Since the beginning of this unsolicited approach by Technip on November 10, CGG remained open to dialogue and studied all proposals of Technip taking into account the interests of its shareholders, clients and employees. The board of CGG considered that none of the proposed options were creating value for the Company and its stakeholders.

CGG remains confident in the ongoing execution and the success of its strategy as an independent company. CGG is showing a solid resilient operational performance as highlighted in the third quarter results with important progresses achieved and milestones met in the transformation plan and the strengthening of the balance sheet.

With this plan initiated one year ago, accelerated and intensified during the year 2014 and with priorities given to cash generation, CGG is in a position to weather current difficult market conditions while fully benefiting from future geoscience market rebound.