List of privatizations by country
This list of privatizations provides links to notable and/or major privatizations.
Privatisation by country
Argentina
- Aerolíneas Argentinas - the former national carrier; renationalized in 2009
- Agua y Energía Eléctrica - national electricity-production company; partitioned and sold
- Buenos Aires Metro - given under concession but still owned by the State
- Empresa Nacional de Correos y Telégrafos (ENCoTel) - given under concession as Correo Argentino. Re-nationalized in 2003
- ENTel (national telecommunications company) - partitioned and sold to France Télécom and to Spanish Telefónica
- Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) - sold to Lockheed Martin
- Ferrocarriles Argentinos - railway-lines all over the country (some in the process of re-nationalization under the Kirchner administration)
- Gas del Estado - national gas company partitioned and sold, among others, to the Spanish Gas Natural
- Obras Sanitarias (water company), given as a concession to the French conglomerate Suez, which operates it under the name Aguas Argentinas; re-nationalized in 2006 as Aguas y Saneamientos Argentinos (AySA)
- Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF) - national oil-company sold to the Spanish Repsol. The Argentinian government in 2004 set up a new state oil company (Enarsa) from scratch, which proved of no use. In 2012, the Argentine Government expropriated 51% of the shares of YPF owned by Repsol.
Australia
- Commonwealth Oil Refineries 1952 Under Liberal
- Optus 1985 Under Labor
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1991 Under Labor
- Qantas 1993 Under labor
- Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1994 Under Labor
- Electricity and natural gas supply companies in Victoria 1995 Under Liberal
- Telstra 1997 Under Liberal
- Public transport in Melbourne 1999 Under Liberal
- Electricity Trust of South Australia 1999 Under Liberal
- Sydney Airport 2002 Under Liberal
- Medibank 2014 Under Liberal
- Commonwealth Industrial Gases
- Government Cleaning Service in New South Wales
- Government Insurance Office in New South Wales
- Government Printing Service in New South Wales
- State-owned betting-agencies in most states Under Liberal and Labor
- Many long-distance and urban passenger railway services Under Liberal and Labor
- All freight railway services Under Liberal and Labor
- Most State-owned banks Under Liberal and Labor
Canada
- Teleglobe (1987) - an international telco carrier
- Air Canada (1988)
- Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (1989)
- Telus (1991), formerly Alberta Government Telephones
- Petro-Canada (1991)
- Nova Scotia Power (1992)
- Canadian National Railway (1995)
- Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (1996)
- Manitoba Telecom Services or MTS (1996)
- Highway 407 (1999) - leased to private operators
- Ontario Hydro (1999 - only partially privatized with Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation, a publicly owned company and crown corporation respectively
- Uranium industry in Saskatchewan
Chile
- CAP
- Chilectra
- Colbún S.A.
- CTC
- Enaex
- Empremar
- Endesa
- Entel
- Esval
- IANSA
- Lan Airlines
- Pension Funds (AFP)
- Soquimich
Czechoslovakia
- Virtually everything after the Velvet Revolution in 1989; see voucher privatization for details.
Egypt
- The Shebin spinning and weaving factory in Menoufia in the Nile Delta was on strike against/locked out by its new non-Egyptian owners in the wake of the 2011 revolution. Workers and maybe the military now in control of the state were favoring re-nationalization, according to one report. "[L] iberal economic policy is tarred with [the old regime's] corruption," said Michael Wahid Hanna, in Cairo for the U.S.-based Century Foundation.[1] Indorama, the new Indonesian/Thai[2] owner of Shebin,[3] was not quoted in the report. Looking further back to 2000, "well considered public spinners" Shebin El Kom and STIA, were then considered to have a "redundant labor problem ... [but] would otherwise be attractive privatization buying or leasing opportunities for private investors."[4] In 2011, STIA, also known as El Nasr Wool & Selected Textiles, of Alexandria, remained "one of the largest public sector textiles companies."[5] See also Privatization#Notable examples.
