PRESS RELEASE

Alcatel Submarine Networks Marine announces the

acquisition of 2 vessels: the Ile de Molène and the Ile d’Yeu Paris, France – 29 june 2021

This acquisition is part of a strategy to modernize and expand installation capacities in a context of growth of the submarine telecommunications market.

The two vessels joined the ASN fleet respectively on May 7, 2021 for the Ile de Molène and on June 17, 2021 for the Ile d’Yeu.

Both vessels will now go through a heavy engineering and upgrade program to meet the expectations of ASN's customers and the missions that they will be carrying out. L’Ile de Molène will be assigned to the maintenance of our customers' telecommunications cables in the Atlantic and North Sea. She is expected to start operating in the first half of 2022. L’Ile d’Yeu will join our installation fleet at the end of 2022 and will be immediately assigned to the installation of a transoceanic telecommunication system. These vessels will be equipped with the latest generation of equipment enabling ASN to offer the level of performance and efficiency expected by its customers, telecom operators and GAFAM. These 2 vessels are operated by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs under French flag.

Vessel specifications

Ile d’Yeu

Ile de Molène

Length overall 147m 98m

Breadth moulded 27m 22m

Propulsion - main 9000kW 6000kW

Forward Thrusters 5320kW 2860kW

Gross tonnage 14520 5729

Net tonnage 4357 2080

By the end of 2022, ASN Marine's cable fleet will consist of the following vessels:

Installation Ile de Sein Ile de Batz Ile de Bréhat Ile d’Aix Ile d’Yeu

Maintenance Ile d’Ouessant Ile de Molène

About Alcatel Submarine Networks

Alcatel Submarine Networks, part of Nokia, leads the industry in terms of transmission capacity and installed base with more than 650,000 km of optical submarine systems deployed worldwide, enough to circumnavigate the globe 15 times. From traditional telecom applications to content and “over the top” service provider infrastructures, as well as to offshore oil and gas applications, ASN provides all elements of turnkey global undersea transmission systems, tailored to individual customer’s needs. An extensive services portfolio completes its comprehensive offering for the submarine business, including project management, installation and commissioning, along with marine and maintenance operations performed by ASN’s wholly owned fleet of cable ships. Alcatel Submarine Networks – media contact Guillaume FAUSTEN communications@asn.com

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