Consolidated 2008 net sales are down 8% compared to 2007 (on December 18th,
2008, the Group forecasted down 10%).
Consolidated net sales
+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | (in thousands of euros)| 2008 | 2007 | % variation| +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | First quarter | 754,746| 724,184| + 4.2 %| +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | Second quarter | 789,425| 1,065,961| -25.9 %| +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | Third quarter | 989,257| 900,083| + 9.9 %| +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | Fourth quarter | 1,214,718| 1,394,513| - 12.9 %| +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | TOTAL | 3,748,146| 4,084,741| - 8.2 %| +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
Parent company net sales
+-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | (in thousands of euros)| 2008 | 2007 | % variation| +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | First quarter | 704,014| 743,958| - 5.4 %| +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | Second quarter | 771,830| 925,444| -16.6 %| +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | Third quarter | 979,093| 721,217| + 35.8 %| +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | Fourth quarter | 1,085,518| 1,214,731| - 10.6 %| +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ | TOTAL | 3,540,455| 3,605,350| - 1.8 %| +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ +-------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------+
Comments : the interim figures are not comparable as they do not reflect the annual sales.
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