All the Group`s sectors of activity contributed to this achievement by meeting or exceeding their targets.

• As expected, the current operating margin in the construction businesses improved, rising 0.3 points year-on-year to 3.5%.

• The cost of programs at TF1`s five freeview channels was €960 million (excluding sporting events and non-current items), below the target of €970 million. The first phase of the One Transfo plan generated savings of €6 million in relation to the €5-10 million announced.

• Bouygues Telecom continued to grow. After rising 2% in 2015, sales increased 6% in 2016 and the EBITDA margin^a improved by 3 points to 23% (up 2 points in 2015). The savings target of €400 million for 2016 versus end-2013 was exceeded and net capital expenditure was in line with expectations at €802 million.

(a) EBITDA/sales from network

Financial structure provides the Group scope for development

Net debt was at €1.9 billion at end-December 2016, €695 million lower than at the end of 2015. Net gearing was 20%, a year-on-year improvement of 8 points. This decrease reflects sharp growth in the Group`s cash flow, up 21% year-on-year to €2.5 billion at end-2016, the proceeds of the Alstom public share buy-back offer, asset disposals and very tight management of the working capital requirement by all the Group`s business segments.

Outlook

Over the last few years and in all its business segments, Bouygues group has adapted its strategy and organization to changes in its markets and strengthened a culture of flexibility and efficiency that is crucial in a constantly evolving environment. As a result, the Group is well positioned to seize new opportunities.

Bouygues expects to continue to improve its profitability in 2017, driven by all the business segments.

• In a market that exhibits long-term growth potential sustained by the gradual roll-out of infrastructure programs in developed countries, the construction businesses have a high level order book and solid competitive edge on their rivals. In this context, they will continue to apply a selective approach and focus on profitability rather than volumes. Consequently, the current operating margin should continue to improve in 2017.

• The strategy implemented by TF1 should allow it to improve its profitability, aiming for a double-digit current operating margin in 2019. Ongoing tight cost control should allow it to hold the average annual cost of programs (excluding sporting events) for the five freeview channels at €980 million for 2017 and over the next three years and achieve €25-30 million of recurrent savings (excluding cost of programs).

• Bouygues Telecom confirmed its 25% EBITDA margin target for 2017 and set a new free cash flow^a target of €300 million in three years` time.

(a) Free cash flow = cash flow - cost of net debt - income tax expense - net capital expenditure. It is calculated before changes in WCR

CONSTRUCTION BUSINESSES^a

The order book in the construction businesses reached a record level of €30.2 billion at end-December 2016, up 4% year-on-year (up 6% at constant exchange rates).

In France, fourth-quarter figures confirmed that the construction market stabilized in 2016. The order book at
end-December 2016 was up 7% year-on-year at €14.2 billion.
Order intake at Bouygues Construction rose 17% in 2016 versus 2015 and included a number of major contracts such as the Port of Calais extension, Tour Alto in La Défense and the roll-out of FTTH (Fiber To The Home) networks in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments of northern France.
Positive momentum in residential property reservations at Bouygues Immobilier continued in the fourth quarter, driven by historically low interest rates, the Pinel tax incentive and an extension of the zero-interest loan program. Property reservations were 19% higher over the full year than in 2015.
The order book at Colas at end-December 2016 was up 7% year-on-year after declining for three consecutive years.

On international markets, the Group continued its policy of targeted growth and saw the order book at end-2016 increase to €16.0 billion, up 2% year-on-year (up 6% at constant exchange rates). This figure included significant orders booked in the fourth quarter of 2016, such as Hinkley Point in the UK, worth €1.7 billion, and Line 3 of the Cairo metro in Egypt, worth €190 million.
International orders accounted for 58% of the order book at Bouygues Construction and Colas at end-December 2016.

Sales in the construction businesses were €25.0 billion in 2016, down 4% year-on-year. They were negatively impacted by an exchange rate effect of €364 million and a scope effect of €283 million following Colas` sale of its bitumen storage and sales activities in Asia to its Thai subsidiary Tipco Asphalt and the discontinuation of its refining activity in France. Like-for-like and at constant exchange rates, sales were down slightly by 1%.

Current operating profit was €879 million in 2016, up €48 million year-on-year, and the current operating margin improved 0.3 points to 3.5%.
Operating profit was €781 million after non-current charges of €98 million, mainly related to the discontinuation of activity of Colas` Dunkirk refinery and the implementation of new organizations at Bouygues Construction and Bouygues Immobilier.

