ORA Orange.

Press release
Paris, 27 July 2017

Solid first-half growth in revenue and adjusted EBITDA with clear acceleration in the 2^nd quarter and improved adjusted EBITDA margin

• Revenue growth accelerated in the 2^nd quarter of 2017, rising 1.4% (+138 million euros) after rising 0.8% in the 1^st quarter (+85 million euros), on a comparable basis. Revenues were 20.276 billion euros in the first half of 2017, an increase of 1.1% (+222 million euros) following an increase of 0.9% in the 2^nd half of 2016 (+188 million euros).

The improved trend in the 2^nd quarter was principally tied to the recovery in the Africa & Middle East segment, a continued strong performance in Spain and the return to growth in France for the first time since 2009.

• Commercial momentum remained very strong in the 2^nd quarter of 2017, with the continued development in convergence and very high-speed broadband in Europe, and with the recovery in mobile in the Africa & Middle East segment.

Growth in consumer convergent offers remained strong in France and the Europe segment, with 9.8 million customers at 30 June 2017 (+11.5% year on year).
Growth was sustained in the Group's fixed broadband services, led by fibre which had 308,000 net additions in the 2^nd quarter of 2017. The Group's fixed broadband base had 19.1 million customers at 30 June 2017 (+5.4% year on year on a comparable basis).
Mobile contracts^[1] customers in France and in the Europe segment had 350,000 net additions in the 2^nd quarter of 2017, with the customer base up 3.3% at 30 June 2017 year on year. 4G in France and in the Europe segment continued its rapid development, rising 39% year on year with 31.6 million customers at 30 June 2017.
In the Africa & Middle East segment, mobile net additions improved significantly for the second consecutive quarter, with 3.9 million net additions in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 following 2.7 million in the 1^st quarter.

• Growth in the Group's adjusted EBITDA strengthened in the 2^nd quarter of 2017, rising 2.4% after an increase of 2.0% in the 1^st quarter, on a comparable basis. In the 1^st half of 2017, the Group's adjusted EBITDA was 5.978 billion euros, an increase of 2.2% (+130 million euros).

Adjusted EBITDA from the telecom activities rose 2.5% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017, and was 0.3 percentage points higher than that of the 1^st quarter (+2.2%). The adjusted EBITDA margin of the telecom activities also improved, reaching 33.2% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 compared to 25.9% in the 1^st quarter (29.6% for the 1^st half of 2017, +0.4 percentage points compared with the 1^st half of 2016). The adjusted EBITDA margin for France rose 1.0 percentage point in the 1^st half of 2017.

• The Group had operating income of 2.434 billion euros in the 1^st half of 2017, an increase of 293 million euros compared with the 1^st half of 2016. Operating income from the telecom activities was 2.462 billion euros, an increase of 321 million euros.
   
• Net income was 830 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017, compared with 3.323 billion euros in the first 1^st half of 2016. The decrease of 2.493 billion euros between the two periods was mainly linked to the impact of the sale of EE in January 2016^[2] (2.249 billion euros).

Net income from continuing operations declined 244 million euros. Excluding the impact of a charge related to the shareholding held in the BT Group (-349 million euros), net income from continuing operations improved 105 million euros.
Net income attributable to equity owners of the Group was 682 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017, compared with 3.168 billion euros in the 1^st half of 2016.

• The Group's CAPEX (3.276 billion euros in the 1^st half of 2017) increased 3.0% on a comparable basis. CAPEX on the telecom activities (3.251 billion euros) rose 2.2% while the ratio of CAPEX to revenues for the telecom activities was 16.0% (+0.2 percentage points compared with the 1^st half of 2016). Investments in fibre and in very high-speed mobile (4G and 4G+) rose 16.5% compared with the 1^st half of 2016, in line with the objectives of the Essentiels2020 strategic plan.
   
• Net debt^[3] was 24.555 billion euros at 30 June 2017, an increase of 111 million euros compared to 31 December 2016. The ratio of "net financial debt to adjusted EBITDA for the telecom activities" was 1.92x at 30 June 2017, following 1.93x at 31 December 2016, in line with the objective of a ratio of around 2x in the medium term.

2017 outlook
For the 2017 financial year, Orange confirms adjusted EBITDA of more than that achieved in 2016 on a comparable basis, buoyed by strong commercial momentum supported by investment and continuing efforts on the transformation of the cost structure.

The Group also confirms the objective of a ratio of net debt to adjusted EBITDA for the telecom activities of around 2x in the medium term in order to preserve Orange's financial strength and investment capacity. Within this framework, the Group is maintaining a policy of selective, value-creating acquisitions by concentrating on markets in which it is already present.

As announced during the presentation of the 2016 results, the Board of Directors will propose to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of 2018 the payment of a dividend of 0.65 euros per share for 2017. An interim dividend for 2017 of 0.25 euros per share will be paid on 7 December 2017^[4].

Commenting on the publication of the first-half results, Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of the Orange Group, said:

"The acceleration seen in the Group's growth was confirmed by the first-half results, and in particular the performance in the second quarter, driven by France, Europe and Africa and the Middle East.

In France, we returned to growth for the first time since 2009. The performance in Spain, and more generally across Europe, was excellent, with strong revenue growth underpinned by a significant rise in very high-speed broadband customers.

The strategy that we have been following for several quarters, which centred on giving customers an unbeatable experience through convergence around the home and a quality network, is now yielding results.

