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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">On 9 December we signed a sponsorship agreement with Crawley Town Football Club to support the club’s ‘Centre of Excellence and Football in the Community’ schemes.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Crawley Town set up the scheme when they gained promotion to the Football League earlier in the year, and the investment from Thales will help fund a number of projects run by the football club in Crawley and West Sussex. This includes the setting up of a development squad and delivering coaching sessions in local schools.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">As part of the sponsorship agreement we’ve purchased 500 half-season tickets</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">for use by Thales employees, if you would like to own one of these half-season tickets, which retail at around £150, we’re suggesting a minimum donation of £25 per ticket – but obviously we would welcome higher donations! </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Once you have donated £25 or more the Crawley Comms team will send you a Crawley Town FC application form, which you will need to complete and then take to the Thales ticket office at the Crawley Town FC stadium, with your Thales pass, to collect your ticket.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">The first football match you can use it for is the 30 December, home against Barnet – so it could make a great last minute Christmas present for yourself or a Thales colleague!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.crawleytownfc.com/page/Home">Visit the CTFC website here</a></span></p>
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