1980s
- Compagnie Générale d'Electricité became Alcatel (1987)
- Havas (1987)
- Matra (1988)
- Paribas - privatized in 1987 and merged with BNP to form BNP Paribas
- Saint-Gobain - created in 1665 by minister of Finance Jean-Baptiste Colbert; privatized in 1986
- Société Générale privatized in 1987
- Suez - privatized and merged with the stated-owned Gaz de France (GDF) in 2008 to form GDF Suez
- TF1 - first TV channel of France, privatized in 1987
1990s
- France Télécom Now Orange S.A (1998)
- Arcelor (1995)
- Assurances Générales de France (1996)
- Groupe Bull (1997)
- CNP Assurances (1998)
- Compagnie générale transatlantique (1996) - merged with CMA to form CMA-CGM
- Crédit Industriel et Commercial (1998)
- Crédit local de France (1991) now Dexia
- Le Crédit Lyonnais (1999)
- Elf Aquitaine - privatized in 1994; absorbed by Total
- Eramet (1999)
- Gan (1998)
- Pechiney (1995)
- Renault (1996) - the French state still have 15.01% of the shareholding
- SEITA (1995) - now Altadis
- Total
- Union des Assurances de Paris (1994)
2000s
- Aéroports de Paris - the French State remains the major shareholder: 52%
- Air France - opening shareholding open in 1999. Merged with KLM and merged to form: Air France-KLM (as 2004, the French State remain 44%). As of 2012, the French State remains 15.8%. [6]
- Credit Lyonnais (a bank ;– privatized in 2001)
- Électricité de France (EDF) (in December 2005 France sold 30% of EDF)
- French Highway Concession
- A'lienor - sold to Eiffage (65%) and Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (35%)
- Alis - sold to Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France
- Société des Autoroutes de Paris Normandie - sold to Vinci
- Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France - sold to Abertis (52,5%); the rest is owned by other investors
- Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhône - sold to Eiffage
- Autoroutes du Sud de la France - sold to Vinci
- Arcour - sold to Vinci
- Atlandes - sold to Colas Group (subsidiaries of Bouygues) and other investors
- Cofiroute - sold to Vinci
- Gaz de France (GDF) - Prime minister Dominique de Villepin announced a merger between GDF and Suez; since the state owns 80% of GDF, a privatization of GDF would require the passing of a new law; the state would control only 34% of the capital of the new group: see commentary.
- Orange S.A. (formerly France Télécom) (the French State has owned under 50% of Orange since September 2004) - the French State remains (including ERAP): 26,94%
- Pages Jaunes (Yellow Pages) (in 2004 France sold 32% of Pages Jaunes for €1.25 billion)
- Snecma (in 2004 France sold 35% of Snecma for €1.45 billion)
- Société nationale industrielle aérospatiale (2000) - merged with DASA and CASA to form the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company
- Thomson Multimédia
- Thomson Multimédia - now Technicolor
- Thomson-CSF - now Thales Group; the French State remains 27%
- SNCM (Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée) - ferry-company; privatized at the end of 2005; the French State remains 25% in SNCM
Germany
- Deutsche Bundespost became in January 1995:
- Deutsche Post - the state owns 20.5% through the KfW.[7]
- Deutsche Telekom - the state still owns 32%, partly direct and partly through the KfW.[8]
- Deutsche Postbank - in 2004 the state floated a minority stake for €2.5 billion
- Deutsche Bundesbahn became Deutsche Bahn in 1994, although it is 100% state owned.
- UFA underwent privatization in 1921
Greece
- DESFA - On 20 December 2018, a consortium formed by Snam (60%), Enagás (20%) and Fluxys (20%) completed the acquisition of a 66% stake in DESFA for an amount of €535 million.
- Hellenic Petroleum - Starting from the 1990s, the Greek Government gradually sold its shares in the company, and currently owns only 35.5% of the shares.
- Olympic Airways - at first, then Olympic Airlines; the Hellenic State attempted to privatise the ailing airlines five times, more or less, from 2004 onwards. The company was folded and re-created in 2009, and privatized in 2012, under the supervision of the EU and IMF, as it was part of the debt-restructuring process of 2012.
- OPAP (Lottery and Betting Monopoly) - privatization completed in 2013, when the last remaining government-owned stock was sold [9]
- OTE (Οργανισμός Τηλεπικοινωνιών Ελλάδος / Hellenic Telecommunications Company) - became partly privatised in the 1990s, when its only shareholder at the time, the Hellenic State, reduced its share of the company to 36%. Since May 2018, Deutsche Telekom owns 45% of the shares, and the Hellenic State has retained 5%.
- Piraeus Port Authority - In April 2016, HRADF sold 51% of Piraeus Port Authority to the COSCO Group.