We have converted more than half of our revenue increase into EBITDA, demonstrating a good balance of growth and profitability. This has enabled us to reaffirm our objective of delivering growth in adjusted EBITDA for the full year 2017.

Finally, we strengthened our content offering in the first half of the year through the creation of Orange Content and the signing of a number of agreements with prestigious partners such as Canal+, our historic partner, and HBO. We remain convinced that content is an effective tool for improving our offering and keeping our customers loyal while protecting value.

I would like to thank all the teams across the Group for this performance and for working hard every day to seize the opportunities available to Orange in this digital revolution."

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The Board of Directors of Orange SA met on 26 July 2017 and examined the Group's financial statements.

The Group's statutory auditors audited those financial statements, and the audit reports relative to their certification are in the process of being issued.

More detailed information is available on the Orange website:
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Key figures

• Half-year data

* EBITDA adjustments are described in appendix 6.
** The method of calculating the ratio of net debt to adjusted EBITDA for the telecom activities is described in appendix 4.

• Quarterly data

* EBITDA adjustments are described in appendix 6.

Comments on key Group figures

Revenues

Orange Group revenues were 20.276 billion euros in the 1^st half of 2017, an increase of 1.1% (+222 million euros) on a comparable basis^[5], following the 188 million euro-increase (+0.9%) in the 2^nd half of 2016. Growth continued to be strong in fixed broadband services (+6.3% in the 1^st half of 2017, after the 5.8% increase in the 2^nd half of 2016), and mobile services rose 0.5% after rising 0.3% in the 2^nd half of 2016.
In the 2^nd quarter of 2017, the Group's revenues rose 1.4% on a comparable basis after climbing 0.8% in the 1^st quarter of 2017, led by continuing strong growth in Spain, a recovery in the Africa & Middle East segment, and a return to growth in France for the first time since 2009. Fixed and mobile services in other regions also improved in the 2^nd quarter.
The 2^nd quarter 2017 revenue trends by region were as follows (on a comparable basis):
In France, revenues rose 0.5% in the 2^nd quarter 2017 after being stable in the 1^st quarter. The improvement related to mobile services (-1.1% following -3.3% in the 1^st quarter), with a lower decline in national roaming and a reduced impact from decreased roaming prices in Europe which came into effect in April 2016. Growth continued to be strong in fixed broadband services (+5.0% after rising +5.5% in the 1^st quarter of 2017), led by fibre.
In the Europe segment, revenues grew 4.9% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after increasing 4.5% in the 1^st quarter:

• in Spain, revenue growth continued to be strong (+8.8% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after +8.5% in the 1^st quarter), led by convergence;
• in Poland, revenues fell 2.2% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 0.5% in the 1^st quarter. Growth in mobile equipment sales slowed following the high level in the 2^nd quarter 2016, while the fixed and mobile services trend improved;
• in Belgium & Luxembourg, revenues grew 3.5% in the 2^nd quarter after declining 0.7% in the 1^st quarter, led by mobile services, the recovery in mobile equipment sales, and fixed broadband services (convergent offers);
• the Central European countries recorded revenue growth of 7.1% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017, after a 3.2% increase in the 1^st quarter, led by Romania (+11.0%) and Moldova (+4.4%), while Slovakia was stable (+0.1%).

In the Africa & Middle East segment, the 2^nd quarter saw a return to solid growth (+2.7%) after a slower 1^st quarter (+0.7%), led by Côte d'Ivoire group, Sonatel group and Morocco.
In the Enterprise segment, the trend improved in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 to a modest decline of 1.3% after falling 2.0% in the 1^st quarter. Security services rose 27% and Cloud services increased 15%.

Customer base growth

France^[6] had 151,000 mobile contract^[7] net additions in the 2^nd quarter of 2017, led by strong growth of the Open (154,000 net additions) and Sosh (96,000 net additions) convergent offers. Fibre continued to develop rapidly, with 111,000 net additions in the 2^nd quarter and 1.690 million customers at 30 June 2017 (+43.1% year on year).
In Spain, commercial momentum remained strong, both in very high-speed fixed broadband with 141,000 net fibre additions in the 2^nd quarter (1.947 million customers at 30 June 2017) and in mobile contracts with 147,000 net additions.
In Poland, there were 121,000 mobile contract net additions in the 2^nd quarter of 2017; year on year, the contract customer base rose 10.1% on a comparable basis.
In Belgium, the 2^nd quarter 2017 saw 21,000 mobile contract net additions⁷, a significant improvement compared to the 1^st quarter (3,000).
In the Africa & Middle East segment, the mobile base had 127.2 million customers at 30 June 2017, a year-on-year increase of 5.7% on a comparable basis (+6.9 million customers). Orange Money had 32.4 million customers and an active base of 10.0 million customers at 30 June 2017.
In total, the Group's mobile base comprised 207.4 million customers at 30 June 2017, an increase of 3.6% (+7.2 million of additional customers) on a comparable basis. Contracts (71.9 million customers) rose steadily (+7.8% year on year), led principally by France and the Europe segment.
There were 19.1 million fixed broadband customers at 30 June 2017, an increase of 5.4% year on year (+982,000 customers), with particularly strong growth in France, Spain and Poland.
Consumer convergent offers accounted for 9.8 million customers in France and the Europe segment (+11.5% year on year). Most of them related to France (5.7 million), Spain (3.1 million) and Poland (858,000). The Belgium & Luxembourg segment, Romania and Slovakia are also marketing consumer convergent offers.
TV services had 8.7 million customers at 30 June 2017 (+7.0% year on year).

