Earnings release
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PRESS RELEASE Paris , September 22nd 2021 5:40 pm BUSINESS IN FIRST HALF 2021 ■ RETURN OF ORGANIC GROWTH in First HaLF : + 3.4 % ■ RESTORED OPERATING MARGIN : 9.8 % OF REVENUE ■ 4 ACQUISITIONS IN FRANCE AND OVERSEAS € million June 2020 June 2021 ΥΟΥ change Revenue ▪ France 1,240.4 491.1 1,395.2 505.4 + 12.5 % + 2.9 % ■ Overseas 749.3 889.8 + 18.8 % Operating Profit on Activity 75.2 137.1 + 82.4 % As % of revenue 6.1 % 9.8 % Operating Profit 68.7 124.2 + 80.9 % As % of revenue 5.5 % 8.9 % Net profit , Group share 60.6 89.3 + 47.2 % As % of Revenue 4.9 % 6.4 % Free Cash flow ( 1 ) 134.9 50.4 -62.6 % As % of Revenue 10.9 % 3.6 % 36,150 38,500 + 6.6 % ALTEN Headcount Audit in process ACTIVITY AT END OF JUNE : + 12.5 % Revenue reaches € 1,395.2 M growing by 12.5 % as compared to June 2020. On a like - for - like basis , the activity grows by 3.4 % ( -0.1 % in France ; 5.7 % outside France ) . All business activities are in strong growth on the second quarter 2021 , partly due to the favourable base effect from the second quarter of 2020. Automotive and Civil Aeronautics stay nevertheless impacted by the Health Crisis . Rail / Naval , Defense & Security , Life Sciences and the other industries have more than 10 % growth . All geographical areas are growing except Germany and Sweden , where the weight of Automotive and / or Civil Aeronautic sectors is important . France is stable . It keeps being impacted on those sectors , but shows good performances on other sectors . OPERATING PROFIT ON ACTIVITY : 9.8 % OF REVENUE Operating Profit on Activity reaches € 137.1 M , i.e. 9.8 % of revenue . The strong recovery on the second quarter and cost efficiency have allowed to get back earlier than expected to pre - Health Crisis operating margin levels . Engineering & Technology Consulting 1