- Thessaloniki Port Authority - In March 2018, an international consortium acquired 67% of the shares, with the Hellenic State retaining 7.27%.
- TrainOSE - It was acquired in September 2017 by the Italian railway company, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane.
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Mail Service
- Link REIT
- MTR Corporation
Iceland
- Búnaðarbanki Íslands hf - privatized in 1999–2003
- Landsbanki Íslands hf - privatized in 1999–2003
- Landssími Íslands hf - privatized in 2005
- Skýrr hf - privatized in 1997–1998
India
- Bharat Aluminium Company - in 2005
- Cochin International Airport
- Delhi Airport
- Hindustan Zinc Limited - in 2001[10]
- Hyderabad International Airport
- Maruti Udyog
- Mumbai Airport
- VSNL
Iraq
- (planned) most industries except oil, at the behest of the United States-sponsored government
Ireland
- ACCBank - sold to Rabobank
- Aer Lingus - floated on the stock market
- British and Irish Steampacket Company Limited - sold to Irish Continental Group
- Cablelink - sold to NTL Ireland; formerly held 50/50 by Telecom Éireann and Raidió Teilifís Éireann, both state-owned at the time
- ICC Bank - sold to Bank of Scotland
- Irish Life - sold to Irish Permanent
- Irish National Petroleum Corporation - all assets sold to ConocoPhillips, still exists in law
- Irish Steel - transferred ownership to Ispat, firm bankrupt, no longer exists
- Irish Sugar - floated on stock market as Greencore; state retains one share for veto purposes
- Nítrigin Éireann - sold to its other shareholder in Irish Fertiliser Industries, Richardsons, final firm called IFI, no longer exists
- Telecom Éireann - floated on the stock market
- TSB Bank - sold to info unknown
Israel
- Bezeq
- El Al
- Bank Hapoalim
- Bank Leumi (partial)
- Israel Chemicals
- Israel Discount Bank (partial)
- RAFAEL Armament Development Authority (partial)
- Zim Integrated Shipping Services
Italy
- INA Assitalia
- Enel S.p.A. (1999 32% €16.6 billion, 2003 6.6% €2.2 billion, 2004 20% €7.5 billion) [11]
- Eni
- IRI (among which are Autostrade s.p.a., Credito Italiano)
- Telecom Italia
- Terna (Enel sold 43.5% for €1.48 billion in June 2004) [12]
Jordan
- Aramex International (Q1 2005, 75% for $150–200 million)
- Jordan Telecom
- Queen Alia's Airport
Kuwait
- Kuwait Finance House (November 2004, 25% of the company for $1 billion)
Malaysia
- Johor Water Corporation
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad - national railway company
- Malaysia Airlines
- Malaysia Airports Holdings
- Pasir Gudang Local Authority
- Pos Malaysia - national postal services
- Senai International Airport
- Telekom Malaysia
- Tenaga National Berhad - national electricity-generation and distribution
Mexico
1,150 public companies, including banks, railroads, the telephone company, mines, roads, TV stations, ports, airports, airlines, sugar mills, and retirement funds.
Netherlands
- PTT, the mail and telecom company
New Zealand
- Air New Zealand - privatized in 1989, subsequently rescued by the Government of New Zealand in 2001
- Auckland Airport
- Bank of New Zealand - semi-privatized in 1987; rescued by the Crown in 1990; sold off in 1992
- Electricity Corporation of New Zealand (ECNZ) - part of which became privatized as Contact Energy in the period 1995 - 1998
- Government Print
- Ministry of Works and Development
- Natural Gas Corporation (NGC), ultimately absorbed into Vector Limited
- New Zealand Steel - privatized from 1987, now part of BlueScope
- The Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) - bought by the ANZ Bank in 1989
- Telecom New Zealand - privatized in 1990
- New Zealand Rail Limited - privatized in 1993, became Tranz Rail Limited in 1995; the government subsequently repurchased the track lease
- various council-controlled organisations formerly owned by territorial authorities: see also Local Authority Trading Enterprises (LATEs)
Norway
- Arcus (sold to Sucra in 2001)
- Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse (sold to Nordea in 2000)
- DnB NOR (floated on the stock market in 1995, government retains 34%)
- Finnmark Fylkesrederi og Ruteselskap (sold to Veolia Transport Norge in 2003)
- Fredrikstad Energi (49% sold to Fortum)
- Kongsberg Gruppen (floated on the stock market in 1993, government retains 50%)
- Norsk Medisinaldepot (sold to Celesio in 2001)
- NSB Gods (now CargoNet, partially sold to Green Cargo in 2002, NSB retains 55%)
- Oslo Energi (parts merged with Hafslund)
- Postbanken (merged with DnB NOR in 1999)
- Statkorn (floated on the stock market as Cermaq in 2000, government retains 44%)
- Statoil (floated on the stock market in 2001, government retains 71%)
- Telenor (floated on the stock market in 2000, government retains 54%)
- TrønderBilene (66% sold to Fosen Trafikklag in 1999)
- Østfold Energi (parts sold to Fortum in 2001)
- Årdal og Sunndal Verk (merged with Norsk Hydro in 1986)
Pakistan
- National Refinery Limited (acquired by Attock Group of Companies in July 2005)
- Pakistan Telecom sold out to Eitisalat in 2006.
