Assystem - 2015 Registration Document

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO DOMINIQUE LOUIS

THE YEAR OF RECOVERY There is no doubt that 2015 was a year of recovery for Assystem. Thanks to the revival of the nuclear sector and the upturn in the automotive industry, and despite the effect of the transition period that our Group – and its competitors – had to deal with in the aviation sector from mid-2014 to late 2015, Assystem’s results in 2015 were a clear improvement on the previous year. The past year marked a return to organic growth, a significant improvement in margins, and a strong increase in free cash flow for the Group.

Performance was driven by the sound health of our business in France, the significant boost in our German operations, and the positive contribution of the Saudi firm Radicon, acquired in early 2015. The upturn in the Group’s fortunes is also down to exogenous factors such as the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) held in Paris in late 2015. The new climate change agreement, signed by the 195 countries represented, aims to pursue efforts to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5°C, and is having positive

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