Brisa - Auto-estradas de Portugal
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| Sociedade Anónima | |
| Traded as | Euronext: BRI |
| Industry | Transportation, construction |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | São Domingos de Rana, Portugal |
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Key people
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Vasco de Mello (Chairman and CEO) |
| Services | Operation and maintenance of highways and toll roads, electronic toll collection, railway and airport operating concessions |
| Revenue | €764.8 million (2010) |
| €673.7 million (2010) | |
| Profit | €778.5 million (2010) |
| Total assets | €6.086 billion (end 2010) |
| Total equity | €1.893 billion (end 2010) |
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Number of employees
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2,670 (end 2010) |
| Website | www.brisa.pt |
Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal, S.A. is Portugal-based international transportation company. The group's largest business area is highway management, in which it is the largest concessionaire in its home country. Founded in 1972, Brisa also has operations in countries including the United States and the Netherlands. Since 2000 Brisa's largest shareholder has been the investment company Grupo José de Mello, which owns over 30% of its stock through subsidiaries. The Spanish infrastructure company Abertis holds around 15% of the firm. The company is listed on the Lisbon Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the benchmark PSI-20 and Euronext 100 indices.
In Portugal Brisa exclusively operates the following motorways with a concession lasting until 2035:
Brisa owns 50% of Auto-Estradas do Atlântico, operator of the A8 and A15 motorways until 2028; 70% of the Brisal concession, which is licensed to run the A17 road until 2034; and with a 45% stake heads the Douro Litoral consortium which will operate the A32, A41 and A43 motorways until 2034.
Two further tenders were awarded to consortia including Brisa in 2009. The firm leads the Auto-estradas do Baixo Tejo concession with a 30% stake, which includes construction, widening, operation and maintenance of motorways and Itinerários Complementares trunk roads in the Setúbal area. Brisa also holds 15% of the Litoral Oeste concession, which covers 112 km of new and existing road around Leiria. Both contracts were awarded through to 2038.
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