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Company History

 

1947

Foundation of the Airport Parking Corporation Of America, Inc.; Cleveland, Ohio, USA as a branch of the ITT Corporation, New York, USA

 

1970

Foundation of APCOA Autoparking GmbH, Germany under the wing of the ITT Corporation branch SEL, Stuttgart

1970

Foundation of APCOA Parking Austria, Vienna

 

 

 

1981

 

Foundation of APCOA Parking (UK), Sunbury on Thames

 

 

 

1985

 

Foundation of APCOA Parking Italia, Mantova

 

 

 

1989

 

Foundation of APCOA Nederland, Rotterdam

 

 

 

1991

 

CWB Capital Partners Limited, London and management members take over the APCOA Group in a "Management-buy-out".

 

 

1994

 

Foundation of APCOA Holding AG

 

 

 

1995

 

The company changes its name to APCOA Parking AG. It is quoted on the Frankfurt stock exchange and its shares are also traded on the Düsseldorf and Stuttgart exchanges. 75% of shares are held by U.K. investors and 7% by management. 18% are free-floated.

 

 

 

1997

 

Acquisition of Rhein-Main-Parkgaragen, Karlsruhe, Germany

 

 

1998

 

Foundation of Parkingi Polska, Warsaw as a joint venture with STRABAG AG, Vienna

 

 

1998

 

Acquisition of IPI Antwerp, Belgium; today APCOA Belgium

 

 

1999

 

Acquisition of Europark in Norway, Sweden and Denmark

 

 

2000

 

Salamander AG, Kornwestheim acquires 27.1% of APCOA parking AG shares in April and a further 71,4% in October in a public offering

 

 

2000

 

Acquisition of First Management Group, Leeds U.K., of Parkhaus Heidenheim and of In Park Berlin, Germany

 

 

2002

 

EnBW-AG, Karlsruhe announces that as of 1 April 2002 it holds 98.7% of APCOA Parking AG shares through Salamander AG

 

 

2002

 

Acquisition of 50% of VUP Verkehrs- und Parkraum-bewirtschaftung (VUP Traffic and Parking Area Management), Stuttgart, from SG Holding AG & Co. KG, Stuttgart

 

 

2002

 

Takeover of the remaining 49% of Parkingi Polska, Warsaw, from STRABAG AG, Vienna

 

 

2003

 

Foundation of APCOA d.o.o., Rijeka in Croatia

 

 

2003

 

Delisting from the Frankfurt stock exchange

 

 

2004

 

On 30 June 2004 Investcorp acquires 98.3% of APCOA Parking AG shares from EnBW AG, Karlsruhe through Parking Holdings GmbH

 

 

2005

 

Foundation of APCOA Parking Switzerland, Zurich, together with Emil Frey AG, Zurich

 

 

2005

 

Parking Holdings GmbH is renamed APCOA Parking Holdings GmbH (APHG)

 

 

2005

 

The squeeze-out is registered on 20 May 2005. Investcorp now holds 100% of APCOA Parking AG shares through APHG

 

 

2005

 

Delisting and end of trading on the remaining stock exchanges

 

 

2006

 

Acquisition of Perpetum Parkering, Gothenburg, renamed in EuroPark Vest

 

 

2006

 

Acquisition of Interparking Oslo and the assets of Legal Parkering, Oslo

 

 

2007

 

Paris based private equity company Eurazeo acquires APCOA from Investcorp

 

 

2007

 

APCOA acquires Central Parking System (CPS) Europe and becomes Europes leading parking operator