Poland
- Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.
Qatar
- Q-Gas (Q1 2005, 50% for $600 million)
Romania
- Rompetrol - petroleum company (1993 & 1998)
- Ursus Breweries - beer brewer and distributor (1996)
- Romcim (now Lafarge Romania) - industrial materials company (1997)
- Casial Hunedoara (now HeidelbergCement Romania) - industrial materials company (1997)
- Romtelecom (now Telekom Romania) - telecommunications company (1998 & 2003)
- BRD – Groupe Société Générale - bank (1999)
- Automobile Dacia - car manufacturer (1999)
- Astra Rail Industries - rail vehicle manufacturer (1999 & 2000)
- Petromidia Refinery - oil refinery (2000)
- Sidex (now ArcelorMittal Galați) - steelworks (2001)
- Alro - aluminium company (2002)
- Petrom - petroleum company (2004)
- Banca Comercială Română - bank (2003 & 2006)
- Electrica - electricity distributor (2006, 2008 & 2014)
- Automobile Craiova (now Ford Romania) - car manufacturer (2007)
Russia
A wide-scale privatization program was launched in 1992-1994, using a voucher privatization scheme; from 1995, a monetary scheme was used.
- Gazprom (1994)
- LUKoil (1995)
- Mechel (1995)
- MMC Norilsk Nickel (1995)
- Novolipetsk Steel (1995)
- Surgutneftegaz (1995)
- YUKOS (1995)
Saudi Arabia
- Al-Bilad Bank (2008, 50%)
- Bank Al-Inma (2008, 70%)
- Government Hotels (2005, 100% of King Abdullah International Convention Centre in Jeddah and Ritz Carlton in Riyadh)
- Maaden (2008, 50%)
- National Commercial Bank (2014, 25%)
- Riyad Bank (2008, 58%)
- SABIC (1984, 30%)
- Saudi Arabian Airlines (2006, split into 10 business units, 5 of which were privatized)
- Saudi Electric Company (2000, 26%)
- Saudi Ports (1997, 27 management contracts were given out to various ports around the Kingdom)
- Saudi Real Estate Company (2003, 50%)
- Saudi Telecom Company (2002, 30%)
Singapore
- Port of Singapore Authority (1997)
- Post Office Savings Bank (bought by DBS Bank in 1998 and rebranded as POSBank)
- Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (1994, as the Television Corporation of Singapore; later renamed MediaCorp in 2001) - owned by the government through government-owned investment firms
- Singapore Post - owned by the government through government-owned investment firms
- Singapore Power - owned by the government through government-owned investment firms
- Singapore Telecommunications (1992) - owned by the government through government-owned investment firms
Spain
- Aceralia
- Argentaria
- ENDESA (1988-1998)
- Gas Natural
- Iberia Airlines (2001)
- Indra
- Red Electrica de España
- Repsol (1989-1997)
- Retevision
- SEAT (1986)
- Tabacalera
1990s
- AssiDomän
- Celsius
- Cementa
- Enator
- Företagskapital
- Industrikredit AB
- Lantbrukskredit AB
- Nordbanken (partial)
- OKPetroleum
- Pharmacia
- PharmaciaUpjohn
- SAKAB
- SAQ Kontrol
- SBL Vaccin
- SEMKO
- SSAB (wholly privatised in 1994)
- Stadshypotek AB
- Svalöf
- Svensk Fastighetsvärdering
- Svenska Statens Språkresor AB
- Swedish Real Estate Valuation Corp
- VPC AB
2000s
- Celsius AB
- Grängesbergs Gruvor
- Kurortsverksamhet
- Nordbanken
- OMX - stock exchange - shares sold to Borse Dubai for 2.1 billion SEK.[13]
- SAKAB
- SGAB
- Svenska Lagerhus
- Svenska
- Vin & Sprit - sold to Pernod Ricard for 5.626 billion euro[14]
Planned privatisations
1980s
- ANKARA ÇIMENTO
- ANSAN-MEDA
- BALIKESİR ÇIMENTO
- PINARHİSAR ÇIMENTO
- SÖKE ÇIMENTO
1990s
- ADIYAMAN ÇİMENTO
- ANADOLUBANK
- AŞKALE ÇİMENTO
- BARTIN ÇİMENTO
- BOZÜYÜK Seramik
- ÇİNKUR
- ÇORUM ÇİMENTO
- DENİZBANK
- DENİZLİ ÇİMENTO
- ELAZIĞ ÇİMENTO
- ERGANİ ÇİMENTO
- ETİBANK
- FİLYOS