Adjusted EBITDA

The Group's adjusted EBITDA was 5.978 billion euros in the 1^st half of 2017, a 2.2% increase (+130 million euros) on a comparable basis.
Adjusted EBITDA from telecom activities was 6.005 billion euros in the 1^st half of 2017, an increase of 2.4% (+140 million euros) on a comparable basis. The adjusted EBITDA margin for telecom activities was 29.6% in the 1^st half of 2017, an increase of 0.4 percentage points in relation to the 1^st half of 2016.
In the 2^nd quarter of 2017, adjusted EBITDA from telecom activities was 3.393 billion euros, an increase of 2.5% on a comparable basis (+83 million euros), and the adjusted EBITDA margin for telecom activities was 33.2% (+0.4 percentage points). 
The increase in adjusted EBITDA from telecom activities in the 1^st half of 2017 (+140 million euros on a comparable basis) was related to revenue growth (+222 million euros), partially offset by increased operating costs (-82 million euros). These increased costs included content and equipment purchased for customers and, to a lesser extent, increased income tax and operating taxes and decreased income from the sale of fixed assets. Meanwhile, labour expenses related to telecom activities decreased 4.0% compared to the 1^st half of 2016 on a comparable basis, mainly due to the reduction in the average number of full-time equivalent employees (-2.7%)^[8]. Advertising and promotional expenses were also lower than in the 1^st half of 2016, which included the costs of the brand change in Belgium and Egypt and the Euro 2016 sponsorship.

Operating income

The Group had operating income of 2.434 billion euros in the 1^st half of 2017. This included 2.462 billion euros of operating income from telecom activities and a 28 million-euro operating loss from Orange Bank.
The 293 million-euro increase in operating income compared with the 1^st half of 2016 was due to EBITDA growth in the 1^st half of 2017 (186 million euros) and to the effect of the recognition in the 1^st half 2016 results of a 176 million-euro impairment charge related to Egypt (including 80 million euros for goodwill and 96 million euros for fixed assets), partially offset by a 72 million-euro increase in amortisation and depreciation.

Net income

The Group had consolidated net income of 830 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017, compared with 3.323 billion euros in the 1^st half of 2016. The 2.493 billion-euro decrease related mainly to the effect of the recognition of net income from discontinued operations related to the sale of EE in the 1^st half of 2016 for 2.249 billion euros.

Net income from continuing operations declined 244 million euros. Excluding the impact of a charge of 349 million euros related to the interest held in BT Group^[9], net income from continuing operations improved by 105 million euros:

• increased operating income (293 million euros),
• and improved cost of gross financial debt (114 million euros) and income from foreign exchange (35 million euros),

were partially offset by increased corporate tax (339 million euros^[10]).

CAPEX

Group CAPEX was 3.276 billion euros in the 1^st half of 2017, an increase of 3.0% on a comparable basis. CAPEX for telecom activities (3.251 billion euros) rose 2.2%, and the ratio of CAPEX to revenues from telecom activities was 16.0% (+0.2 percentage points compared with the 1^st half of 2016).
Investments in fibre increased 5% on a comparable basis and mainly concerned France, Spain and Poland. At 30 June 2017, the number of households with fibre connectivity was 10.7 million in Spain (+2.4 million year on year), 7.9 million in France (+2.0 million) and close to 2 million in Poland (+0.9 million).
CAPEX was also strong in very high-speed mobile services, led mainly by France and the Africa & Middle East segment. 4G coverage at 30 June 2017 was 92% of the population in France, 93% in Spain, 99.8% in Poland, 99.6% in Belgium, 87% in Romania, 80.1% in Slovakia, and 98% in Moldova. In France and Spain, investments also sought to improve service quality for recreational areas and in public transportation. 4G+ deployment also continued in France and in the other European countries.
In the Africa & Middle East segment, 3G has been deployed in all 21 countries, with 4G available in 11 of them (Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Jordan, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia). Orange Egypt is rolling out 4G, after securing a license last October.
Investments in customer equipment also increased, connected to the development of convergent offers over cable in Belgium.
The store modernisation programme continued: at 30 June 2017, the Group had 222 stores based on the new Smart Store concept, 83 of which were in France, 114 in other European countries, and 25 in Africa and the Middle East.
In the area of Internet of Things (IoT), deployment of the low-power Orange network (based on LoRa technology) is underway in France with the objective of achieving national coverage in metropolitan France by the end of 2017. In addition, Orange is preparing to test the interconnection of its LoRa network with that of another European operator by December to supplement the end-to-end Orange Business Services solution internationally for targeted coverage in cities, ports and industrial sites.
Investments in information systems and services platforms remained significant in order to support the transformation and included information technology development in preparation for the launch of the Orange Bank offer.

Changes in portfolio of assets

As of 31 December 2016, Orange had a 4% stake in BT Group following the sale of EE to BT Group. In line with the terms of the sale, Orange agreed to hold the shares for a minimum period of one year ("lock-up"). This lock-up expired in January 2017 and in June 2017, Orange adopted a balanced approach to reduce the Group's exposure to BT Group while remaining open to a potential future share price increase through its remaining interest. This was done with both:

• the sale of 133 million BT shares, which is 1.33% of the share capital of BT, for the net equivalent amount of 433 million euros at 22 June 2017; and
• the issue of convertible bonds for 517 million pounds sterling. These bonds, maturing in four years, were issued at a reference price of 288 pence per BT share and are accompanied by an exchange premium of 35%, corresponding to an exchange price of 389 pence per BT share. They bear interest at 0.375% per year, which is a negative interest rate after conversion into euros.

