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HighCo INTELLIGENT MARKETING Aix - en - Provence , 20 October 2021 ( 6.00 p.m. ) HIGHCO : GROWTH IN Q3 2021 IN LINE WITH EXPECTATIONS ( GP : UP 1.1 % ) ; 2021 GUIDANCE CONFIRMED Q3 2021 business growth driven by Digital ■ Q3 2021 gross profit¹ of € 18.72 M , up 1.1 % on a reported basis and LFL² . 9 - month 20211 gross profit of € 56.52 M , an increase of 3.7 % on a reported basis and LFL² . ■ Digital businesses showing solid growth over the quarter ( Q3 up 4.5 % LFL , 9 - month YTD up 2.6 % LFL ) . Slight business growth in France ( Q3 up 0.6 % LFL ; 9 - month YTD up 3.4 % LFL ) and a positive trend in International businesses ( Q3 up 4.6 % LFL ; 9 - month YTD up 5.5 % LFL ) . 2021 guidance confirmed Gross Profit ( in € M ) 2021 2020 LFL2 2021/2020 LFL2 change Q1 18.59 18.19 + 2.2 % Q2 19.21 17.78 + 8.1 % Q31 9 - month total¹ 1 Unaudited data . 18.72 18.52 + 1.1 % 56.52 54.49 + 3.7 % 2 Like for like : Based on a comparable scope and at constant exchange rates ( i.e. applying the average exchange rate over the period to data from the compared period ) . Furthermore , in application of IFRS 5 - Non - current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations , Shelf Service businesses were reported as discontinued operations as of the fourth quarter of 2020. For reasons of consistency , the data reported for the first nine months of 2020 has been restated to account for the impact of Shelf Service . As a result , like - for - like data is equal to restated data for the first nine months of 2020 . 3 Adjusted headline profit before interest and tax : Recurring operating income before restructuring costs and excluding the cost of performance share plans . Adjusted operating margin : Adjusted headline PBIT / Gross profit . Didier Chabassieu , Chairman of the Management Board , stated , “ Driven by its digital businesses ( up 4.5 % ) , HighCo posts a third quarter in line with expectations . Digital is supported by the strong growth in mobile businesses ( up 6.4 % ) and now accounts for more than two - thirds of our total business . Given this good performance and sound cost control , we can expect slight business growth in the fourth quarter and confirm our guidance for 2021 operating margin . " 1