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THOMSON SUPPORTS "AMERICA RECYCLES DAY" WITH
TRADE-IN PROGRAM AT STAPLES


"Trade in, trade up" promotion offers $30 back in Staples Rewards with the purchase
of a new GE or RCA-branded home or office phone; runs October 12 through November 15
at Staples stores nationwide


INDIANAPOLIS, October 7, 2008 – Customers can bring their home or home office telephones to any Staples store nationwide for recycling, and receive $30 back in Staples Rewards when they purchase select models of Thomson's (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) GE home landline telephones and RCA home office landline telephone systems priced $75 and up.

The month-long Staples "trade in, trade up" promotion begins Sunday, October 12 and ends on Saturday, November 15th, 2008, the 10th annual America Recycles Day.

"We hope $30 back in Staples Rewards will make things a little easier on consumers' pocketbooks this season, especially for families and small business owners," said Tom Bratton, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Thomson Consumer Network Solutions. "Through our relationship with Staples, consumers can recycle older technology and trade up to a model with better features, such as one-touch access to Google's free directory assistance service: GOOG-411tm. In addition, consumers have the option to replace older phones with our DECT 6.0 products, which provide better energy efficiency."

"Staples is proud to support America Recycles Day and by working with Thomson, customers can bring their older phones to our more than 1,500 stores nationwide to ensure they are taken care of responsibly by certified recyclers," said Sara Minor, Category Merchant, Staples.

Customers who trade in a home or small office telephone in Staples stores and purchase the following telephones in store or on Staples.com will receive $30 back in Staples Rewards:

Home telephones:

2-line telephones:

4-line business systems:

* These models are exclusively available at Staples.com. Customers can bring their older phones to a Staples location and receive $30 back in Staples Rewards with the purchase of these models on Staples.com.

About Thomson — World leader in digital video technologies
Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) provides technology, services, and systems to help its Media & Entertainment clients – content creators, content distributors and users of its technology – realize their business goals and optimize their performance in a rapidly changing technology environment. The Group is the preferred partner to the Media & Entertainment Industries through its Technicolor, Grass Valley, RCA, and Thomson brands. For more information: http://www.thomson.net.

Certain statements in this press release, including any discussion of management expectations for future periods, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements due to changes in global economic and business conditions, consumer electronics markets, and regulatory factors. More detailed information on the potential factors that could affect the financial results of Thomson is contained in Thomson's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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