JCDecaux SA (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide and leader in self-service bike sharing announced today that the city of Stockholm (population 950,000) has awarded JCDecaux Sweden following a competitive tender the contract for bike sharing funded by advertising street furniture starting in April 2018.

This contract includes the design, installation and maintenance of 5000 e-bikes at 300 dock less e-parking bike stations. These e-bikes are GPS connected and the service is fully application based for smartphone use easing and enhancing the bike users experience. These hybrid electric bikes with a removable battery will enable residents to choose whether or not to use the electric assistance function at any time.

In order to keep subscription and users fees as low as possible while not using taxpayers money the city of Stockholm decided to finance this e-bike sharing network with advertising street furniture. As a result JCDecaux will operate 280 double-sided back-lit 2m2 advertising units and 70 digital 86" units which will display animated advertising content.

Key Figures for the Group:

• 2016 revenue: €3,393m; H1 2017 revenue: €1,641m


• JCDecaux is listed on the Eurolist of Euronext Paris and is part of the Euronext 100 index


• JCDecaux is part of the FTSE4Good and Dow Jones Sustainability Europe indexes


• N°1 worldwide in street furniture (559,070 advertising panels)


• N°1 worldwide in transport advertising with more than 220 airports and 260 contracts in metros, buses, trains and tramways (354,680 advertising panels)


• N°1 in Europe for billboards (169,860 advertising panels)


• N°1 in outdoor advertising in Europe (721,130 advertising panels)


• N°1 in outdoor advertising in the Asia-Pacific region (219,310 advertising panels)
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• N°1 in outdoor advertising in Latin America (70,680 advertising panels)


• N°1 in outdoor advertising in Africa (29,820 advertising panels)


• N°1 in outdoor advertising in the Middle-East (16,230 advertising panels)


• N°1 worldwide for self-service bicycle hire: pioneer in eco-friendly mobility


• 1,117,890 advertising panels in more than 75 countries


• Present in 4,280 cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants


• Daily audience: more than 410 million people


• 13,030 employees