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This list of privatizations provides links to notable and/or major privatizations.
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1,150 public companies, including banks, railroads, the telephone company, mines, roads, TV stations, ports, airports, airlines, sugar mills, and retirement funds.
A wide-scale privatization program was launched in 1992–1994, using a voucher privatization scheme; from 1995, a monetary scheme was used.
(Listing Scope >US $10 M.)[30]
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 |
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