1 July 2009
Carillion completes sale of IT business
Further to Carillion's announcement on 9 June 2009 that it had entered into an agreement to sell its external IT business to Capita, Carillion confirms that this transaction has been completed, generating sale proceeds of £36 million as anticipated in that announcement.'
For further information contact:
John Denning, Group Corporate Affairs Director tel: +44 (0) 1902 316426
Notes to editors
Carillion is the UK's leading support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and extensive construction capabilities. The Group has annual revenue of over £5 billion, employs around 50,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East, Canada and the Caribbean.
In the UK, Carillion's principal market sectors are Defence, Education, Health, Facilities Management & Services, Rail, Roads, Building, Civil Engineering and Utilities Services.
In the Middle East, Carillion's principal market sectors are Construction and Facilities Management. In Canada and the Caribbean, the Group's main sectors are Health, Roads Maintenance and Construction.
Carillion's portfolio of equity investments in Public Private Partnership projects includes projects in the UK and Canada, particularly in the Defence, Education, Health and Transport sectors.
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