PRESS RELEASE
2017 THIRD-QUARTER FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ð· Organic sales growth1 of 6.7%2 for the third quarter, led by submarine high-voltage operations; stable sales for non-project-related business (up
0.6% year on year)
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Upturn in business in Europe and the Middle East/Africa region, offsetting weakness in America and for Oil & Gas sector activities
ð· Growth for sales of cables to telecommunications operators (up 7.2%) but negative trends for LAN cables and systems (sales down 8.8%)
Paris, November 7, 2017 Today, Nexans announced that its sales for the third quarter of 2017 amounted to 1,544 million euros (versus 1,404 million euros for third-quarter 2016). At constant metal prices3, third-quarter sales came in at
1,109 million euros, representing year-on-year organic growth of 6.7%.
For the first nine months of 2017, sales came to 4,750 million euros at current metal prices and 3,444 million euros at constant metal prices, representing a 3.8% organic increase.
The general trends seen in the first half of the year continued into the third quarter:
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High-voltage operations posted a sharp increase, with overall sales climbing
40% year on year on an organic basis (35% for the first nine months of 2017)
and sales of submarine cables surging 63% (46% for the first nine months).
Sales for non-project-related business which contracted by 3% in the first half of the year stabilized in the third quarter, edging up 0.6% on the comparable prior-year period. This was mainly due to the combined impact of growth in
Europe and the MERA region (where sales rose 4.1% and 27.1% respectively)
and ongoing weakness in North and South America (which posted sales declines of 7.4% and 19.2% respectively).
The downward sales trend for Oil & Gas sector activities slowed during the period, with the decrease coming in at 7.3% compared with 25.8% for the first nine months of 2017. This reflects the combined impact of a positive basis of comparison for umbilical cables and another sharp contraction in sales of industrial cables to South Korean shipyards (which led the sales decline reported by the industry segment).
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Organic growth is defined as the difference between (i) standard sales for the current period of the current year (year Y)
calculated at constant non-ferrous metal prices, and (ii) standard sales for the same period of the previous year (year Y-1),
calculated at constant non-ferrous metal prices and applying the exchange rates prevailing in year Y and based on the year Y
scope of consolidation.
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