Press release

A private placement of 14.5 % of Groupe Bourbon shares has been underwritten by alarge and diversified group of French and international investors on the Paris Stock Exchange. As a result, an increase in Groupe Bourbon liquidity is expected.

This operation completes the scheduled exit of the financial investors represented in thecapital prior to the I.P.O. in October 1998, notably the Union d’Etudes et d’Investissements(Crédit Agricole group).

Following this transaction, the breakdown of Groupe Bourbon capital is as follows :Financière Jaccar 32 %, Gevaert 10 % and public 58 %.

Paris, April 25th 2002

Corporate contact :Patrick Mangaud, tel.01 40 13 86 09, patrick@mangaud.com Press contact : Image 7 / Caroline Simon, Estelle Guillot-Tantay, tel.01 53 70 74 70,csimon@image7.fr www.groupe-bourbon.com