At 30 June 2017, Orange held a 2.67% stake in BT Group. In the case of exercise in full of the exchange rights underlying the bonds, Orange would retain a 1.33% stake in BT Group.
In connection with the above-mentioned transactions, Orange Group has agreed not to sell additional BT shares up to and including 25 September 2017.

Net financial debt

Group net financial debt^[11] was 24.555 billion euros at 30 June 2017, up 111 million euros from 31 December 2016.

The ratio of "net financial debt to adjusted EBITDA for telecom activities" was 1.92x at 30 June 2017, compared with 1.93x at 31 December 2016. This was in line with the objective of a net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio for telecom activities of around 2x in the medium term.
Items related to the change in net financial debt and to the ratio of net debt to adjusted EBITDA for telecom activities are presented in appendix 4.

Review by operating segment

France

In France, revenues rose 0.5% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after a steady performance in the 1^st quarter (-0.1%). In addition to stronger growth in mobile equipment sales (+13.1% in the 2^nd quarter), the mobile services trend improved, with a lesser decline of 1.1% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 compared with a decline of 3.3% in the 1^st quarter. This was due to a lower decline of national roaming and a lesser impact of roaming price reductions in Europe, which came into effect in April 2016, compared with the 1^st quarter.
The contract customer base^[12] (18.3 million at 30 June 2017) continued to rise steadily (+2.6% year on year), led by convergent offers. SIM cards linked to convergent offers rose 11.6% in one year, i.e. 8.6 million SIM cards at 30 June 2017. At that date, 67% of consumer contracts included 4G (+15 percentage points year on year) and SIM-only offers represented 72.3% of the consumer contracts (+14 percentage points year on year).
Fixed services rose 1.1% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after climbing 1.6% in the 1^st quarter. Fixed broadband services continued to grow steadily (+5.0% in the 2^nd quarter after rising 5.5% in the 1^st quarter), led by increases to both customer base and ARPU.
The fixed broadband customer base reached 11.0 million subscribers at 30 June 2017 (+3.5% year on year). It included 1.7 million fibre subscribers, an increase of +43% year on year. The quarterly ARPU of fixed broadband rose 1.4% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017, reflecting in particular the growth of fibre. Consumer convergent offers (5.7 million customers at 30 June 2017, a year-on-year increase of 9.3%) represented 57.8% of the consumer fixed broadband customer base (+2.8 percentage points in one year).
Fixed services to carriers increased 2.3% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 5.1% in the 1^st quarter, led by unbundling and wholesale ADSL subscriptions. Traditional telephony fell 10.1% in the 2^nd quarter.

Adjusted EBITDA for France rose 3.2% in the 1^st half of 2017 and the adjusted EBITA margin (35.7%) improved 1.0 percentage point compared with the 1^st half of 2016. In addition to increased revenues, labour expenses were reduced^[13] and savings were realised in connection with the Explore2020 operational efficiency plan (streamlining of the distribution network, increasing proportion of digital interactions in customer relations and optimisation of network-maintenance costs), partially offset by increased content costs.

CAPEX in France (1.611 billion euros in the 1^st half of 2017) rose 1.3% on a comparable basis and the ratio of CAPEX to revenues was 18.1% (+0.2 percentage points compared with the 1^st half of 2016), led by investments in very high-speed broadband (fibre and 4G). Orange France had a total of 7.9 million households with connectivity at 30 June 2017 (+2.0 million households in one year). In parallel, heavy investment in very high-speed mobile continued: the 4G coverage rate reached 92% of the population at 30 June 2017 (+10 percentage points year on year), and 45% of the 4G sites were equipped with 4G+ at that date.

Europe

Revenues in the Europe segment grew 4.9% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 4.5% in the 1^st quarter on a comparable basis. The progress between the two quarters was related to both mobile services and fixed services, while revenue growth also continued to be strong in mobile equipment sales (+17.6% in the 2^nd quarter after rising 21.2% in the 1^st quarter).
Mobile services rose 2.7% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 2.0% in the 1^st quarter on a comparable basis. Commercial activity in contracts was very strong, with 399,000 net additions in the 2^nd quarter of 2017. The contract customer base had 33.9 million customers at 30 June 2017, an increase of 5.7% year on year, representing 69% of the total mobile customer base at that date (+6.1 percentage points year on year). 
Fixed broadband services increased 8.9% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 8.4% in the 1^st quarter (on a comparable basis) with the rapid growth of fibre in Spain, the development of convergent offers recently marketed in Belgium, and the trend improvement in Poland. The fixed broadband customer base in the Europe segment had 6.9 million customers at 30 June 2017, an increase of 9.2% year on year.
Consumer convergent offers in the Europe segment accounted for 164,000 net additions in the 2^nd quarter of 2017, led by Poland, Spain, Belgium and Romania. At 30 June 2017, the consumer convergent offers base in the Europe segment had 4.1 million customers, with year-on-year growth of 14.8%. 

Adjusted EBITDA for the Europe segment increased 6.8% in the 1^st half of 2017 on a comparable basis, and the adjusted EBITDA margin was 28.7% (+0.6 percentage points compared with the 1^st half of 2016). The rise in revenues was partially offset by an increase in external purchases, including content costs, commercial expenses, and interconnection and connectivity costs.

