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Promotion of ACS Group reputation

The measures aimed at promoting information transparency affect the company's reputation, the extension of its corporate values and technical capacities and the broadcasting of its business success. In 2005, this has been reflected in the more than one hundred citing and acknowledgements of the ACS Group in different forms of domestic and international media, of which most noteworthy were the following:

• One of the ten most respected and valued Spanish companies and the leader in this respect in the construction sector, according to a 2005 survey of the most admired companies worldwide conducted by PWC and Financial Times.


• One of three largest European construction companies by stock market capitalization in 2005, according to the survey conducted by the newspaper "Expansion".


• One of the fifteen best companies in terms of corporate governance, according to the first Observatory of Corporate Governance and Information Transparency carried out in 2005 by the Foundation of Financial Studies.


• One of the most reputable Spanish companies, according to the 2005 Spanish Monitor of Corporate Reputation (Merco) on the 100 most reputable and prestigious Spanish companies.


• Mr. Florentino Pérez, Executive Chairman ACS was considered to be one of the ten most highly valued Spanish chairmen insofar as capacity of leadership, management and prestige, according to the 2005 Merco Report on the 100 most reputable executives in Spain.


• Mr. Florentino Pérez was considered to be one of three European business leaders with the best reputation in 2005, according to the magazine "Business Week".


• Additionally, Mr. Florentino Pérez received the “Tintero” Award given annually by the Economic Journalist's Association (APIE). This award acknowledges those business people who most facilitate the reporting work performed by the economic press and who best manage their relationship with the media.


• One of three best and most profitable European companies, according to the Standard & Poor’s Europe 350 index published by the magazine "Business Week".


• One of the four leading contractors worldwide, according to the 2005 survey of the Top Global Contractors conducted by the prestigious US magazine specializing in engineering and construction Engineering News-Record (ENR).


• Worldwide leader in the promotion and development of infrastructure-concession projects according to a 2005 survey of the US magazine Public Works Financing, a reference publication in the sector.


• Leader in construction in Spain and one of the few Spanish companies included in the list of the top 400 companies worldwide, according to a 2005 survey of the US magazine "Forbes".


• One of the 20 leading port operators worldwide through the subsidiary Dragados SPL, according to the last annual report published in September 2005 by the firm Drewry, a consultant specializing in port-logistics.


• Award for the Best Business Initiative granted by the newspaper "La Gaceta de Los Negocios" given the investment made by ACS in Unión Fenosa, a transaction that was also acknowledged by the weekly publication "Inversión" as one three best financial transactions made in 2005.