abertis Corporate Information

The abertis Group

Stockholm Skavsta Airport forms part of abertis, an international group that manages mobility and telecommunications infrastructures across five business areas. As a result of the activities undertaken in the fields of toll roads, telecommunications infrastructures, airports, car parks and logistic parks, abertis is present in 17 countries in three continents.

The group has a workforce of nearly 11,000 people and 50% of its income is produced outside Spain. The group is quoted on the Spanish stock exchange and forms part of the select Ibex 35 index, as well as the international indexes Dow Jones Sustainability, FTS Eurofirst 300 and Standard & Poor's Europe 350.

Since 2003, after the merger between Acesa Infraestructuras and Áurea Infraestructuras, which gave rise to abertis, the group has worked on a progressive expansion process until establishing itself as an operator focused on the infrastructures management working in a setting of growing internationalisation of its activity. The achievements that have a bearing on the development of the group have been:

• In toll roads: the incorporation of the French motorway operator sanef into the abertis Group, in 2006.
• In telecommunications: the purchase of the telecommunication networks operator retevisión in 2003; the 2007 purchase of 32% of Eutelsat, Europe's leading satellite operator; and the purchase in 2008 of 33.4% of Hispasat.
• In airports: the take-overs of the British airport group tbi in 2005 and of Desarrollo de Concesiones Aeroportuarias (dca), a holding company with interests in 15 Latin-American airports, in 2007.
• In car parks: the internationalisation process, with projects in countries such as Italy and Chile.
• In logistic parks: the expansion and internationalisation of the logistic parks, with new projects in Portugal and Chile, and the acquisition of several new assets in Madrid and Barcelona.
   

Business Areas

Motorways

In this sector, abertis directly manages 3,365 kilometres -after the incorporation of the French agency sanef-, and is placed third in the European ranking for kilometres managed. In Spain, it is the main operator of high-capacity roads and directly manages over 1,500 km of toll roads. In addition, abertis is involved in the management of a further 5,400 km via shares in its concessionaries in Italy, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Chile and Portugal.

Telecommunication infrastructures

With more than 3,200 locations, abertis telecom is the leader in Spain in the transport and diffusion of TV and radio signals. After the acquisition, in 2007, of 32% of the share capital of Eutelsat, and the acquisition, in  2008, of 33,4% of Hispasat, abertis telecom also features as a key player at an international level in the field of satellite infrastructures.

Airports

abertis airports holds stakes in 30 airports in 9 countries where it handles more than 87 million passengers a year. With the recent acquisition of DCA, abertis airports has become one of the largest operators in the world with a notable presence in Europe and America.

Car parks

abertis, through its saba branch, manages more than 100,000 car parking spaces, in 180 car parks in more than 70 cities in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Chile, Morocco and Andorra.

Logistic parks

The projects currently promoted by abertis logística occupy a gross surface area of over 706 hectares, with a buildable surface area of almost 3 million square metres. At present, abertis logística has 933,101 square metres built on, with 90% occupation.
 

Main figures

The total net profit attributed to abertis in 2008 was situated at 618 million euros. The operational income grew to 3,679 million, while the cash-flow generated reached 1,417 million euros. The gross operational result (Ebitda) was 2,256 million. Investments grew to 1,704 million euros.

More information

For more information about abertis airports and abertis group, please visit

www.abertis.com