- GAZİANTEP ÇİMENTO
- GÜNES SİGORTA
- HAVAŞ
- IPRAGAZ
- İSKENDERUN ÇİMENTO
- KARS ÇİMENTO
- KONYA KROM MAN.A.Ş.
- KÜMAŞ
- KURTALAN ÇİMENTO
- LADİK ÇİMENTO
- LALAPAŞA ÇİMENTO
- METAŞ
- PETLAS
- RAY SIGORTA
- ŞANLIURFA ÇİMENTO
- SİVAS ÇİMENTO
- SÜMERBANK
- TRABZON ÇİMENTO
- TÜRK KABLO
- TOFAŞ Türk Otomobil Fabriskasi Anonim Şirkei
- VAN ÇİMENTO
- YARIMCA PORSELEN T.A.Ş.
2000s
- Adapazarı Sugar Fac.
- ASİL ÇELİK
- ATAKÖY Hotel
- ATAKÖY Marina
- ATAKÖY TOURISM
- BAŞAK INSURANCE
- BAŞAK RETIREMENT FUND
- BET KÜTAHYA ŞEKER
- BURSAGAZ
- ÇAYELİ BAKIR İŞL.A.Ş.
- Cyprus Turkish Airlines
- DENİZ NAKLİYATI T.A.Ş.
- ESGAZ
- ETI ALUMINIUM
- ETİ BAKIR
- ETİ ELEKTROMETALURJI
- ETİ GÜMÜŞ A.Ş.
- ETİ KROM A.Ş.
- GÜVEN SİGORTA
- DİV-HAN
- TAKSAN
- TÜRK TELEKOM
United Arab Emirates
- Damas Jewelry (November 2004, 55% of the company for $224 million)
1970s
- British Petroleum (1977, 1979, 1981, 1987)
- International Computers Limited (1979)
- Lunn Poly (1971)
- Rolls-Royce Motors (1973)
- State Management Scheme (1973)
- Thomas Cook (1972)
1980s
- British Aerospace (1981, 1985)
- Alvis (1981)
- Coventry Climax (1982)
- Amersham International (1982)
- Associated British Ports (1983, 1984)
- Sealink (1984)
- Jaguar (1984)
- Trustee Savings Bank (1985)
- British Airways Helicopters (1986)
- British Gas (1986)
- Rolls-Royce (1987)
- Royal Ordnance (1987)
- British Airports Authority (1987)
- Danish Automobile Building (1987)
- ISTEL (1987)
- Leyland Bus (1987)
- British Airways (1987)
- British Leyland
- Leyland Tractors (1982)
- Leyland Trucks (1987)
- Rover Group (1988)
- Unipart (1987)
- British Rail Engineering Limited (1989)
- British Shipbuilders (1985-1989, shipbuilder companies sold individually)
- British Steel plc (1988)
- British Sugar (1981)
- British Telecom (1984, 1991, 1993)
- British Transport Hotels (1983)
- Britoil (1982, 1985)
- Cable and Wireless (1981, 1983, 1985)
- Council houses (1980–present, over two million sold to their tenants) - see main article Right to buy scheme
- Enterprise Oil (1984)
- Fairey (1980)
- Ferranti (1982)
- Harland and Wolff (1989)
- Inmos (1984)
- Municipal bus companies (1988–present, bus companies sold individually) - see main article Bus deregulation in Great Britain
- National Bus Company (1986 - 1988, bus companies sold individually)
- National Express (1988)
- National Freight Corporation (1982)
- Passenger transport executive bus companies (1988 - 1994, bus companies sold individually)
- Travellers Fare (1988)
- Vale of Rheidol Railway (1989)
- Water companies - see main article Water privatisation in England and Wales
- Anglian Water (1989)
- North West Water (1989)
- Northumbrian Water (1989)
- Severn Trent (1989)
- South West Water (1989)
- Southern Water (1989)
- Thames Water (1989)
- Welsh Water (1989)
- Wessex Water (1989)
- Yorkshire Water (1989)
1990s
- AEA Technology (1996)
- Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (1997)
- Belfast International Airport (1994)
- Birmingham Airport (1993 - 51%)
- Bournemouth Airport (1995)
- Bristol Airport (1997, 2001)
- British Coal (1994)
- British Energy (1996)
- British Rail - see main article Privatisation of British Rail
- 3 rolling stock companies:
- Angel Trains (1996)
- Eversholt Leasing (1996)
- Porterbrook (1996)
- 6 design office units (1995-1997, sold individually)
- 6 freight operating companies
- Freightliner (1995)
- Loadhaul (1996)
- Mainline Freight (1996)
- Rail Express Systems (1996)
- Railfreight Distribution (1997)
- Transrail Freight (1996)
- 6 track renewal units (1995 - 1997, sold individually)
