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Europcar    | http://www.europcar.com
France - Investment: €663 million*, 85.1%
* After syndication to Eurazeo Partners.

Europcar
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Press releases

 10/11/2009 Named World's leading car rental company
 01/04/2009 2008 Results
 11/12/2008 First Nine Months 2008 Results
 11/12/2008 First Nine Months 2008 Results
 04/12/2008 Europcar is first company to be awarded World's Leading Green Transport Solution Company at the World Travel Awards
 09/09/2008 1st Half 2008 Results
 04/09/2008 Strategic alliance with Enterprise
 26/05/2008 Closing of the acquisition of ECA Car Rental
 28/04/2008 Acquisition of ECA Car Rental, the Asia-Pacific Master Franchisee
 13/02/2008 Opening for business in Beijing in advance of the Olympic Games
 05/02/2008 Agreement with All Nippon Airways
 30/08/2007 Europcar : 1st Half 2007 results
 18/05/2007 Europcar : signing for the purchase of Betacar
 21/03/2007 Europcar : 2006 Results
 01/03/2007 Europcar finalizes the acquisition of the European businesses and enters transatlantic alliance with Vanguard
 13/11/2006 Major strategic transaction for Europcar : acquisition of the European businesses and signing of a transatlantic alliance with Vanguard (National Car Rental – Alamo Rent A Car)
 26/09/2006 Europcar: Sustained growth in revenues, up 14.6 per cent in first half of 2006
 30/06/2006 Europcar completes acquisition of Keddy Car & Truck Rental in Belgium
 01/06/2006 Eurazeo closes €3billion Europcar acquisition
 01/06/2006 Europcar in exclusive negotiations with LeasePlan Corporation to acquire Keddy – the leading car rental outfit in Belgium
 03/05/2006 Eurazeo gets green light from the competition authorities for Europcar acquisition
 09/03/2006 Eurazeo signs agreement to acquire Europcar, leading european car rental firm, for € 3 billion
 28/02/2006 Eurazeo in exclusive negotiation with Volkswagen to acquire Europcar
europcar
2008 Revenues
€2,122 m of pro forma(1)
revenues, + 0.5%

(1) Revenues prepared on a pro forma basis: including the business of Vanguard EMEA (whose acquisition was finalized on February 28, 2007) for the 12 months of 2007 and the business of Europcar Australia/New Zealand (acquisition completed on May 1, 2008) for the 12 months of 2008.
2008 EBIT
€253 m of pro forma adjusted
EBIT(2), - 15.1%

(2) EBIT prepared on an adjusted pro forma basis. including the business of Vanguard EMEA (whose acquisition was finalized on February 28, 2007) for the 12 months of 2007 and the business of Europcar Australia/New Zealand for the 12 months of 2007 and 2008, excluding expenses from the accounting treatment of the 2007 and 2008 acquisitions and excluding restructuring costs directly linked to those acquisitions, and before interest charges linked to operating lease agreements for the vehicle fleet.
2008 Highlights
• Europcar and Enterprise Rent-A-Car signed a strategic commercial agreement in September and became the global car rental dealer with 1.2 million vehicles and 13,000 locations.

• Europcar proceeded to the acquisition of its franchise network in Asia Pacific and thereby acquired a direct presence in Australia and in New Zealand.

• Europcar and easyJet renew their exclusive partnership for the next three years.
Sustainable development
• Certification of Europcar’s “Environment Charter” by Bureau Veritas. Europcar is the first car rental company to introduce such an approach.

• Implementation of ISO 14001 certification in seven European subsidiaries.

• Integration of carbon emissions offset program when a client books a car.

• Winner of the World Travel Awards prize for the world’s leading green transport solution company. Europcar is the first company to win this environment-related award.