Article: Bouygues Offshore Reports Third Quarter and Nine Months Financial Highlights; Net Sales Increase 24%; Reports Backlog of Euros 1,027.9 Million.

MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1999--

Bouygues Offshore S.A. (NYSE: BWG) today announced net sales, new orders and backlog for the nine months ended September 30, 1999.

Net sales for the 1999 first nine months rose 24% to euro 728.5 million (FF 4,779 million), compared to euro 588.3 million in the 1998 same period. This figure includes sales from Sofresid, which the Company acquired in May 1999 and consolidated from July 1, 1999. Excluding Sofresid's acquisition, the growth would have been 18%. New orders reached euro 1,059.2 million.

At the end of September, the backlog totaled euro 1,027.9 million. Approximately 26% ...

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