ORANGE : completes the sale of its shares in EE to BT

Press release
Paris, 29 January 2016

Orange completes the sale of its shares in EE to BT

Orange has completed today the sale of its 50% share in EE's capital to BT. Following the distribution by EE to Orange of an interim dividend of £60,5m (€79m) in 3Q15 and a final dividend of £131,5m (€173m) on January, 25th 2016, Orange received £3,438bn (€4,510bn) in cash and a 4% stake in the enlarged BT Group.

About Orange

Orange is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators with sales of 39 billion euros in 2014 and 157,000 employees worldwide at 30 September 2015, including 98,000 employees in France. Present in 28 countries, the Group has a total customer base of 263 million customers worldwide at 30 September 2015, including 200 million mobile customers and 18 million fixed broadband customers. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies, under the brand Orange Business Services. In March 2015, the Group presented its new strategic plan "Essentials2020" which places customer experience at the heart of its strategy with the aim of allowing them to benefit fully from the digital universe and the power of its new generation networks.

Orange is listed on Euronext Paris (symbol ORA) and on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol ORAN).
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