CAPEX in the Europe segment was 906 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017, similar to that of the 1^st half of 2016 (917 million euros on a comparable basis). In particular, investments continued to be strong in fibre and in 4G and 4G+ mobile services. The ratio of CAPEX to revenues was 16.8% in the 1^st half of 2017, down 1.0 percentage point compared with the 1^st half of 2016.
Spain

Revenue growth in Spain continued to be strong (+8.8% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 8.5% in the 1^st quarter), led by consumer convergence, from which revenues rose 13.4% in the 2^nd quarter after climbing 12.1% in the 1^st quarter. Consumer convergent offers had a total of 3.1 million customers at 30 June 2017, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%, representing 82.5% of the consumer fixed broadband customer base at that date (+1.3 percentage points in one year).
Mobile services increased 7.5% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after climbing 8.1% in the 1^st quarter. They benefitted from the continuous enrichment of offers and from 4G deployment, which had a total of 8.7 million customers at 30 June 2017 (+35% year on year). The contract customer base grew 4.7% year on year (12.798 million customers at 30 June 2017), and quarterly contract ARPU was up 4.3%. Growth in mobile services to other carriers was also significant with the increased revenues from visitor roaming, MVNOs and network sharing.
Fixed services rose 9.5% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after climbing 7.5% in the 1^st quarter.  Revenue growth continued to be quite strong in fixed broadband (+8.3% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 8.5% in the 1^st quarter of 2017). Fixed broadband had a total of 4.2 million customers at 30 June 2017 (+4.4% year on year), and quarterly ARPU increased 3.5%. Fibre in particular rose sharply: with 1.9 million customers at 30 June 2017 (+60% in one year), representing 46.6% of the fixed broadband customer base at that date (+16.2 percentage points year on year). TV services also grew rapidly, with 541,000 customers at 30 June 2017 (+42.2% year on year), led by content offers.

Adjusted EBITDA from Spain rose 15.3% in the 1^st half of 2017 on a comparable basis, and the adjusted EBITDA margin (27.5%) improved 1.6 percentage points compared with the 1^st half of 2016. The revenue growth was partially offset by increased commercial expenses, content purchases, and network and interconnection costs.

CAPEX in Spain was 538 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017 on a comparable basis, and the ratio of CAPEX to revenues was 20.5%. Significant investment in fibre continued. At 30 June 2017, 10.7 million households had fibre connectivity, an increase of 2.4 million in one year. As a result of this strong progress, Orange is now the number two network for fixed services in Spain. On the mobile network, increased capital expenditure on 4G significantly improved network coverage, which reached 93% of the population at 30 June 2017 (+4.3 percentage points in one year).

Poland

Revenues in Poland fell 2.2% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 on a comparable basis, following a 0.5% revenue increase in the 1^st quarter that reflected very strong growth in mobile equipment sales. The growth of consumer convergent offers accelerated, with 120,000 net additions in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after recording 72,000 in the 1^st quarter. There was a total of 858,000 consumer convergent offers in Poland at 30 June 2017, a year-on-year increase of 51.1%. The launch of Orange Love convergent offers five months ago has already proved a success, with more than 200,000 subscriptions at 30 June 2017.
The mobile services trend improved 0.6 percentage points in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 (a 6.0% decline, following the 6.6% decline in the 1^st quarter on a comparable basis). However, they continued to be impacted by the development of offers with instalment payment plans and SIM-only offers. The contract customer base recorded 121,000 net additions in the 2^nd quarter and had 9.6 million customers at 30 June 2017, with year-on-year growth of 10.1% on a comparable basis, and 4G had a total of 5.2 million users at 30 June 2017 (1.6x year on year). In addition, the prepaid customer base recorded a net loss of 2.9 million customers year on year (-37.0% on a comparable basis), impacted by migration to contracts and to the mandatory registration of customers' identities since July 2016, with however, a limited impact on the revenue trend.
The improvement in the fixed services trend (-4.3% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after declining 5.4% in the 1^st quarter on a comparable basis) reflected the change in fixed broadband, where revenues rose 2.2% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 1.3% in the 1^st quarter. The fixed broadband customer base (2.3 million customers at 30 June 2017) increased 9.7% year on year on a comparable basis, led by the rapid development of fixed 4G, fibre and VDSL. At 30 June 2017, very high-speed offers had 588,000 customers (+50.0% year on year on a comparable basis), including 145,000 fibre subscribers. Meanwhile, the downward trend in revenues from traditional telephony continued into the 2^nd quarter of 2017 (-13.1%), and carrier services fell 7.3%.

Adjusted EBITDA from Poland declined 7.4% in the 1^st half of 2017 on a comparable basis, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 27.7%, down 1.9 percentage points. The decreased revenues and increased interconnection costs were partially offset by the significant reduction of commercial expenses (mobile handset purchases, distribution, advertising and promotions) as well as the increased revenues from the sale of fixed assets (in connection with the plan to optimise property assets).

