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the capital discipline that is a basic aspect for creating value for shareholders.
We are fully confident and believe that new investment opportunities
will take place in the this business area, whether as new federal or state
concessions or even acquisitions of sections already under concession.
Another remarkable happening in 2007 was the Company’s move toward
the foreign market. In August, in a consortium with Brisa – Autoestradas de
Portugal, we signed an unprecedented concession contract for the 18-kilometer
Northwest Parkway Public Highway, which is part of the beltway
around the city of Denver, Colorado, in the United States. The deal marked
the debut of our involvement in one of the main highway transportation
markets in the world.
In terms of expanding the business, as can be seen, there was already sufficient
reason for commemorating the results obtained in 2007. But there
are other reasons to celebrate. For the second consecutive year, the shares
of the CCR Group were listed on the IBOVESPA and, for the third year in
a row, they were on the ISE portfolio, which witnesses that we are in line
with the best practices of socioenvironmental responsibility.
As for corporate governance, we also continued to be in the forefront of
the Brazilian market, by creating the CCR Infrastructure and Logistics Group,
in a partnership with the Dom Cabral Foundation, which is a renowned
center for corporate development and education, headquartered in Belo
Horizonte, Minas Gerais.
For all of this, if you will allow me to use highway jargon, we are convinced
that we are on the right road, seeking to base the future of the CCR Group
with a healthy, profitable and, above all, sustainable organization. Our road
is paved and well marked. All we have to do is stay on target toward an
even better future, for both our shareholders and the other groups with
which we relate – employees, government, suppliers, outsourcers, and the
press – without forgetting to protect and respect the environment.
We expectantly await the arrival of a new year.
Francisco Caprino Neto
President of the Board of Administration
Renato Alves Vale
President
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