link between Masan Bay bridge in South Johannesburg and Pretoria (South Africa) (July). Korea (June).  Bouygues Confiance 3 is launched – the third  Delivery of Groene Hart leveraged share ownership plan reserved for Masan Bay Bridge, South Korea Tunnel in the Netherlands, one employees of the Group's French companies (November). of the greatest adventures of our times. The 7-km long  AsiaWorld-Expo exhibition centre is delivered in Hong tunnel bored under the water table through sand and Kong (December). silt soil, allows two trains to pass each other at 300 km 7 Printable version of the History section of the www.bouygues.com website

by Vivendi.  On 26 April Bouygues  On 26 January 2007, Bouygues Immobilier launches 2006 acquires the French Seine Ouest — 160,000 sq. metres of High government’s 21% stake in Environmental Quality (HQE®) offices. Alstom, and signs a  Bouygues Construction uses the world's largest tunnel- cooperation agreement with boring machines on a project in China (February). Cyprus Airports the company.  On 30 May 2007, Colas acquires Spie Rail.  Bouygues signs a sponsorship agreement on the  On 10 September 2007, Bouygues acquires the 6.5% restoration of the Hôtel de la Marine with the French stake owned by BNP Paribas in Bouygues Telecom. Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Culture and  On 17 September 2007, Vinci and Bouygues Communication (April). Construction sign a contract to build the containment  Bouygues Construction starts work on the Cyprus shelter for the Chernobyl sarcophagus. Airports for a total of €491 million. In 2005, Bouygues  Bouygues Confiance 4, the fifth leveraged capital Construction signed a 25-year concession contract for increase reserved for employees of the Group's French the airports (May). companies, is carried out in December.  Bouygues Construction to build the three tallest residential towers in Bangkok (May).  In May 2008, Colas gains a  On 26 June, the European Commission authorises 2008 new foothold in Australia with acquisition by Bouygues French government’s stake in the acquisition of a 51% stake Alstom. This gives Bouygues 23.26% of Alstom's in the Australian company capital and voting rights. SAMI.  Bouygues SA opens its new Paris (32 avenue Hoche) The Bouygues Group's first advertising campaign  “Building the future is our greatest adventure” headquarters, an HQE® (High Environmental Quality)  TF1 Publicité enters the radio advertising market by building (June). winning the bid on independent radio stations on  Bouygues announces Bouygues Partage, a share 24 June 2008. ownership plan accessible on equal terms reserved for  In July 2008, Colas acquires Gouyer and its Group employees in France (December). subsidiaries, a group of companies operating in

Martinique and Guadeloupe.  On 4 January 2007, TF1, M6 and  On 20 October, Bouygues Telecom becomes an 2007 Vivendi sign a final agreement to internet access provider. bring together the pay-TV  28 October 2008, Bouygues Construction wins its first businesses of Groupe Canal+ and Public-Private Partnership contract in Canada. TPS in France as part of Canal+  3 November 2008, the Group launches its first advertising Seine Ouest Pro j ect France, a new group controlled campaign “Building the future is our greatest adventure”. 8 Printable version of the History section of the www.bouygues.com website

