Form 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December 2002
ALSTOM
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
25, avenue Kléber, 75116 Paris, France
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(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Office)
(Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F)
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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(Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant, by furnishing the
information contained in this Form, is also thereby furnishing the information
to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934)
Yes No X
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(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
Registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):_____)
Enclosures:
Press release dated December 6, 2002 "ALSTOM Sells a UK Real Estate
Portfolio for 175 Million Euros"...............................................3
Press release dated December 9, 2002 "ALSTOM Wins a €127 M Contract to
Overhaul Atlanta Metro Rolling Stock"..........................................4
Press release dated December 12, 2002 "ALSTOM to Supply Trains Worth
€290 Million for Automatic Metro Line in Barcelona".......................6
6 December 2002
ALSTOM SELLS A UK REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO
FOR 175 MILLION EUROS
ALSTOM has sold a UK real estate portfolio to Key Property Investments (KPI) -
the joint venture between St Modwen Properties PLC and Sahlia Real Estate
k.s.c., for 175 million euros (£111 million).
The portfolio sold comprises 19 properties providing approximately 800,000
square metres of buildings on 600 acres of land. The sites are in Rugby,
Lincoln, Stafford, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Eastleigh, Manchester, Preston and
Scotland.
ALSTOM has taken fixed-term leases on most of the properties.
This is the first major property disposal to be completed by ALSTOM as part of
its Restore Value plan. Real estate sales in other countries are progressing
well. The Restore Value plan was launched last March and is on target to meet
its key objectives of strengthening the company's balance sheet and reducing its
debt.
ALSTOM is the global specialist in energy and transport infrastructure. The
Company serves the energy market through its activities in the fields of power
generation and power transmission and distribution, and the transport market
through its activities in rail and marine. In fiscal year 2001/02, ALSTOM had
annual sales in excess of €23 billion and employed 112,000 people in over 70
countries. ALSTOM is listed on the Paris, London and New York stock exchanges.
Press enquiries: S. Gagneraud / G. Tourvieille
(Tel. +33 1 47 55 25 87) - internet.press@chq.alstom.com
Investor relations: E. Rocolle-Teyssier
(Tel.+33 1 47 55 25 78) - investor.relations@chq.alstom.com
internet: www.alstom.com
9 December 2002
ALSTOM WINS A €127 M CONTRACT TO OVERHAUL ATLANTA
METRO ROLLING STOCK
The Board of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has
awarded ALSTOM a contract valued at USD 127 million (approximately 127 million
euros) to overhaul 120 cars of its existing rapid transit fleet of 248 cars.
These cars were built between 1985 and 1988, and their refurbishment will extend
their operating life by 15 to 20 years. The contract also includes an option for
ALSTOM to overhaul up to 118 additional cars for a contract value of USD 139
million (approximately 139 million euros) if exercised by MARTA. The cars of the
option were built between 1979 and 1981 by ALSTOM.
Work will be carried out at ALSTOM's facilities in Hornell, New York. Deliveries
are scheduled to begin at the end of 2004, at the rate of up to eight cars a
month.
Michel Moreau, President of ALSTOM's Transport Sector, said: "This new contract
reinforces ALSTOM's position as the number one re-manufacturer of rail transit
cars in the US ; the company is currently carrying out several overhaul
contracts, in particular for the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority, for
New Jersey Transit and for the Maryland Mass Transit Administration".
MARTA is the ninth largest transit system in North America, and transports an
average of over half a million passengers a day.
ALSTOM was recently awarded several major contracts in the USA. Particularly
notable are: a contract worth 980 million euros for the design and manufacture
of 660 new heavy rail subway cars for New York City Transit, and a contract for
62 heavy rail subway cars for the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority
worth 137 million euros. The Company has also been awarded in November a 430
million euro contract for the maintenance of 434 freight locomotives by the
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF).
ALSTOM is the global specialist in energy and transport infrastructure. The
Company serves the energy market through its activities in the fields of power
generation and power transmission and distribution, and the transport market
through its activities in rail and marine. In fiscal year 2001/02, ALSTOM had
annual sales in excess of €23 billion and employed 112,000 people in over 70
countries. ALSTOM is listed on the Paris, London and New York stock exchanges.
ALSTOM's Transport Sector, with annual sales of €4.4 billion, is an
internationally leading supplier of rolling stock, information systems, services
and complete turnkey systems to the rail industry.
Press enquiries: S. Gagneraud / G. Tourvieille
(Tel. +33 1 47 55 25 87) - internet.press@chq.alstom.com
Investor relations: E. Rocolle-Teyssier
(Tel.+33 1 47 55 25 78) - investor.relations@chq.alstom.com
internet: www.alstom.com
12 December 2002
ALSTOM TO SUPPLY TRAINS WORTH €290 MILLION FOR
AUTOMATIC METRO LINE IN BARCELONA
Barcelona's Metropolitan Transport Authority (ATM) has awarded an ALSTOM-led
consortium an order worth 290 million euros for the supply of 250 new metro
cars, which will operate on the future, fully automatic Line 9 of the city's
metro. The line, 41.3 kilometres long with 43 stations, will be the longest
metro line in Barcelona, linking municipalities in the north with those in the
south and the airport.
ALSTOM will design, build, test and service the driverless MetropolisTM trains;
the company's share in the order is 86 percent. Ansaldobreda will supply the
bogies and auxiliary converters.
ALSTOM will supply a total of 50 trainsets, comprising 5 cars each. First
deliveries are scheduled for October 2004 and should be completed by April 2007.
The metro is expected to carry 90 million travellers per year.
The design, manufacture and tests will be carried out in ALSTOM's Barcelona
facilities, with the traction system coming from ALSTOM facilities in Preston,
UK, and electronic devices and traction motors from Villeurbanne and Tarbes in
France.
The order is the fourth ALSTOM reference for automatic metros and follows the
recently awarded contract for a driverless metro in Lausanne, Switzerland.
ALSTOM is also supplying trains for two automatic metro lines in Singapore,
including the Circle Line, which will be the world's longest driverless metro
line. In addition, in July, ATM awarded the Trammet Consortium a turnkey
contract for Barcelona's Tram Line 2, with ALSTOM as supplier of the rolling
stock.
ALSTOM is the global specialist in energy and transport infrastructure. The
Company serves the energy market through its activities in the fields of power
generation and power transmission and distribution, and the transport market
through its activities in rail and marine. In fiscal year 2001/02, ALSTOM had
annual sales in excess of €23 billion and employed 112,000 people in over 70
countries. ALSTOM is listed on the Paris, London and New York stock exchanges.
ALSTOM's Transport Sector, with annual sales of €4.4 billion, is an
internationally leading supplier of rolling stock, information systems, services
and complete turnkey systems to the rail industry.
Press enquiries: S. Gagneraud / G. Tourvieille
(Tel. +33 1 47 55 25 87) - internet.press@chq.alstom.com
Investor relations: E. Rocolle-Teyssier
(Tel.+33 1 47 55 25 78) - investor.relations@chq.alstom.com
internet: www.alstom.com
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
ALSTOM
Date: January 6, 2003 By: /s/ Philippe Jaffré
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Name: Philippe Jaffré
Title: Chief Financial Officer