Jean-Bernard Lévy appointed new Chairman and CEO of Thales

Mr Luc Vigneron, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thales, tendered his resignation to the company’s directors at a meeting of the Board of Directors on 20 December 2012, and his resignation was accepted. At this same meeting, the Board of Directors co-opted Mr Jean-Bernard Lévy as a director and subsequently elected him to the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thales. Thales’s two main shareholders, the French State and the Dassault Aviation, welcomed this appointment and will work in agreement with senior management to pursue the continued recovery of the Group and its future development.