CGG board following the March 8 meeting, announced the cooptation of Mrs. Colette Lewiner to replace Mrs. Hilde MYRBERG, resigning from her board position, for the remainder of her term, that is until the general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. The cooptation of Mr. Mario Ruscev to replace M. Jean-Georges MALCOR, resigning from his board position, for the remainder of his term, i.e. until the general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018. This resignation has no impact on Jean-Georges Malcor CEO position. The cooptation of Mr. Philippe Salle to replace M. Loren CARROLL, resigning from his board position, for the remainder of his term, i.e. until the general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The board indicated its intention to nominate Philippe Salle as Chairman of the Board of Directors to replace Rémi Dorval whose term of office will expire at the end of the Annual General Meeting to be held on April 26, 2018. Such nomination shall take place at the Board meeting to be held at the end of such General Meeting subject to the ratification of Mr. Salle's cooptation by the said general meeting. Colette Lewiner worked many years in the consultancy business in energy, utilities and chemicals. She is presently independent board director at EDF, Groupe Bouygues, GETLINK (former Eurotunnel), EDF, Nexans and Ingénico. Mario Ruscev has been since CEO of Form Factor, a provider of unique nanotech connectors for the semiconductor industry, CEO of IGSS (GeoTech) a major Russian Seismic Company, and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Baker Hughes then at Weatherford. Philippe Salle was appointed CEO of Vedior, Geoservices, Altran, Elior. Since December 2017, he is CEO of groupe Foncia. He is presently independent board director at Banque Transatlantique, GTT (Gaz transport & Technigaz) and Bourbon.