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Thales earns EcoVadis Platinum sustainability rating with 91/100 score and top 1% ranking. The Group improves its overall EcoVadis score by eight points in 2026 with gains in environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement Thales receives the EcoVadis Platinum Medal with a score of 91/100, ranking among the top 1% of companies assessed in 2026. - Credit: (C) Adrien Daste - Thales Thales has been awarded an EcoVadis Platinum Medal for 2026 with a sustainability rating of 91/100, placing the Group among the top 1% of assessed companies. Its score increased by eight points year on year, with improvements in all four assessed categories. Thales attributed its progress to ongoing work under the PROTECT sustainability programme, which sets nine commitments with targets for 2030. (PRESS RELEASE) MEUDON, France, 20-Oct-2026 - /EuropaWire/ - Thales has received the EcoVadis Platinum Medal, the sustainability ratings provider's highest distinction, after achieving a score of 91/100. The result ranks the Group among the top 1% of companies assessed by EcoVadis in 2026 and reflects progress under its PROTECT sustainability programme. Improvements in all four sustainability assessment areas. Thales raised its overall rating by eight points compared with 2025, recording gains across each of the four areas evaluated by EcoVadis: * Environment: 96/100 (+5 points) * Labour & Human Rights: 90/100 (+14 points) * Ethics: 84/100 (+2 points) * Sustainable Procurement: 94/100 (+9 points) Recognition of a collective effort. According to Thales, the Platinum distinction reflects the contribution of its teams and supports its ambition to help customers and partners develop a safer, more environmentally friendly and more inclusive world. Thales' Chief Sustainability Officer Anne Bolot-Gittler said: "Behind this Platinum Medal and our score of 91/100 lies the daily commitment of Thales teams around the world. This recognition of the progress we have achieved encourages us to continue pursuing our actions through PROTECT, with the same high standards in order to deliver on our 2030 ambitions." Further sustainability recognition. The EcoVadis award follows other sustainability-related distinctions for Thales, including: * Inclusion in the CAC 40 ESG Index; * A place on the CDP Climate A-List for a third consecutive year; * A rise to No. 22 in TIME and Statista's "World's Best Companies 2026" list, an improvement of 200 places year on year. About EcoVadis. EcoVadis is the global benchmark for assessing corporate sustainability performance. Its methodology evaluates the quality of policies, actions implemented and results achieved across four areas: environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. About PROTECT. The PROTECT sustainability roadmap sets out Thales' nine commitments, each with a target to be met by 2030, across three pillars: * Society: Fostering a more responsible and sustainable society through technology; * Planet: Changing how we operate in line with the planet's limits; * People: Working together to build an inclusive and attractive workplace where everyone can develop into their best selves.

CSL Group acquires SIMPL Wireless to bring Critical Connectivity(R) to North America. Oct 16, 2026, 07:00 ET Adding multi-carrier eSIM, a unified connectivity management platform and Tier-1 US carrier partnerships to CSL's global IoT connectivity platform LONDON and DULUTH, Ga., Oct. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - CSL Group, the leading global provider of Critical Connectivity(R), has acquired SIMPL Wireless, the US-based IoT eSIM connectivity provider. The acquisition gives CSL a North American home and gives customers connectivity that is simple, fast and fully under their control, within a single, resilient connectivity service. As IoT estates grow across borders, enterprises need to manage every SIM, contract and network from one place. Unified management lowers cost and speeds deployment, while multi-network resilience keeps devices connected when a network goes down. The acquisition, CSL's second in 2026 following IoTM Solutions in July, strengthens CSL's ability to help customers build resilient IoT estates - with the uptime and operational control that life, mission and business-critical applications demand. Simple. Fast. Yours. SIMPL's promise is simple, fast and yours: connectivity that goes live quickly, runs on the SIMs, APNs, hardware and carrier contracts customers already have, and keeps them in control of every connection. EverSIM, its multi-carrier eSIM built on unmodified, GSMA SAS-certified Thales eUICC infrastructure and native to SGP.22 and SGP.32, gives customers the option to buy connectivity from SIMPL or bring their own from up to 100 mobile network operators, with 5G Standalone support, backward-compatible to NB-IoT. A single SIM SKU carries a native primary carrier profile, and customers can localise anywhere by downloading local profiles over the air, with backup profiles that step in automatically if the primary network goes down and hand back when it returns. Compass, its single-pane-of-glass platform, gives customers one dashboard and one API to activate, monitor and manage SIMPL SIMs alongside existing carrier SIMs, with automated self-healing via auto-profile fallback. Historically, enterprise eSIM deployments have taken a year or more because of platform integrations, carrier certifications and custom development. EverSIM compresses that timeline to days, enabling customers to move quickly