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TOUAX at the Paris Midcap Event,
Palais Brongniart
21-22 September 2009
TOUAX will be taking part in the Paris Midcap Event on 21 and 22 September 2009. Don't miss this chance to meet with the TOUAX Managing Partners, Fabrice and Raphaël Walewski and catch up with the latest on this Group and its growth prospects. To book a meeting, please do not hesitate to contact Benjamin Audebert at: b.audebert@cfbcom.fr
About the TOUAX Group
The TOUAX Group provides operating leases to customers around the world, both on its own account and for third-party investors. TOUAX is Europe's no.1 in shipping containers and river barges, and no.2 in modular buildings and freight railcars (intermodal railcars). The Group caters to the boom in corporate outsourcing of non-core assets, and every day provides over 5,000 customers with quick and flexible leasing solutions. TOUAX is well placed to profit from the worldwide economic upturn, as operating leases prove an attractive funding alternative (outsourcing costs, flexible contracts and rapid availability).
First half of 2009: key figures and significant events
- Net profit (Group's share) up 9%: growth in the total stock of equipment managed by the Group (+30% in 2008) and greater market share has been proving successful in 2009, in generating - despite a 15% fall in consolidated turnover - the economies of scale that are so vital when the world economy is slack.
- 9% rise in leasing turnover, the Group's core business: the Group's standard contracts (mainly long leases), and the rise in the fleet of equipment managed (further leases signed in 2008) are making up for the erosion of lease rates and utilization rates due to the fall in demand since September 2008.
- An €18.2m capital increase, without pre-emptive subscription rights for shareholders but with a specified period of subscription priority instead: the proceeds of the new shares are positioning the Group strategically to continue its capital spending and seize the opportunities offered by the crisis (purchase of shipping containers, modular buildings, river barges and railcars, mainly for long term leases).
- Set up of an investment vehicle in partnership with DVB Bank SE: the creation of this structure will enable the Railcars division to continue investing in a sector which holds great promise over the long term, and to help the Group's customers with their development projects. The Group will continue to manage the equipment purchased by the investment vehicle.
TOUAX is listed on Euronext in Paris - NYSE Euronext Compartment C (ISIN Code FR0000033003), and features in the SBF 250 Index.
For further details please contact:
TOUAX Fabrice & Raphaël Walewski Managing Partners touax@touax.com www.touax.com Tel : +33 (0)1 46 96 18 00
ACTIFIN Jean-Yves Barbara jybarbara@actifin.fr Tel: +33 (0)1 55 88 11 11