1Nexans UK – April 2005

Global expert in cables and cabling systems

Mike Holmes, UK Marketing & Communications

2Nexans UK – April 2005

A worldwide leader

• 4.9 Billion Euro sales in 2004

• The most complete range of telecom and energy cables and cabling systems

Sales by activity*

Sales by destination*

* Based on sales at constant metal prices

Electrical Wires24 %

Telecom 14 %

Energy62 %

Europe73 %

North of America17%Asia

5 %

RoW5 %

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More than 100 years of experience

• 1897 Société Française des Câbles Electriques

• 1917 Becomes Compagnie Générale des Câbles de Lyon

• 1925 Merger with Compagnie Générale d’Electricité

• 1986 Part of Alcatel: Alcatel Cable

• 2000 Creation of Nexans

• 2001 First listing on Euronext (Paris)

•Continuous growth and acquisitions: Société Industrielle des Téléphones, Thomson-Jeumont Câbles,

Kabelmetal Elektro (Germany), Berk Tek (United States), Kukdong (South Korea), Furukawa cabos de Energia SA (Brazil), Liban cables (Lebanon), …

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• Plants in 29 countries and commercial activities in 65 countries

• 20,000 local experts

• Mastery of national and international standards

Global presence

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•Nexans UK Ltd

•Nexans Logistics Ltd

•Nexans Cabling Systems

•Nexans Ireland

•Nexans Power Accessories

•Hi-Wire

•Tri-Wire

Abbey Wood, London• Head Office• Manufacturing LAN Cables• Sales Office

• Infrastructure & Industrial MarketMilton Keynes

• UK Logistics Centre• Sales Office

• Building Market/WholesalersNormanton, Yorkshire

• Manufacturing – wire• Sales office - conductors

Athlone, Ireland• Manufacturing – energy• Sales office – Ireland

Main UK Sites Nexans UK Businesses

Businesses.

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14%

13%

4%

69%

Copper & Wires

LAN/Telecom

Electronics

Energy

UK turnover ~ €175M*

*includes export sales c€15M

Key Figures

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Expertise dedicated to 3 key markets

Industry

Infrastructure

Building

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Building the future through innovation

• 1 international research center

• 9 competence centers

• 450 researchers, engineers and technicians

• 420 families of patents registered

• An average of 2 new products per week

Leading position in advanced technologies:

• High data transmission capacity

• Insulation material

• Plastic Optical Fiber

• Superconductors

• Safety: fire behavior of cables

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State of the art technologies

The thinnest cable: diameter of 12 microns

The most powerful cable: 550,000 Volts

The longest cable: 125 km

The deepest undersea cable: 2,300 m water depth

The heaviest cable: 123 kg per meter

The most resistant cable: up to 1,000°C

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At the core of advanced technological achievements

Horns Rev: the biggest offshorewindfarm worldwide

Queen Mary II: the biggest cruise ship in the world Transrapid: first magnetic

levitation train in Shanghai

Petronas Towers: 2 super skyscrapers in Malaysia

Airbus A380: new generation of passenger aircraft

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Global expert in cables and cabling systems

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