5 July 2016 PRESS Turkey: opening of Osman Gazi Bridge to traffic (Gebze-Izmir motorway) RELEASE The Turkish President Erdogan has inaugurated the Osman Gazi Bridge at a grand ceremony in the presence of more than 10,000 guests. The Osman Gazi Bridge is the last part of the section which opened to traffic last month – Yalova-Orhangazi – of the toll motorway between Gebze and Izmir. Measuring 3.3 km in length, this suspension bridge has a central span of 1,550 metres, the fourth longest in the world for this type of bridge. The bridge provides a substantially time-saving alternative to the road route around the Izmit bay and to the ferry service crossing the strait. The next motorway section to be opened to traffic at the end of 2016 will run from Orhangazi to the outskirts of Bursa. President Erdogan declared that all 420 kilometres of highway running from Gebze to Izmir would be open to traffic in 2018. One of the largest projects operated by Egis The project is operated by the company GIIB (Gebze-Izmir Isletme Ve Bakim), a 50/50 subsidiary between the Egis group and the concession company Otoyol. In 2018, GIIB will operate infrastructure including 420 km of motorway between Gebze and Izmir, 33 bridges, 3 two-way tunnels, 17 motorway service areas and 187 overpasses. This project features among the largest operated by an Egis group subsidiary and comes as further confirmation of Egis’ status as one of the worldwide leaders in the operation of motorways and toll structures. Egis is well-established in Turkey. In August 2016, its subsidiary ICE (51% owned by Egis Road Operation) will start operating the third bridge over the Bosporus and the North Marmara motorways in partnership with Ictas (49% shareholder), while subsidiary Egis Tünel Işletmeciliği (100% Egis Road Operation) will commence the operation of the Avrasya tunnel running beneath the Bosporus at the end of December 2016. 1 About Egis €937 million managed turnover in 2015 13,000 employees 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). Egis press contacts Isabelle Bourguet Sabine Mendy Communications and Marketing Director Communications Manager Tel.: +33 (0)1 39 41 44 17 / +33 (0)6 17 10 29 70 Tel.: +33 (0)1 39 41 43 05 / +33 (0)6 25 33 02 64 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.egis-group.com 2 .