Net profit attributable to the Group was €754 million, €175 million more than in 2015. It included capital gains on the sale of stakes in the highway concession companies Adelac (A41) and Atlandes (A63).

(a) Bouygues Construction, Bouygues Immobilier and Colas

TF1

TF1 reported sales of €2,063 million in 2016, up 3% from 2015. It benefitted from the integration of Newen Studios, consolidated since 1 January 2016, while advertising sales were down slightly, by 2%, in the absence of any significant upturn in the TV advertising market.

Current operating profit was €129 million, down €29 million year-on-year, and reflected the cost of screening the Euro 2016. The 2015 figure included a positive impact of €34 million related to the deconsolidation of Eurosport France.

Operating profit was €45 million. It included non-current charges of €84 million related to the transformation costs and the effects of LCI`s migration to freeview, as well as the impacts of both Newen Studios and the decree on French drama.

BOUYGUES TELECOM

Bouygues Telecom`s good 2016 commercial and financial results confirm its strategic choices.

The number of mobile customers continued to grow, rising by 1,105,000 over the full year and by 335,000 in the fourth quarter, for a total of 13 million customers at end-2016. Net growth in plan customers excluding MtoM^a accelerated in the fourth quarter, with 228,000 new adds.
With an additional 1,096,000 new mobile customers excluding MtoM since the end of 2014, Bouygues Telecom was one year ahead of schedule in achieving its objective of gaining 1 million new mobile customers excluding MtoM since end-2014.

4G penetration within Bouygues Telecom`s customer base continued and now accounts for 65% of mobile customers excluding MtoM, reaching 6.9 million users^b at end-December 2016. The spread of 4G was accompanied by a sharp increase in mobile data usage, with the average monthly consumption^c by 4G retail customers at 4.2GB in December 2016, versus 2.5GB in December 2015.

Bouygues Telecom continued to grow steadily in the fixed broadband market, gaining 313,000 new customers in 2016, including 98,000 in the fourth quarter, for a total of 3.1 million customers at end-December 2016. As a result, Bouygues Telecom is well positioned to meet its target of 1 million additional fixed broadband customers at end-2017 versus end-2014.
FTTH^d accounted for 26% of net annual growth in 2016, with 81,000 new adds for a total of 121,000 customers at end-2016. Bouygues Telecom had 482,000 very-high-speed^e customers at end-December 2016.

Bouygues Telecom reported sales of €4,761 million, up 6% from 2015.
Sales from network increased for the sixth successive quarter, rising 6% year-on-year to €4,055 million. Sales from mobile network returned to growth, increasing 5% in 2016 versus 2015, after declining 5% in 2015 versus 2014. They benefited from both a larger customer base and stabilization of mobile ARPU^f.

EBITDA rose €164 million to €916 million. The EBITDA margin rose to 23%, 3 points more than in 2015.
Current operating profit was €149 million, a year-on-year improvement of €160 million. Operating profit was €169 million after non-current charges of €84 million, essentially related to the roll-out of network sharing with the SFR group, and a capital gain of €104 million on the sale of towers to Cellnex.

Bouygues Telecom invested €1 billion gross in mobile and fixed broadband infrastructure (equivalent to €802 million net of disposals) in 2016. In 2017, it is planning to invest €1.2 billion gross, partly to maintain its leadership in 4G over the long term and prepare for the arrival of 5G, and partly to ramp up the roll-out of its FTTH network. In the mobile segment, Bouygues Telecom is continuing its network densification program with an objective of 92% 4G coverage in 2017 and 99% in 2018. In dense areas, it plans to add 50% more sites in the next four years. Bouygues Telecom is also preparing for the arrival of 5G: it successfully tested ultra high speed mobile in 2016 and will ramp up Fiber To The Antenna (FTTA) deployment in 2017. In the fixed broadband segment, Bouygues Telecom addresses growing household demand for very-high-speed broadband with 9 million premises secured^g at end-December 2016 and a target of 19 million in 2019. Bouygues Telecom had already marketed 2 million FTTH premises at end-2016, with a target of 12 million premises marketed^h in 2019 and 20 million in 2022.

(a) Machine-to-Machine
(b) Customers having used the 4G network during the last three months (Arcep definition)
(c) Data consumed on 4G cellular networks, excluding Wi-Fi
(d) Fiber To The Home: roll-out of optical fiber from the optical access node (place where the operator`s transmission equipment is installed) to homes or business premises (Arcep definition)
(e) Subscriptions with a peak download speed higher or equal to 30 Mbit/s. Includes FTTH, FTTLA and VDSL2 subscriptions (Arcep definition)
(f) Average Revenue Per User
(g) Premises secured: premises being deployed (or ordered) up to the street cabinet
(h) Premises marketed: premises and building deployed and connected to the street cabinet

Alstom

As announced on 9 November 2016, Alstom`s financial contribution to the Group`s net profit was €36 million in 2016, after a contribution of €0 million in 2015.