- 7 infrastructure maintenance units (1995 - 1997, sold individually)
- 25 train operating companies (1996, operations contracted out as franchises)
- British Rail Research (1996)
- British Rail Telecommunications (1995)
- European Passenger Services (1996)
- Railtrack (1996) (18 October 2002 went into voluntary liquidation), now in public ownership as Network Rail
- Red Star Parcels (1995)
- Union Railways (1996)
- 3 rolling stock companies:
- British Technology Group (1992)
- Building Research Establishment (1997)
- Cardiff Airport (1995)
- Central Electricity Generating Board
- National Grid (1990)
- National Power (1991, 1995)
- Powergen (1991, 1995)
- Chessington Computer Centre (1996)
- Department for National Savings (1999, back office functions contracted out)
- East Midlands Airport (1993)
- Girobank (1990)
- Humberside Airport (1999 - 82%)
- Kingston Communications (1999, 2007)
- Laboratory of the Government Chemist (1996)
- Liverpool Airport (1990, 2001)
- London Buses (1994, bus companies sold individually) - see main article Privatisation of London bus services
- London Luton Airport (1997)
- London Southend Airport (1993)
- National Engineering Laboratory (1995)
- National Transcommunications Limited (1990)
- Natural Resources Institute (1996)
- Northern Ireland Electricity (1993)
- Property Services Agency (1994)
- Regional electricity companies
- East Midlands Electricity (1990)
- Eastern Electricity (1990)
- London Electricity (1990)
- MANWEB (1990)
- Midlands Electricity (1990)
- Northern Electric (1990)
- NORWEB (1990)
- SEEBOARD (1990)
- Southern Electric (1990)
- SWALEC (1990)
- SWEB Energy (1990)
- Yorkshire Electricity (1990)
- Scottish Bus Group (1991, bus companies sold individually)
- Scottish Hydro-Electric (1991)
- Scottish Power (1991)
- Severn Bridge (1992)
- The Stationery Office (1996)
- Student loans portfolios (1998, 1999, 2013)
- Transport Research Laboratory (1996)
- Trust Ports (1992–1997, ports sold individually)
2000s
- Actis (2004, 2012)
- BBC Books (2006 - 85%)
- BBC Broadcast (2005)
- BBC Costumes and Wigs (2008)
- BBC Outside Broadcasts (2008)
- BBC Technology (2004)
- British Nuclear Fuels Limited
- AWE Management Limited (2008)
- BNG America (2007)
- BNG Project Services (2008)
- Reactor Sites Management Company (2007)
- Westinghouse Electric Company (2006)
- East Thames Buses (2009)
- Leeds Bradford International Airport (2007)
- National Air Traffic Services (2001 - 51%)
- Newcastle Airport (2001 - 49%)
- Partnerships UK (2000, 2011)
- Qinetiq (2002, 2006, 2008)
- South Eastern Trains (2006)
- Teesside International Airport (2003 - 75%)
- UKAEA Limited (2009)
2010s
- BBC Audiobooks (2010 - 85%)
- BBC Magazines (2011)
- Behavioural Insights Team (2014 - 67%)
- Bio Products Laboratory (2013 - 80%)
- Constructionline (2015)
- Defence Support Group (2015)
- Dr Foster Intelligence (2015)
- East Coast Trains (2015)
- Eurostar International Limited (2015 - 40%)
- Fire Service College (2013)
- Food and Environment Research Agency (2015 - 75%)
- Government Pipelines and Storage System (2015)
- High Speed 1 (2010)
- Lloyds Banking Group (2013, 2014, 2015)
- Manchester Airports Group (2013 - 35%)
- NEC Group (2015)
- Northern Rock (2012)
- Remploy (2012, 2013, 2015, factory businesses sold individually)
- Royal Bank of Scotland Group (2015)
- Royal Mail (2013, 2015)
- The Tote (2011)
| Date | Company | % of equity initially sold | Proceeds £m |
| Feb 1981 | British Aerospace | 51.6 | 150 |
| Oct 1981 | Cable & Wireless | 50 | 224 |
| Feb 1982 | Amersham International | 100 | 71 |
| Nov 1982 | Britoil | 51 | 549 |
