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QUARTERLY REPORT:
Press Release

19 January 2010
Alstom’s orders recovered in the third quarter of 2009/10,
whilst sales remained sustained
During the first nine months of 2009/10 (from 1 April to 31 December 2009), the level of orders booked by Alstom reached €11.4 billion. Sales, at €14.4 billion, continued to grow, up by 6% as compared to the same period of last year.
Orders booked during the third quarter of 2009/10 amounted to €4.2 billion. Order intake in both Sectors strongly improved as compared to the previous quarter. Power received orders of €2.7 billion, with commercial successes in coal in Europe. Transport registered contracts amounting to €1.6 billion, benefiting notably from a large order for regional trains in France.
Sales for the third quarter of 2009/10 at €4.7 billion were up by 3% compared with the same period of the previous year.
The total backlog reached €44 billion at 31 December 2009, representing approximately 27 months of sales.

Key figures Actual figures

2008/09

2009/10

2008/09

2009/10

Var. %

(in € million)

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

9 months

9 months

Act.

Org.

Orders received

6,552

8,849

6,122

3,057

4,768

2,366

4,223

21,523

11,357

-47%

-47%

Sales

4,502

4,454

4,555

5,228

4,806

4,877

4,691

13,511

14,374

+6%

+6%