DIVIDEND

The Board of Directors will ask at the Annual General Meeting on 27 April 2017 to approve a dividend payment of €1.60 per share, the same amount as in 2015. The ex-date, record date and payment date have been set at 3, 4 and 5 May 2017 respectively.

board of directors

The Board of Directors will ask at the Annual General Meeting on 27 April 2017 to renew the term of office of Helman Le Pas de Sécheval as a director and to appoint Alexandre de Rothschild as a director. In order to increase the proportion of independent directors on the Board, the term of office of Hervé Le Bouc will not be renewed and François Bertière has relinquished his directorship to the Board.

REMUNERATION of corporate officers

In accordance with Afep-Medef recommendations, information about the remuneration of corporate officers and stock options granted is released today on the www.bouygues.com website under Finance/Shareholders, Regulated information.

The financial statements have been audited and the statutory auditors have issued a report certifying them without reserve.
Find the full financial statements and notes to the financial statements on www.bouygues.com

2016 BUSINESS ACTIVITY

(a) Source: Médiamétrie - individuals aged 4 and over

2016 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

(a) Stable like-for-like and at constant exchange rates
(b) Including non-current charges of €123m at Bouygues Telecom, €95m at Colas, €35m at Bouygues Construction, €17m at TF1 and €4m at Bouygues Immobilier in 2015. Including non-current charges of €84m at TF1, €62m at Colas, €23m at Bouygues Construction, €13m at Bouygues Immobilier and non-current income of €20m at Bouygues Telecom (of which non-current charges of €84m related to the roll-out of network sharing with SFR and non-current income of €104m related to a capital gain on the sale of towers) in 2016.
(c) Including the impact of the sale of Colas` stake in the highway concession company Atlandes (A63)
(d) Including the impact of the sale of Bouygues Constructions` stake in the highway concession company Alis (A28)
(e) Including the impact of the sale of Bouygues Constructions` and Colas` stakes in the highway concession company Adelac (A41)

(a) Including non-current charges of €167m at all the business segments
(b) Including non-current charges of €30m including non-current income of €27m at Bouygues Telecom (including non-current income of €49m and non-current charges of €22m) and non-current charges of €57m at Colas, TF1, Bouygues Immobilier and Bouygues Construction
(c) Including a net capital gain of €189m on the sale of stakes in the highway concession companies Adelac (A41) and Atlandes (A63)

(a) Total of the sales contributions (after eliminations within the construction businesses)
(b) Including intra-Group eliminations of the construction businesses

(a) EBITDA = current operating profit + net depreciation and amortization expense + net provisions and impairment losses - reversals of unutilized provisions and impairment losses

(a) Including non-current charges of €123m at Bouygues Telecom essentially related to the roll-out of network sharing with SFR, of €95m at Colas mainly related to the discontinuation of activity at the SRD subsidiary in Dunkirk, and of €35m at Bouygues Construction, €17m at TF1 and €4m at Bouygues Immobilier related to the adaptation plans
(b) Including non-current charges of €84m at TF1, €62m at Colas, €23m at Bouygues Construction, €13m at Bouygues Immobilier and non-current income of €20m at Bouygues Telecom (of which non-current charges of €84m related to the roll-out of network sharing with SFR and non-current income of €104m related to a capital gain on the sale of towers)

(a) Alstom`s contribution of -€301 million to Bouygues` net profit, a negative impact of €12m for the amortization of fair value remeasurements of identifiable intangible assets and other items and a partial reversal for €313m of the write-down against Bouygues` interest in Alstom recognized in 2013
(b) Including capital gains on the sale of stakes in the highway concession companies Atlandes (A63) and Adelac (A41) and on the sale of towers
(c) See reconciliation below

(a) The capital gain on the A41 includes a €9m restatement at Group level

(a) Including €474m related to the sale of TF1`s 49% interest in Eurosport
(b) Including a 2016 interim dividend of €250m paid by Bouygues Construction, of €178m by Colas and of €90m by Bouygues Immobilier
(c) Including a 2016 interim dividend of €512m

(a) Excluding 700 MHz frequencies

(a) Free cash flow = cash flow - cost of net debt - income tax expense - net capital expenditure. It is calculated before changes in WCR
(b) Excluding 700 MHz frequencies

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