CAPEX in Poland was 192 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017, a year-on-year decrease of 3.3% on a comparable basis. Investments in customer equipment and information technology were optimised to preserve the investments needed for fibre and 4G networks. At 30 June 2017, nearly 2.0 million households had fibre connectivity (2.0x in one year) and 4G covered 99.8% of the population.
Belgium & Luxembourg

Revenues from Belgium & Luxembourg rose 3.5% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after falling 0.7% in the 1^st quarter. Growth in the 2^nd quarter benefitted from the recovery of mobile equipment sales and the favourable impact on revenues from MVNOs^[14]. Added to this was the higher level of net mobile contract sales and the development of convergence.
Mobile services rose 3.5% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after declining 0.4% in the 1^st quarter. Excluding the favourable impact on revenues from MVNOs, the mobile services trend improved. In particular, contract net additions^[15] in Belgium were significantly higher in the 2^nd quarter (21,000) than in the 1^st quarter (3,000) and the quarterly customer ARPU rose 1.0%, driven by 4G data services.
The contract customer base¹⁵ in Belgium & Luxembourg (2.372 million customers at 30 June 2017) grew 1.8% year on year.
Fixed services increased 15.7% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 14.3% in the 1^st quarter, led by the new Love convergent offers (mobile and Internet + TV), which already had a total of 64,000 customers at 30 June 2017. This commercial success confirms Orange Belgium's successful introduction as an alternative convergent player on the Belgian market.

Adjusted EBITDA from Belgium & Luxembourg increased 8.4% in the 1^st half of 2017. In addition to revenue growth, commercial expenses (purchases of mobile handsets, advertising expenses and commissions) and interconnection costs decreased. These changes were partially offset by increased connectivity costs (access to the cable network) related to the launch of convergent offers.

CAPEX in Belgium & Luxembourg was 77 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017. The 15 million-euro increase compared with the 1^st half of 2016 reflected the development of fixed broadband services (IT and customer equipment) related to the deployment of convergent offers on cable. Meanwhile, investments in 4G+ continued to be high. At 30 June 2017, 4G covered 99.6% of the population in Belgium and 4G+ covered 57%.

Central European countries

Revenues from the Central European countries rose 7.1% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 3.2% in the 1^st quarter on a comparable basis. In addition to stronger growth in mobile equipment sales, the mobile services and fixed services trend improved.
In Romania, revenues grew 11.0% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 4.6% in the 1^st quarter, led by stronger mobile equipment sales and the improved trend in fixed and mobile services. TV services had 351,000 customers at 30 June 2017, an increase of 15.3% year on year, while fixed broadband services had 124,000 customers at 30 June 2017.
In Slovakia, revenues were stable in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 (+0.1%) after declining 1.0% in the 1^st quarter. The trend improvement was driven by fixed and mobile services, while growth continued to be strong in mobile equipment sales. Fixed broadband had 168,000 customers at 30 June 2017.
In Moldova, revenues rose 4.4% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 5.6% in the 1^st quarter. The growth of mobile equipment sales and of fixed broadband services was partially offset by decreased mobile services due to the continued decline in international traffic. Orange Moldova TV services had 98,000 customers at 30 June 2017, while fixed broadband had 45,000 customers at that date.
The Central European countries had 14.7 million mobile customers at 30 June 2017, with contract customers (8.2 million) representing 55.9% of the mobile customer base at that date. The 4G mobile base (3.9 million customers) was up sharply (1.6x year on year).

The fixed broadband customer base in Central European Countries had a total of 337,000 customers at 30 June 2017. Consumer convergent offers (Romania and Slovakia) had a total of 82,000 customers at that date.

Adjusted EBITDA from the Central European countries rose 7.0% in the 1^st half of 2017 on a comparable basis, and the adjusted EBITDA margin rate improved by 0.6 percentage points compared with the 1^st half of 2016. The revenue growth was partly offset by increased interconnection costs and commercial expenses (purchases of mobile handsets).

CAPEX in the Central European countries was 99 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017. The higher CAPEX in the 1^st half of 2016 was related to the implementation of a network sharing contract with Vodafone and the replacement of the urban network in Romania. 4G is being deployed in the three countries, enabling a significant improvement in the rate of population covered, with 87% in Romania, 80.1% in Slovakia and 98% in Moldova at 30 June 2017.

Africa & Middle East

Revenues from the Africa & Middle East segment returned to solid growth in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 (+2.7% on a comparable basis) after slowing in the 1^st quarter (+0.7%). In the 2^nd quarter, revenue growth was generated by the Côte d'Ivoire group^[16] (in particular Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire), the Sonatel group^[17] (principally Mali and Guinea) and the improvement in Morocco, while the revenue trend in the Democratic Republic of Congo, impacted by an unfavourable environment for several quarters, gradually improved.
Mobile data services continued to climb sharply, rising 33% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017, while revenues from Orange Money grew 65%. Orange Money had 32.4 million customers at 30 June 2017, including 10.0 million active customers. 4G is available in 11 countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Jordan, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia. Orange Egypt is rolling out 4G following the acquisition of a licence last October.
In the Africa & Middle East segment, the mobile customer base had 127.2 million customers at 30 June 2017, a year-on-year increase of 5.7% on a comparable basis (+6.9 million customers). The 2^nd quarter of 2017 saw 3.9 million net additions, led in particular by the Sonatel group, the Côte d'Ivoire group, Morocco, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This confirms the recovery recorded in the 1^st quarter 2017 (+2.7 million net additions), following a year in which customer bases were impacted by the strengthened requirement for verification of customers' identities.

Adjusted EBITDA for the Africa & Middle East segment grew 0.9% in the 1^st half of 2017 on a comparable basis, while the adjusted EBITDA margin (30.7%) was almost stable compared to the 1^st half of 2016 (30.9%). Revenue growth as well as reduced service fees and inter-operator costs were partially offset by higher commercial expenses and tax increases in certain countries.