design-build contract in Hong Kong for a cruise ship  The Group’s first terminal along with supporting facilities. Dragages Hong 2009 advertising film, featuring Kong (a Bouygues Construction subsidiary) also wins a 41 employees, is shown on €360-million contract for the construction of a rail tunnel. television and in cinemas  Colas acquires 100% of the share capital of Société de la (April). Raffinerie de Dunkerque (SRD) (July). Galeo, headquarters of Bouygues Immobilier  Bouygues Immobilier has laid the foundation stone of the  Bouygues Construction signs a €770-million contract for future Orange retail park, incorporating Europe's biggest the Singapore Sports Hub, the world's largest sports photovoltaic power plant (May). infrastructure PPP (August).  Bouygues Telecom invents All-in-One service with ideo,  Inauguration of the Sequana tower, an office building the best of mobile phone and broadband box in a single carried out by Bouygues Immobilier and occupied by package (May). Bouygues Telecom (September).  Settlement of an agreement between TF1 and Group AB  Bouygues Construction, through AREMA, signs a (June). partnership with the city of Marseille for the  Bouygues Telecom passes the 10-million mobile reconfiguration and operation of the Stade Vélodrome customer mark (September). football stadium over a 35-year period (November).  Bouygues Immobilier inaugurates its new headquarters,  Bouygues Construction and Leadbitter management Galeo, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris. team acquire a majority stake in the Leadbitter group  Bouygues Construction wins a contract worth from Heijmans NV (December). €950 million for a giant real estate complex in Qatar  Agreement between Bouygues Telecom and SFR on (November). deploying optical fibre in high-density areas (December).  Bouygues Immobilier wins a prize for the future Ginko  TF1 group acquires 100% of NT1 and 40% of TMC. eco-neighbourhood in Bordeaux at France’s first National Urban Sustainability Conference (November).  Alstom and Bouygues, via its subsidiaries Bouygues  TF1 sells its 9.9% interest in Canal+ France to Vivendi, 2011 Immobilier and ETDE, agree to for €744 million (December). create a joint venture under the name of EMBIX to develop and  Bouygues Construction wins a Ministry of Defence at Balard provide energy-management 2010 contract to build 63 works and services for eco-communities. (January) maintenance centres throughout  The French state and the consortium “Atlandes”, which France for a total contract sum includes Colas, sign a 40-year concession contract covering the financing, design, development, widening, of €355 million. Tour Sequana” operation and maintenance of the section of the  June – Bouygues Construction signs a €490-million A 63 motorway running through the department of les Landes in southwest France for a total amount of 9 Printable version of the History section of the www.bouygues.com website

€1.1bn. (January)  Bouygues Telecom announces it will start to roll out its  Bouygues Construction wins a €1.25bn contract for the 4G network and chooses Lyon as its pilot city. (March) financing, design and construction of the new French  The CSA (French broadcasting authority) allocates six Ministry of Defence (including the operation and new DTT freeview channels, including HD1, a drama maintenance of the complex for 30 years) at Balard in channel, for the TF1 group. This frequency means that the 15th arrondissement of Paris. (May) the group now holds four free-to-air licences, like other  On the occasion of its 15th birthday, Bouygues Telecom leading media groups in Europe. (March) wins two awards: N°1 for customer relations for its fixed  Bouygues Construction concludes a €140-million line and mobile businesses (the 5th year running for the contract to renovate the Ritz Hotel in Paris. (April) latter). The operator now has 1 million fixed broadband  Bouygues Construction awarded a 1.25 billion euro clients. (June) contract in Hong Kong. This contract covers the  Bouygues Telecom to unveil mobile telephony 2.0 : completion of the first section of the bridge between B&You (July). Hong Kong and the cities of Zhuhai and Macao. Its  The TF1 Group announces that it has today finalised amount makes this contract the largest design-build the acquisition of the 65.7% interest in Metro France contract ever awarded in Hong Kong. (June) held by Metro International, raising TF1's interest to  Bouygues Batîment International takes 100% 100%.(July). ownership of Leadbitter, a company specialises in  An Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders construction, particularly in the housing sector, and authorised the Board of Directors to carry out a operates over a vast area across south England and reduction in the share capital through a share south Wales. (July) repurchase tender offer for a maximum of 41.7 million Bouygues shares (11.7% of the share capital), at a price of €30 per share. (October)

 Bouygues Telecom and 2012 France Télécom-Orange have signed an agreement to roll out optical fibre in high-density and lower density areas. (January) Paris Law Court complex  Bouygues Immobilier concludes a contract to develop the Clarins Group's future headquarters in Paris. (February)  Bouygues Construction signs a contract to build the new Paris Law Court complex (February) 10