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                                                                                                      Press Release, 23 April 2008
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                                                       Third-Quarter 2007-08 Revenues


                                                 FY2007/08              FY2006/07            Change
              (Euro millions)


Third-quarter revenues                              10.4                   10.2               + 2%



Aedian is an IT consultancy   For the third quarter of fiscal 2007-08 (January-March 2008), Aedian
and services company          announces group revenues of € 10.4 m, up 2% compared to the third
focused on the financial      quarter of the previous year.
industry and the public
sector                        In the first nine months of the current year, Group revenues came to
410 employees                 € 30.1 m, compared to € 29.7 m in the year-earlier period. There was no
                              change in the scope of consolidation during the period.

                              In Q3 2007-08, the operating margin before exceptional items (unaudited)
                              was 3.7%, a significant improvement on the same quarter of the previous
                              year. On a cumulative basis in the first three quarters of FY2007-08, the
Code ISIN: FR0004005924
Bloomberg: SYS                margin was 3.1%, versus 2.3% in the first three quarters of FY2006-07.
Reuter: SYS.PA
www.aedian.com                Information by business segment

                                 ?   IT services: this business line (Aedian SI) reported revenues of
                                     € 21 m in the first nine months of the current year, against
                                     € 19.7 m in FY2006-07. In the third quarter, growth was boosted by
                                     the increase in the in-house workforce and lower inter-contract
Aedian                               downtime.
Jean-François Gautier
Chairman
jfgautier@aedian.com             ?   Consulting: the combined revenues of the first three quarters of
                                     the year came to € 9.1 m (Aedian Consulting), which compares to
Frédéric Bourdon                     € 10 m during the same period in the previous year. The division
Secretary-General
fbourdon@aedian.com                  will meet its target of stabilising its in-house headcount in the
     (+33) 1 56 35 30 00             current fiscal year, as the third quarter saw a break from the strong
                                     mobility of consultants, with a drop in the rate of resignations, while
CM-CIC SECURITIES                    recruitment remained very active.
Financial communication
Bruno Gaheri
     (+33) 1 45 96 79 22
gaheribr@cmcics.com           Outlook
                              The performances posted this quarter and the resilience of customer
MP CONSEIL
Michelle Pilczer              demand despite the concerns plaguing the financial sector allow us to
    (+33) 1 47 10 94 94       reiterate our targets for fiscal 2007-2008, i.e. growth in revenues and
mpconseil@mpconseil.com       operating income.


AGENDA
2007-08 revenues
30 July 2008


                         
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