Optare (OPE)

Optare Plc is engaged in bus design, manufacture, sales, coach sales, after market support and bus reburbishment. The Company designs, manufactures and sells single deck and double deck buses, and offers after sales service. The Company has developed a range of low-carbon buses using diesel technology, alternative fuel options and hybrid systems, and even full electric drivelines which are available across its entire product range. The Company operates buses in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and North America. The Company also supplies complete vehicles, complete knock-down (CKD) or semi-knocked-down (SKD) kits, technology transfer and licensing agreements worldwide. It offers products under various models, including minibus under Bonito; midibus under Solo SR and Versa; full size single deck under Tempo SR and Integral Double Deck. It subsidiaries include include Optare UK Ltd, Optare Group Ltd, Jamesstan Investments Ltd and Optare Holdings Ltd.

Directors: Per Nilsson (CEO) 56, Glenn Saint (Dep-CEO) ,

No. of Employees: 552 No. of Shareholders: n/a

Last Annual	March 31st, 2012
Last Interim	September 30th, 2012
Shares in Issue	2,235,291,827
Free Float	526.6m (23.6%)

Sector	Industrials
Industry	Machinery, Equipment & Components
Index	FTSE Aim All Share,
Exchange	London Stock Exchange (AIM)
Eligible for	an ISA? a SIPP?