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Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal, SGPS, S.A.
Type	Sociedade Anónima (Euronext: CPR)
Founded	1976
Headquarters	Lisbon, Portugal
Key people	Ricardo Bayão Horta (Chairman of the board and CEO)
Industry	Building materials
Products	Cement, construction aggregate, concrete, mortar
Revenue	€2.154 billion (2008)
Operating income	▲ €392.6 million (2008)
Profit	▲ €219.4 million (2008)
Employees	8,370 (2008)
Website	www.cimpor.pt

Cimpor - Cimentos de Portugal is the largest Portuguese cement group, operating in eleven countries - Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Brazil, Tunisia, Turkey, Cape Verde, Mozambique, China, Egypt and South Africa, involved in manufacturing and marketing cement, hydraulic lime, concrete and aggregates, precast concrete and dry mortars.

In Portugal, Cimpor has major factories in Coimbra (Souselas), Vila Franca de Xira (Alhandra), Loulé and Figueira da Foz (Cabo Mondego).

Cimpor is listed on the Euronext Lisbon stock exchange and is a member of the benchmark PSI-20 index. As of December 2009, its two largest shareholders are construction firm Teixeira Duarte with 22.9% and Lafarge, the world's largest cement maker, with 17.3%.^[2]

The Brazilian steel maker Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) made an unsolicited €3.9 billion takeover offer for Cimpor on 18 December 2009.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Annual Report 2008". Cimpor. http://www.cimpor.pt/cache/bin/XPQej8wXX2537ZAX6gkNRyMZKU.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
^ "Shareholder structure". Cimpor. 20 December 2009. http://www.cimpor.pt/artigo.aspx?cntx=kNvvknaNjvgwma7PVpGAyO7bHH4fL%2FLl4N4K1NR%2FccnsyTXhvVZWUzbJs4QBTfHw. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
^ Kassai, Lucia; Silver, Jim (18 December 2009). "CSN Slumps as $5.6 Billion Cimpor Bid May Boost Debt". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYm3C1W2c6qc&pos=5. Retrieved 27 December 2009.

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Official website

[AR2008-0] "Annual Report 2008". Cimpor. http://www.cimpor.pt/cache/bin/XPQej8wXX2537ZAX6gkNRyMZKU.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-27.

[1] "Shareholder structure". Cimpor. 20 December 2009. http://www.cimpor.pt/artigo.aspx?cntx=kNvvknaNjvgwma7PVpGAyO7bHH4fL%2FLl4N4K1NR%2FccnsyTXhvVZWUzbJs4QBTfHw. Retrieved 27 December 2009.

[2] Kassai, Lucia; Silver, Jim (18 December 2009). "CSN Slumps as $5.6 Billion Cimpor Bid May Boost Debt". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYm3C1W2c6qc&pos=5. Retrieved 27 December 2009.

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