Q1 Turnover 2018:€85.1m | +4.8%

(+6.6% after adjustment for calendar effect differences)

Paris, 19 April 2018-Groupe Open (ISIN: FR 0004050300; segmentNextEconomy-972, computer services), Digital Services Company, has published its turnover for the 1st quarter of 2018.

Q1 Turnover 2018

In €m

Q1 2018

Q1 2017

Growth

France

81.6

78.6

+3.8%

International

3.5

2.6

+32.9%

TOTAL

85.1

81.2

+4.8%

Groupe Open continues its growth and records in this first quarter of 2018 a turnover of €85m, up+4.8%, despite the unfavourable calendar effect.

After adjustment for calendar effect differences (Q1 2018 - Q1 2017), growth stood at +6.6%.

Continuing the sales dynamic of 2017, during this quarter Groupe Open recorded the signing of a number of commercial contracts including three of remarkable scope and scale with a recurrence covering several years and whose initial effects will be visible from the second half of 2018.

These illustrate the relevance of Groupe Open's IT and digital positioning, based on its end-to-end offering, its agility and a strong relationship with its customers.

Groupe Open's ambition is to integrate more than 1,000 new employees once again in 2018.

As a reminder, Groupe Open's Board of Directors will propose a dividend distribution of €0.42 pershare to the General Shareholders' Meeting convened on Wednesday, 16 May 2018.

Outlooks

Continuing on from its 2017 results, Groupe Open has once again posted growth in its turnover for Q1 2018.

This particularly dynamic startto the year allows the company to anticipate further organic growth in 2018 than the market (+3% according to Syntec Numérique) as well as an improvement in its income.

The turnover for Q2 2018 and the first half of 2018 will be announced on Thursday 19 July 2017, after the stock market closes.

About Groupe Open

With3,775 employeesand a turnover of€314min 2017, Open is positioning itself as amajor player in digital services,operating mainly in France and internationally in the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Romania.

Open supports firms and organizations in their industrial and digital transformation with an end-to-end IT and digital offering that is effective along the entire corporate value chain. Its aim is to transform the information systems of its customers to fulfil the needs of their digital transformation, control and cost-efficiency by addressing the issues of time to market, agility, speed andexperimentation.

Open is committed to a future-oriented approach by adopting the following corporate values: Applicability, Daring, Ethics & Accountability, Dedication and Commitment.

To learn more about the Open Group:www.open.global

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