CAPEX in the Africa & Middle East segment was 428 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017, an increase of 16.5% on a comparable basis related to the deployment of 4G, with 2,000 new sites opened during the half year, particularly in Egypt, Morocco, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon. The ratio of CAPEX to revenues (17.2% in the 1^st half of 2017) rose 2.2 percentage points on a comparable basis.

Enterprise

Revenues from the Enterprise segment fell 1.3% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after declining 2.0% in the 1^st quarter on a comparable basis. The trend improvement in the 2^nd quarter related to IT and integration services, voice services and mobile.
IT and integration services grew 3.3% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 after rising 2.6% in the 1^st quarter, led by the strong growth of security services (+27%) and Cloud services (+15%).
The voice services trend improved 2.6 percentage points in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 (-3.8% after falling 6.4% in the 1^st quarter), reflecting the more favourable trend in voice-over-IP services and customer relationship services (contact number services), while traditional fixed telephony continued its downward trend (-8.5% in the 2^nd quarter of 2017).
Mobile services and equipment sales were nearly flat in the 2^nd quarter of 2017 (-0.2%) after declining 2.7% in the 1^st quarter of 2017. The trend improvement in the 2^nd quarter was related to both mobile services and equipment sales.
Data services recorded a 3.5% decrease in the 2^nd quarter of 2017, after declining 2.6% in the 1^st quarter in connection with the non-renewal of certain contracts (connectivity and broadcasting). There were 353,000 IPVPN subscribers at 30 June 2017 (+1.1% year on year).

Adjusted EBITDA for the Enterprise segment fell 4.9% in the 1^st half of 2017 on a comparable basis, while the adjusted EBITDA margin (17.4%) declined 0.6 percentage points compared with the 1^st half of 2016. The downturn in revenues was partly offset by the reduction of external purchases and of labour expenses.

CAPEX in the Enterprise segment was 179 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017, an increase of 5.7% on a comparable basis, in line with the development of new IT services.

International Carriers & Shared Services

Revenues from the International Carriers & Shared Services segment fell 9.3% in the 1^st half of 2017 on a comparable basis, mostly in connection with the downturn in services to international carriers. Added to this was a decrease in revenues from the Viaccess subsidiary, which had benefitted in the 1^st half of 2016 from the programme to replace TV decoder boards.

Adjusted EBITDA fell to -104 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017, down from -74 million euros in the 1^st half of 2016 on a comparable basis. The 31 million-euro decrease in adjusted EBITDA between the two half-year periods was linked to reduced income from the sale of fixed assets, partially offset by reduced brand investments, with Euro 2016 sponsorship expenses and the brand change in Belgium and Egypt having been recorded in the 1^st half of 2016.

CAPEX was 127 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017, a reduction of 11 million euros on a comparable basis linked to the higher level of property investment in 2016, in particular with the completion of the Orange Gardens eco-campus for innovation.

Orange Bank

Orange Bank's contribution to the Group's adjusted EBITDA was -27 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017. This total includes principally net banking income (NBI) of 38 million euros, the cost of risk of -3 million euros, and general operating expenses.

Orange Bank had an operating loss of 28 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017.

CAPEX for Orange Bank (25 million euros in the 1^st half of 2017) is related to preparations for the commercial launch of the business, planned for the 2^nd half of 2017.

Schedule of upcoming events

26 October 2017: third-quarter 2017 results

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Disclaimer

This press release contains forward-looking statements about Orange. Although we believe these statements are based on reasonable assumptions, they are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including matters not yet known to us or not currently considered material by us, and there can be no assurance that anticipated events will occur or that the objectives set out will actually be achieved. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from the results anticipated in the forward-looking statements include, among others: the success of Orange's strategy, particularly its ability to maintain control over customer relations when facing competition with OTT players, risks related to banking activities, loss or disclosure to third parties of customers data, Orange's ability to withstand intense competition in mature markets, networks or software failures due to cyberattacks, damage to networks caused by natural disasters, terrorist acts or other reasons, various frauds affecting Orange or its clients, Orange's ability to retain the neccessary skills given the high level of employee retirements and the development of new needs, difficulties in integrating newly acquired businesses as part of the telecommunication sector's consolidation in Europe, its ability to capture growth opportunities in emerging markets and the risks specific to those markets, possible adverse health effects associated with the use of telecommunications equipment, risks related to the single brand strategy, the eruption of a global financial or economic crisis, fiscal and regulatory constraints and changes, the results of litigation regarding regulations, competition and other matters, disagreements with its co-shareholders in companies that Orange does not control, the terms of access to capital markets, interest rate or exchange rate fluctuations, Orange's credit ratings, changes in assumptions underlying the accounting value of certain assets resulting in their impairment, and credit risks or counterparty risks on financial transactions. More detailed information on the potential risks that could affect our financial results is included in the Registration Document filed on April 6, 2017 with the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and in the annual report on Form 20-F filed on April 7, 2017 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Other than as required by law, Orange does not undertake any obligation to update them in light of new information or future developments.

