Nexans Investor Presentation — February 2018

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February 15, 20182017 Full Year ResultsSafe Harbor

This presentation contains forward -looking statements which aresubject tovarious expected orunexpected risks anduncertainties thatcould have amaterial impact ontheCompany's

Readers arealso invited tologonto theGroup’s website where they canview anddownload thepresentation ofthe2017 annual results toanalysts aswell asthe2017 financial

statements andRegistration Document, which includes adescription oftheGroup’s riskfactors –particularly those related totheinvestigations intoanti-competitive behavior launched

in2009 –aswellasanoverview oftheGroup’s outlook for2018- 2022 andtherelated uncertainties .

TheGroup's outlook for2018 issubject toseveral major uncertainties :

●Theimpact onOil&Gas customers' exploration- production ofoilandgasprice fluctuations .

●The impact ofthepolitical and economic situation inSouth America, which isaffecting thebuilding market andmajor infrastructure projects intheregion aswell ascreating

exchange ratevolatility andanincreased riskofcustomer default .

● The political crisis between Qatar anditsfellow members oftheGulf Cooperation Council, political instability inLibya andIvory Coast, andpersistent geopolitical tensions in

Lebanon, thePersian/Arabian Gulf andtheKorean Peninsula.

● Thesustainability ofthehigh rates ofgrowth inthedata center, renewable energy andenergy transmission segments .

●Theimpact ofchanges inexchange rates onthetranslation ofthefinancial statements oftheGroup's subsidiaries located outside theeuro zone

●Theeconomic andpolitical environment intheUnited States andEurope, withpotential major changes inUStrade policy ononeside oftheAtlantic andthepossible consequences

ofBrexit andtheCatalan crisis ontheother .

●Inherent risks related tocarrying outmajor turnkey projects forsubmarine high-voltage cables, which willbeexacerbated inthecoming years asthisbusiness becomes increasingly

concentrated andcentered onasmall number oflarge -scale projects (Beatrice, Nordlink, NSL, East Anglia One andDolWin 6,which willbeourfirstcontract tosupply andinstall

HVDC extruded insulation cables), andthehigh capacity utilization rates oftheplants involved.

●The riskthatcertain programs designed toimprove theGroup's competitiveness, certain R&D and innovation programs, orcertain business development plans targeting new

markets experience delays ordonotfullymeet their objectives .

●Inherent risks associated with major capex projects, particularly theriskofcompletion delays .These risks notably concern theconstruction ofanew submarine cable laying ship

andtheextension oftheGoose Creek plant inNorth America toaddproduction ofsubmarine high-voltage cables, twoprojects thatwillbeinstrumental inensuring thattheGroup