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Annual Report & Accounts 2007

Group overview

Acquisitions & investments



January 2008

Acquired a further 10 per cent of Barraqueiro, the leading Portuguese passenger transport operator.

January 2008

Announced the acquisition of UK AIM-listed bus, coach and airside passenger transport operator Tellings Golden Miller Group.

January 2008

Increased our shareholding in SAIA Trasporti Capital, in the Brescia area of Italy, by acquiring the remaining 12 per cent required to reach 100 per cent ownership of the company.

November 2007

Acquired a small Spanish bus operation, Autocares Fray Escoba, near Madrid.

November 2007

Acquired a small Czech bus company, Osnado Spol s.r.o., with operations near Prague.

September 2007

Acquired 49 per cent of SPT Linea in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, as part of a 50/50 joint venture with FMN SpA.

August 2007

Acquired the Veolia bus division in Denmark, the second largest operator in the market.

August 2007

Completed the acquisition of Stagecoach’s operations in Darlington, UK.

March 2007

Acquired an 85 per cent stake (as part of an 86 per cent owned joint venture) of German bus, rail and freight operator Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen AG (OHE).

February 2007

Acquired Chase Coaches Limited, based in Staffordshire, UK.

January 2007

Announced the acquisition of Spanish bus company Esfera, with operations in the Madrid area.

January 2007

Acquired our second business in the Czech Republic, Bosak Bus s.r.o., to the south-west of Prague.

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