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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements at 31 st December 2008<br />

NOTE TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT<br />

ON THE 31 ST OF DECEMBER 2008<br />

(VALUES EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF EUROS)<br />

1 - INTRODUCTION NOTE<br />

Teixeira Duarte - Engenharia e Construções, S.A. ("Teixeira Duarte" or "Company") has its registered head office in Porto Salvo, was<br />

incorporated on the 4 th of January 1934 with Construction as its core business.<br />

The entrepreneurial universe of Teixeira Duarte ("Group") is formed by the investee companies referred in Notes 4, 22 and 23. The Group’s<br />

main activities are: Construction; Cements; Concrete and Aggregates; Concessions and Services; Real Estate Development; Hotel Services<br />

Industry; Food Trade; Fuel Sales and Vehicles Sales.<br />

2 - MAIN ACCOUNTING POLICIES<br />

The main accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the attached consolidated results statements are the followings:<br />

2.1 - Submission bases<br />

The consolidated results statements were prepared in accordance with the continuity principle, from the accounting books and records of<br />

the companies included in the consolidation, adjusted to the consolidation process, in order to be in accordance with the provisions of the<br />

International Financial Reporting Standards adopted by the European Union, in force for the financial years started on the 1 st of January<br />

2008.<br />

The International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") and the International<br />

Accounting Standards ("IAS") issued by the International Accounting Standards Committee ("IASC") and respective interpretations should be<br />

considered as included in these standards, issued by the International Financial Reporting Interpretation Committee ("IFRIC") and Standing<br />

Interpretation Committee ("SIC"), respectively, their adoption approved by the European Union. The set of those standards and interpretations<br />

shall be henceforward generally known as "IFRS".<br />

Results statements were prepared according to the historical cost approach, except in what concerns investment properties and financial<br />

assets available for sale.<br />

New standards and its impact in the attached results statements<br />

In the year ended on the 31 st of December 2007, the IFRS 8 – Operational segments was approved by the European Union, which became in<br />

force for the financial years started after the 1 st of January 2009.<br />

During the financial year ended on the 31 st of December 2008 and until the approval date of these results statements, the following accounting<br />

standards and interpretations were approved by the European Union, its enforcing date corresponding to the financial years started on or after<br />

the following dates:<br />

Effective Date<br />

IAS 39/IFRS 7 – Reclassification of financial assets (Reviewed) 01-07-2008<br />

IFRIC 13 – Customer’s royalty programmes 01-07-2008<br />

IFRIC 14 – IAS 19 – The limit on an asset with defined benefits, minimum financing requirements and respective interaction 01-01-2008<br />

IFRS 8 – Operating Segments 01-01-2009<br />

IFRS 2 – Payments based on shares (Reviewed) 01-01-2009<br />

IAS 1 – Financial statements submission (Reviewed) 01-01-2009<br />

IAS 23 – Costs of loans obtained (Reviewed) 01-01-2009<br />

IAS 32/IAS 1 – Financial instruments with a put option and liabilities derived from a liquidation (Reviewed) 01-01-2009<br />

Improvements of the International Financial Reporting Standards (2007) 01-01-2009<br />

IFRS 1 / IAS 27 – Cost of an investment in a subsidiary, jointly controlled or associated entity 01-01-2009<br />

IFRIC 12 – Contracts regarding concession services 01-01-2010<br />

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