CGG announces that it has reached an agreement in principle on a financial restructuring plan (the “Agreement in Principle”) which meets the Company’s objectives of (i) full equitization of the existing unsecured debt, (ii) extension of the maturity of the secured debt and (iii) financial flexibility to confront various business scenarios through, inter alia, additional new money (the “New Money”) and has garnered the support of the majority of its secured lenders, the majority of the holders of its Senior Notes and DNCA (in its capacity as a long-standing institutional shareholder, bondholder and convertible bondholder of the Company).