Orange Group H1 Profit Rises; Confirms 2015 Financial Objectives - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Orange Group (ORAN) reported first-half consolidated net income after tax of continuing operations of 831 million euros compared to 727 million euros, a year ago. Earnings per share from continuing operations was 0.23 euros compared to 0.21 euros. Net income Group share was 1.10 billion euros in the 1st half of 2015, compared to 581 million euros in the 1st half of 2014.

Restated EBITDA was 5.81 billion euros in the 1st half of 2015, with the decline limited to 1.2% on a comparable basis. The company said, excluding the impact of regulatory measures, it was stable in relation to the 1st half of 2014.

Revenues were 19.56 billion euros compared to 19.59 billion euros, a year ago. The company said, excluding the impact of regulatory measures, revenues were stable for the first half. The number of mobile services customers was 189.8 million at 30 June 2015, an increase of 6.9% year on year on a comparable basis.

The Group confirmed its objective to achieve between 11.9 billion euros and 12.1 billion euros in restated EBITDA for the full year of 2015. The Group confirmed the payment of a dividend of 0.60 euros per share for 2015. An interim dividend for 2015 of 0.20 euros per share will be paid on 9 December 2015.