Appendix 1: consolidated income statement

Appendix 2: consolidated statement of financial position

Appendix 3: consolidated statement of cash flows

Appendix 4: change in net financial debt for the 1^st half of 2017

1. The change in CAPEX vendors reflects the Group's investment cycle and changes in investment levels from one period to the next.
2. The change in working capital requirement reflects changes in the operating cycle from one period to the next. In 2016, it included in particular the unfavourable impact of the fine paid to the Competition Authority in France for the Enterprise market (350 million euros).
3. Other operational items include disbursements for the Part Time for Seniors Plan and for restructuring, receipt of payments related to asset sales, and other operational items such as the change in operational tax debt.
4. In 2017: balance of 2016 dividend paid on 14 June 2017 (0.40 euros per share). In 2016: balance of 2015 dividend paid on 23 June 2016 (0.40 euros per share) and payment of the 2016 interim dividend (0.20 euros per share paid on 7 December 2016).
5. In 2017: sale of 1.33% of the share capital of BT Group for 433 million euros.  In 2016: sale of Orange's interest in EE, acquisition of 100% of Cellcom in Liberia, of Tigo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and of Airtel in Burkina Faso and in Sierra Leone.
6. In 2016, other financial items correspond mainly to: the impact of financial hedges for the Group's exposure in pounds sterling; the impact of foreign exchange related to net financial debt in Egyptian pounds; the capital increase of Orange SA in connection with the Orange Ambition 2016 employee shareholding offer; and the net impact of the acquisition of a majority interest in Groupama banque (now Orange Bank).

* Net financial debt as defined and used by Orange does not include the activities of Orange Bank, to which this concept does not apply.

**                                          The ratio of net financial debt to adjusted EBITDA from the telecom activities is calculated based on the ratio of the Group's net financial debt to adjusted EBITDA from the telecom activities calculated for the 12 previous months.

Appendix 5: analysis of adjusted consolidated EBITDA

* Adjustments to the presentation of EBITDA are described in appendix 6.

Appendix 6: adjusted data to consolidated income statement

* Transaction expenses related to the negotiations with Bouygues Telecom in connection with discussions that had begun in the 1^st quarter of 2016 concerning a business combination between the two companies.
Appendix 7: revenues by operating segment

Appendix 8: key performance indicators

Appendix 9: glossary

Key figures

Comparable basis: data based on comparable accounting principles, scope of consolidation and exchange rates are presented for previous periods. The transition from data on an historical basis to data on a comparable basis consists of keeping the results for the period ended and then restating the results for the corresponding period of the preceding year for the purpose of presenting, over comparable periods, financial data with comparable accounting principles, scope of consolidation and exchange rate. The method used is to apply to the data of the corresponding period of the preceding year, the accounting principles and scope of consolidation for the period just ended as well as the average exchange rate used for the income statement for the period ended.

Reported EBITDA: operating income before depreciation and amortisation, before impacts related to acquisitions of controlling interests, before reversal of reserves of liquidated entities, before impairment of goodwill and assets, and before income from associates. Reported EBITDA is not a financial aggregate as defined by IFRS standards and may not be directly comparable to similarly named indicators in other companies.

Adjusted EBITDA: Reported EBITDA (see definition), adjusted for the impacts of key disputes, specific labour expenses, the review of the portfolio of shares and operations, the cost of restructuring and consolidation, and, as applicable, other specific and systematically identified items. Since the 1^st quarter of 2016, Adjusted EBITDA excludes all income from the disposal of shares and operations and the Adjusted EBITDA for past periods was revised accordingly. Adjusted EBITDA is not a financial aggregate as defined by IFRS standards and may not be directly comparable to similarly named indicators in other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is the new name (since the 4^th quarter of 2016) for the restated EBITDA aggregate; the definition of this indicator is unchanged.

CAPEX: capital expenditure on tangible and intangible assets excluding telecommunication licences and investments through finance leases. CAPEX is not a financial performance indicator as defined by IFRS standards and may not be directly comparable to indicators referenced by the same name in other companies.

Mobile services

Revenues from mobile services: include revenues generated by incoming and outgoing calls (voice, SMS and data services), network access fees, added-value services, machine to machine, roaming revenues from customers of other networks (national and international roaming), revenues with mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) and revenues from network sharing.

Mobile ARPU: the quarterly average revenues per user (ARPU) are calculated by dividing the revenues from incoming and outgoing calls (voice, SMS and data services), network access fees, added-value services and international roaming over the past three months, by the weighted average number of customers over the same period, excluding "machine to machine" customers. The weighted average number of customers is the average of the monthly averages during the period in question. The monthly average is the arithmetic mean of the number of customers at the start and end of the month. Mobile ARPU is expressed as monthly revenues per customer.

Roaming: use of a mobile service on the network of an operator other than that of the subscriber.

MVNO: Mobile Virtual Network Operator. These are operators that do not have their own radio network and thus use the infrastructure of third-party networks.

Fixed services

Includes traditional fixed telephony, fixed broadband services, enterprise solutions and networks^[18] and carrier services (notably national and international interconnections, unbundling and wholesale telephone line rentals).

Fixed broadband ARPU (ADSL, fibre, VDSL, Fixed-4G, satellite and WiMAX): the quarterly average revenues per user (ARPU) of broadband services per year are calculated by dividing the revenues generated by consumer broadband services over the past three months by the weighted average number of connections over the same period. The weighted average number of connections is the average of the monthly averages during the period in question. The monthly average is the arithmetic mean of the number of connections at the start and end of the month. Fixed broadband ARPU is expressed as monthly revenues per connection.

Fixed 4G (fLTE): fixed broadband offer using 4G technology as a substitute for the fixed-line network.

Convergence

Consumer convergent offers customer base: consists of consumer customers who have subscribed to offers combining at least a fixed broadband connection and a mobile contract.

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