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   8.     Share capital and reserves 
 
                                                                2013   2012 
                                                                GBPm   GBPm 
-------------------------------------------------------------  -----  ----- 
 Allotted, called up and fully paid 
  Equity share capital: 
   73,099,735 ordinary shares of 10p each (2012: 66,499,735)     7.3    6.6 
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The Company has one class of ordinary shares, which carries no rights to fixed income. There are no restrictions on the transfer of these shares.

On 14 June 2013 the Group issued 6,600,000 new ordinary shares of 10p each for a total non-cash consideration (shares in a company which received the placing proceeds) of GBP57.6m net of GBP1.2m of issue costs. Merger relief has been applied under section 612 of the Companies Act 2006, with the premium on the shares issued allocated initially to a merger reserve and then to an other reserve on redemption of the shares in the company that received the placing proceeds.

All other shares issued in the year related to share options that were exercised.

The capital redemption reserve is a non-distributable reserve created when the Company's shares were redeemed or purchased other than from the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares.

The total number of shares held in Treasury was 2.2m (2012: 2.2m).

   9.     Related party transactions 

Transactions between the parent, its subsidiaries and jointly controlled operations, which are related parties, have been eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed in this note.

On 3 April 2013, the Group acquired the remaining 49% minority shareholding of Keller-Terra S.L. for a cash consideration of GBP5.6m (EUR6.7m) from GTCEISU Construcción, S.A., a connected person of Mr López Jiménez, who retired as a Director of the Company during 2012. During the year the Group undertook various contracts with a total value of GBPnil (2012: GBP3.9m) for GTCEISU Construcción, S.A. An amount of GBPnil (2012: GBP5.6m) is included in trade and other receivables in respect of amounts outstanding as at 31 December 2013. During the year the Group made purchases from GTCEISU Construcción, S.A. with a total value of GBPnil (2012: GBP2.0m). An amount of GBPnil (2012: GBP1.0m) is included in trade and other payables in respect of amounts outstanding as at 31 December 2013.

Related party transactions were made on an arms-length basis and no guarantees have been given or received.

The remuneration of the Directors, who are the key management personnel and related parties of the Group, is set out below:

 
                                                     2013   2012 
 Key management personnel compensation comprised:    GBPm   GBPm 
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 Short-term employee benefits                         3.4    3.4 
 Post-employment benefits                             0.1    0.3 
 Share-based payments                                 1.0    0.8 
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                                                      4.5    4.5 
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10. Post balance sheet events

There were no material post balance sheet events between the balance sheet date and the date of this report.

[1] 2013 results stated before exceptional items of GBP22.1m, before tax. These are non-trading items relating to acquisitions and comprise GBP6.7m of amortisation of acquired intangible assets; GBP5.9m of acquisition costs; GBP6.0m of contingent consideration and payments; GBP3.1m of goodwill impairments; and GBP0.4m of exceptional finance costs.

[2] Net debt represents total loans and borrowings less cash and short-term deposits.

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