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AREVA Reports Third Quarter Earnings

•	Strong backlog growth of 22.3% compared to September 30, 2008
•	Strong third quarter revenue growth of 7.8%, bringing sales for the first nine months of 2009 to 9.7 billion, or +6.4%

PARIS, October 22, 2009 - AREVA generated consolidated revenue of 9.686 billion euros over the first nine months of 2009 for growth of 6.4% (+4.0% like-for-like1) compared with the same period in 2008. Revenue outside France was up 8.4% to 6.999 billion euros, representing 72% of total revenue. The main revenue growth engines were the Front End division and the Transmission & Distribution division, with growth of 7.6% and 12.4% respectively. Foreign exchange2 had a positive impact of 91 million euros. Changes in the consolidation scope had an impact of 117 million euros, corresponding to the consolidation of acquisitions made by AREVA TA and the Transmission & Distribution division in 2008 and 2009.
 
Third quarter 2009 revenue rose 7.8% to 3.164 billion euros (+6.7% like-for-like1) compared with the third quarter of 2008. Changes in the consolidation scope had a positive impact of 31 million euros. The foreign exchange impact was minimal for the period. Quarterly growth was fueled mostly by the Front End division (+13.7%), the Back End division (+7.1%) and the Transmission & Distribution division (+8.4%).

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