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Acquisitions in 2009

Total spent: £177.5m on 12 acquisitions
2008: £147.4m on 12 acquisitions

Trust administration FMS

Value: £2m

£1.1m deferred consideration

Division: Insurance & Investor Services

Trust administration company based in the Netherlands.

Health services CHKS

Value: £11.6m

Division: ICT, Health & Business Services

Provides healthcare intelligence and quality improvement services to healthcare professionals. Over 90 NHS trusts as clients.

Insurance servicesHero Insurance Services

Value: £15m

Division: Insurance & Investor Services

Acquired from LV= (formerly Liverpool Victoria). A personal lines broker offering insurance for cars, motorbikes, homes and commercial vehicles.

Health services NHS membership Services

Value: £2m

Division: ICT, Health & Business Services

Provides membership services and engagement programmes for over 50 NHS trusts.

Property services MMB

Value: £4.85m

Contract commencement: March 2010

Division: Integrated Services

A specialist in the development, implementation, operation and management of Intelligent Transport Systems on the UK motorway and trunk road network.

Financial services Capmark Services Europe

Value: £10m

Contract commencement: August 2009

Division: Insurance & Investor Services

Provides administration services for securitsations, commercial mortgages, commercial property loans and asset managers.

Property services Andrew Martin Associates

Value: £2.25m

£4m deferred consideration

Division: Integrated Services

Employs 40 chartered town planners, urban designers, landscape designers and environmental planners offering advice on a wide range of planning, development, regeneration and environmental matters.

IT services Carillion IT Services

Value: £36m

Service commencement: October 2009

Division: ICT, Health & Business Services

The external IT services business of Carillion plc, Carillion IT Services, offers outsourcing, managed services and network infrastructure solutions.

Life and pensions Gissings Consultancy Services

Value: £9m

Division: Life & Pensions Services

Provides actuarial, advisory, investment and administration services for UK pension plans and is also a leading player in the advisory market for the buyout of pension liabilities.

Trust administration Fidei

Value: £5.3m

£5.7m deferred consideration

Division: Insurance & Investor Services

Trust administration company based in Luxembourg.

Property services Multi-Tech

Value: £4.4m

£4.75m deferred consideration

Division: Integrated Services

Engineering consultancy which specialises in engineering, design and project management services to the chemical, food, petrochemical, energy, recycling and pharmaceutical sectors.

IT services Synetrix

Value: £75m

Net of cash acquired

Division: ICT, Health & Business Services

Specialises in the design, development, integration and deployment of converged networks, hosted application solutions, managed security solutions and software platforms.