Operations growth over the past 9 months: + 13% – Annual targets maintained

For Q3 2002/2003, as of December 31, 2002, the SoluCom Group achieved a turnover of 6.3 M€. Over the first 9 months of the fiscal year, the Group thus displays 13% growth, i.e. 17.5 M€ versus 15.4 M€ for the same period last year. Over that same period of time, organic growth on the SoluCom-Idesys perimeter comes out to 11.5%.

For the whole 2002/2003 fiscal period, SoluCom confirms its annual turnover target at 24 M€, within 5% uncertainty, for an operating margin in excess of 6.4%, in other words, an objective of profitability for the overall period over that of the second half of 2001/2002.

About the SoluCom Group

The SoluCom Group, which was formed through the merger of SoluCom, Idesys and Arcome, is active in infrastructure consulting and engineering in the telecoms and networks, security and e-technologies segments. The Group has positioned itself in very high value-added services.
The Solucom Group's client roster includes some very prestigious names, all of which are very large accounts, including Air France, Amadeus, Arcelor, Auchan, Banque de France, BNP-Paribas, Caisse d'Epargne, Cegetel, Crédit Agricole, EDF, France Télécom, Groupement Cartes Bancaires, La Poste, the French Ministries of Finance and the Interior, LVMH, Renault, SNCF, Société Générale, Suez, TotalFinaElf and Vivendi.
SoluCom trades on the NextEconomy segment of Euronext Paris.

Next financial communication : Annual turnover, 14 May 2003

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