RNS Number:5742O
Alstom
12 August 2003

                                                                11th August 2003



                           UPDATE ON INVESTIGATION OF
                   ALSTOM TRANSPORT INC. BY UNITED STATES SEC


ALSTOM announced on 30 June 2003 that it had been advised that the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission was conducting an informal inquiry relating
to ALSTOM Transportation Inc. (ATI), a US subsidiary of the Company.


ALSTOM has now been advised that the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission has issued a formal order of investigation in connection with its
inquiry relating to ATI.


ALSTOM is continuing to cooperate fully with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.




Press relations:            S. Gagneraud
                            (Tel. +33 1 47 55 25 87)
                            internet.press@chq.alstom.com

Investor relations:         J-G. Micol
                            (Tel. +33 1 47 55 26 04)
                            Investor.relations@chq.alstom.com






Safe Harbor Statement under the United States Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995:

This press release may contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.  When relying on forward-looking statements to make
decisions with respect to ALSTOM, readers should carefully consider the factors
described in other documents ALSTOM files or submits from time to time with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including ALSTOM's Annual Report on
Form 20-F and reports submitted on Form 6-K.  Forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date on which they are made, and ALSTOM undertakes no obligation
to update or revise any of them, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.








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