| Feb 1983 | Associated British Ports | 51.5 | 22 |
| June 1984 | Enterprise Oil | 100 | 392 |
| July 1984 | Jaguar | 99 | 294 |
| Nov 1984 | British Telecom | 50.2 | 3,916 |
| Dec 1986 | British Gas | 97 | 5,434 |
| Feb 1987 | British Airways | 100 | 900 |
| May 1987 | Rolls-Royce | 100 | 1,363 |
| July 1987 | British Airports Authority | 100 | 1,281 |
| Dec 1988 | British Steel | 100 | 2,500 |
| Dec 1989 | Regional Water Companies | 100 | 5,110 |
| Dec 1990 | Electricity Distribution Companies | 100 | 5,092 |
| Mar 1991 | National Power and PowerGen | 60 | 2,230 |
| May 1991 | Scottish Power and Scottish Hydro Electric | 100 | 2,880 |
United States
- Conrail
- Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
- Railway Express Agency
- Student Loan Marketing Association (SLM Corporation) (Sallie Mae)
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gollark: More guest content on osmarks.tk, this time from <@160279332454006795>: https://osmarks.tk/heavpoots-game.html
gollark: I should probably add a "limit number" option.
gollark: ++list_deleted
See also
References
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- "The Indorama Group" Archived 2012-06-15 at the Wayback Machine, company website. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- "Indorama Shebin Textiles Co. S.A.E" Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, company website. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- "The impact of privatization and policy reforem on the cotton spinning industry in Egypt" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Prime Contractor: Abt Associates Inc.; sponsored by Government of Egypt, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and United States Agency for International Development; November, 2000. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- STIA Home, company website. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- http://www.airfranceklm-finance.com/en/Shares/Capital-structure-and-equity-threshold-declarations
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- AG, Deutsche Telekom. "Aktionärsstruktur" (in German). Retrieved 2017-01-29.
- "Greece completes privatization of gambling monopoly OPAP". Reuters. 2013-08-12.
- "Winners and losers of HZL privatisation - Times of India".
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- Scandinavian Airlines
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- Munkhammar, J. "Försäljning av statliga bolag under tre decennier", Timbro, 2007, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2008-01-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Privatization in Turkey, Republic Of Turkey Prime Ministry Privatization Administration, 2010, http://www.oib.gov.tr/program/uygulamalar/privatization_in_turkey.htm
Further reading
- Parker, David (2009). The Official History of Privatisation Vol. I: The Formative Years, 1970-1987. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-46916-6.
- Parker, David (2012). The Official History of Privatisation, Vol. II: Popular Capitalism, 1987-97. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-69221-2.
External links
- Sample Firms Privatized Through Public Share Offerings, 1961-August 2000 - Appendix to Juliet D’Souza, William L. Megginson (1999), "The Financial and Operating Performance of Privatized Firms during the 1990s", Journal of Finance August 1999
- Institute of Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA) M&A - Academic research institute on mergers & acquisitions, including privatization
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