from proof of concept to production while maintaining centralised oversight. Speed, simplicity, control - it just works. With established partnerships including T-Mobile and Thales, SIMPL serves Solution Providers and Resellers in addition to customers across retail, transport, energy and EV charging. This gives CSL an immediate US customer base, local go-to-market capability and Tier-1 carrier relationships. Combined with CSL's patented rSIM(R) multi-network resilience and IoTM's connectivity orchestration, SIMPL completes a single operating model for customers: manage every SIM and eSIM, and stay online when a network fails. Jason Morrow, CEO of SIMPL Wireless, said: "SIMPL was built on three ideas: speed, simplicity and control. IoT connectivity should be fast to activate, run on what customers already have, and stay theirs to control - it should just work. Joining CSL Group puts that on a platform engineered for uptime and backed by three decades of critical connectivity expertise. For our customers, nothing changes on day one except what we can now offer them." The SIMPL team will join CSL Group, and SIMPL will continue to serve its existing customers, carriers and partners - as SIMPL Wireless, a CSL Group company. Expanding CSL in North America CSL already delivers managed IoT connectivity and patented rSIM(R) resilience across more than three million connections in building security, healthcare, infrastructure, utilities and transport. SIMPL gives CSL the US base, carrier relationships and local team to bring that capability to North American customers. Together, CSL, IoTM and SIMPL enable customers to deploy globally, connect with confidence, automate SIM and eSIM lifecycle management and keep critical devices online as their estates grow. Ed Heale, CEO of CSL Group, commented: "Customers shouldn't have to choose between flexibility and resilience. Bringing SIMPL into CSL Group gives us a home in North America and a platform that lets customers connect anywhere, with the certainty critical applications require." Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. About CSL Group CSL Group is the world's leading provider of Critical Connectivity(R). Founded in 1996, CSL has spent three decades building the expertise, resilience and managed infrastructure that life, mission and business-critical IoT applications depend on. Today, CSL manages over three million connections across building security, healthcare, infrastructure, utilities and transport, delivering always-on, fully managed, multi-path IoT solutions at scale. Where other connectivity providers deliver a commodity, CSL delivers certainty: designing, deploying and managing secure, resilient solutions tailored to the environments where failure is not an option. Follow CSL: About SIMPL Wireless SIMPL Wireless is a US-based eSIM-as-a-Service provider headquartered in Duluth, Georgia. Its EverSIM multi-carrier eSIM and Compass platform deliver IoT connectivity that is simple, fast and yours. Customers can buy connectivity from SIMPL or bring their own from up to 100 mobile network operators, activate quickly on the hardware and carrier contracts they already have, and manage every connection through one dashboard and one API. SIMPL is built on GSMA SAS-certified Thales infrastructure and works with partners including T-Mobile and Thales. SIMPL Wireless is a CSL Group company. SOURCE CSL Group

Thales opening Japan Services Centre. 15th October 2026 Thales strengthens its presence in Japan with the opening of a Defence Services Centre and an increase in recruitment. Press Release, Paris, 14 October 2026: The opening of the Thales Japan Services Centre will help support the resilience and sovereignty of Japanese industry, while strengthening the Group's proximity with its local partners. The centre will consolidate long-term defence services capabilities, such as maintenance, support, operational availability and local development, in order to meet the needs of end users. On site, Thales engineering and services experts will support the Group's partners on a day-to-day basis, contributing to the development of local expertise. This presence will make it possible to adapt quickly to customers' requirements, ensure service continuity in all circumstances, and limit the risk of disruption during critical periods. The Thales Japan Services Centre plans to host nearly 40 people by 2030. Continuing recruitment and collaboration with Japanese SMEs and startups: Driven by its recent commercial successes in Japan, Thales has increased its headcount by more than 11% since 2024, a momentum the Group intends to pursue by growing its workforce by more than 16% over the next three years. Already a partner to many major Japanese players, Thales intends to expand its cooperation with SMEs and startups, both on local projects and by integrating them into its global supply chain. This strengthening in Japan illustrates Thales' multi-domestic strategy, combined with the platform-agnostic nature of its technologies, which allows them to be integrated pragmatically into existing systems and infrastructures, particularly in defence and cybersecurity. "The momentum of our recruitment in Japan and the opening of the Thales Japan Services Centre mark a new step in our commitment to our Japanese partners and customers. This reinforced proximity will enable us to be more available and more responsive, in support of the entire Japanese value chain, from major corporations to SMEs." Pascale Sourisse, Senior Executive Vice-President, International Development, Thales.