A N N U A L R E P O R T A N D A C C O U N T S - CMVM
A N N U A L R E P O R T A N D A C C O U N T S - CMVM
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Management Report of the Board of Directors - Financial Year 2008<br />
commencement of the management phase. On the other<br />
hand, it implemented the data management system<br />
ACONEX to manage the contract job. This is an innovative<br />
process in Teixeira Duarte Group that has proved<br />
extremely efficient for coordination, due to the swiftness,<br />
availability and rigour of data transmission.<br />
IV.3.2. EXTERNAL MARKET<br />
- ANGOLA<br />
TDGI - Tecnologia e Gestão de Imóveis, Lda. (Angola) is<br />
also 100% owned by Teixeira Duarte Group and was created<br />
to operate in Angola, where it is dedicated, just as its<br />
Portuguese homonym, to the management and technical<br />
maintenance of facilities and undertakings.<br />
In 2008, the Company’s operating profit maintained a good<br />
growth pace, reaching EUR 7,364 thousand, as a result of<br />
the investment made in its resources and equipment, which<br />
optimised its capacity and commercial assets.<br />
excellent multicultural unit, which resulted in the expressive<br />
doubling of the number of pupils enrolled for school year<br />
2008/2009.<br />
In the year under review, the company achieved operating<br />
profits amounting to EUR 1,756 thousand, which, compared<br />
to EUR 350 thousand of last year, reflect the fact that only in<br />
2008 did its activity develop fully.<br />
- BRAZIL<br />
TEBE, S.A. is a company incorporated under the Brazilian<br />
law, with Head Office in Bebedouro, State of São Paulo. It is<br />
33% owned by Teixeira Duarte Group’s investee company<br />
EMPA, S.A. and has the concession of a 156Km road, located<br />
inland in the State of São Paulo, linking the cities of Barretos<br />
and Bebedouro, a cattle breeding, farming and major<br />
sugarcane producing region.<br />
Furthermore, the Company continued its efforts to gain new<br />
contracts and to train and reinforce the technical teams<br />
required to provide a highly efficient quality service.<br />
With the activity developed during the current year and<br />
some demand it is possible to foresee the sector’s growth<br />
and it is important to mention the commencement of two<br />
new contracts signed with customers with great potential.<br />
EDUCARE - Actividades Educativas e Culturais, Lda. is<br />
100% owned by Teixeira Duarte Group and was<br />
incorporated in 2007 for the development of the S.<br />
Francisco de Assis School project, in Luanda, through which<br />
it intends to respond to a demanding and culturally<br />
diversified public, assuring the education of children and<br />
youth aged 3 to 18 years.<br />
This company started its activity in September 2007 with<br />
the opening of the School’s temporary premises in<br />
Talatona, South Luanda, having since then affirmed itself<br />
in the Country’s educational market offer, with an<br />
92 Dealer for Rodovias TEBE / Railway Link SP 326 / Bebedouro/Barretos / São Paulo /<br />
Brazil<br />
Traffic volume in 2008 was of 4,330,605 passenger and<br />
heavy vehicles, representing a 23% increase compared to<br />
2007, which was due to the closing down of an escape route<br />
close to one of the toll-gates and also to the growth of the<br />
local economy.<br />
The operating profits reported were EUR 13,698 thousand<br />
and the result of the financial year was EUR 2,878<br />
thousand.<br />
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