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Fernand de Boer

Preference List 2024 - Divergence to reverse or to continue?

2023 was a year of growing divergence2023 can be characterized as a year that was almost entirely dominated by the CPI question: “Is inflation coming down fast enough to allow the European Central Bank and the Fed to stop raising the rates or even lower them”? Every CPI and employment figure resulted in sharp reactions in share prices. On top came the question whether we entered a recession. There was no clear answer and the expected recovery in China was much softer than expected. Altogether this created a growing divergence in stock market performance, as the relief on interest rates
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Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

Anheuser-Busch Inbev is engaged in the brewing of beer. Co. manages a portfolio of well over 200 brands that includes brands such as Budweiser, Stella Artois and Beck's; multi-country brands such as Leffe and Hoegaarden; and other brands such as Bud Light, Skol, Brahma, Quilmes, Michelob, Harbin, Sedrin, Klinskoye, Sibirskaya Korona, Chernigivske and Jupiler. Co. also produces and distributes soft drinks, particularly in Latin America. Co.'s operations are organized along seven business segments: North America, Mexico, Latin America North, Latin America South, Europe, Asia Pacific and Global Export & Holding Companies.

Argan SA

Argan SA designs, builds, develops, owns, leases, and manages logistical bases and warehouses in France. Co. is also involved in land development and management, delivering turnkey projects to its customers. Co divides its activities among two categories of clients: Shipper and Logisticians. It serves shippers, manufacturers or distributors. In addition, Co. serves logisticians, operating the logistics of shippers, including Alloga, Arvato, Daher, Dartess , FM Logistic, Geodis, Kuehne & Nagel, Movianto, Neovia logistics, and XPO Logistic. Co.'s portfolio amounts to more than 1,600,000 mA2, made up of 50 logistics platforms and 9 couriers, making a total of 59 buildings.

ArGEN-X SE

Argenx N.V. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases and cancer. Utilizing its suite of differentiated technologies, Co. is focused on developing product candidates with the potential to be either first-in-class against novel targets or best-in-class against known, but complex, targets in order to treat diseases with a significant unmet medical need.

BE Semiconductor Industries N.V.

BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. (Besi) is a holding company. The Company is engaged in the development, manufacturing, marketing, sales and service of semiconductor assembly equipment for the global semiconductor and electronics industries. It operates through three segments: Die Attach, Packaging and Plating. It develops assembly processes and equipment for leadframe, substrate and wafer level packaging applications in a range of end user markets, including electronics, computer, automotive, industrial and solar energy. The Company offers products, such as Die attach equipment, which include single chip, multi-chip, multi module, flip chip, thermo-compression bonding (TCB) and enhanced wafer level ball grid array (eWLB) die bonding systems, and die sorting systems; Packaging equipment, which include wafer level molding and singulation systems, and Plating equipment, which include metal plating systems and related process chemicals.

Corbion NV

Corbion is an internationally operating company engaged in the development, production, sale and distribution of bakery supplies and food ingredients. Co. is engaged in the Bakery Supplies and Lactic Acid business. Co.'s operations are divided into two segments: Bakery operations and Lactic acid operations. Co.'s Bakery operations comprise the development, production and sale of bakery ingredients and products. Co.'s Lactic acid operations involve the production of lactic acid and lactic acid derivatives which are used in food, pharmaceutical and technical products. Co. operates mostly in Europe and North America. Co.'s brands are Waldkorn, Kate's cakes, Purac, Carel, MeisterMarken.

EBUSCO HLDG NV

FUGRO NV

Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V.

Takeaway.com NV. Takeaway.com NV, formerly Takeaway Com Holding BV, is a company based in the Netherlands that operates an online food delivery marketplace. The Company focuses on connecting consumers and restaurants, and allows users to order food from nearby restaurants and have the food delivered to their homes. The Company transmits the order placed by customers and forwards it to restaurants, which prepare and deliver the meal. It is present in Portugal, France, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Vietnam, and operates the Websites Lieferando.de, Lieferservice.at, Lieferservice.ch, Pizza.be, Pizza.fr, Pizza.lu, Pizza.pl, Pyszne.pl, BGmenu.com, Oliviera.ro, Takeaway.com, Thuisbezorgd.nl and Vietnammm.com. The platforms feature various kinds of restaurants.

Lotus Bakeries NV

Lotus Bakeries is a bakery group based in Belgium. Co. produces and sells bakery products under the Lotus, Peijnenburg and Annas brand names. Co. focuses on authentic specialties from the biscuit and cake world: original caramelized biscuits (Biscoff), gingerbread, cake specialties, waffles and pepparkakor biscuits. Co. maintains production facilities in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Sweden. Co. maintains its own sales organizations and cooperates with commercial partners in approximately 10 European countries including the United States, Hong Kong, China, South Korea and Chile.

Proximus SA de droit public

Proximus supplies integrated telecommunications services on the Belgian market. Co.'s activities are divided into four segments: Consumer Business Unit (CBU), which sells voice products and services, internet and television, on fixed and mobile networks, to residential customers; Enterprise Business Unit (EBU), which caters to professional customers; Service Delivery Engine and Wholesale, which centralizes all the network and IT services and costs, provides services to CBU and EBU and sells these services to other telecom and cable operators; and International Carrier Services, which focuses on international carrier activities.

Randstad NV

Randstad is a global staffing and recruitment company, providing various solutions in the human resources (HR) services space. Co.'s services include regular temporary staffing and permanent placement of candidates. In addition, Co. provides several other HR solutions, such as Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Managed Services Programs (MSP), payroll services, and outplacement. Co. provides four distinct service concepts: Staffing, Inhouse Services, Professionals and HR Solutions.

Renewi

Renewi is a recycling companies. Co. operates in four divisions: commercial, which is engaged in sorting and recycling for, amongst others things, paper, cardboard, wood, plastics, metals and Construction and Demolition waste; hazardous, which is engaged in treating contaminated soil and water, as well as for the disposal of a range of hazardous waste such as waste paints and solvents; municipal, which operates waste treatment facilities for U.K. and Canadian city and county councils under long-term contracts; and monostreams, which produce materials from waste streams in specific end markets such as glass, electrical and electronic equipment, organics and minerals.

Retail Estates NV

Retail Estates is a niche fixed-capital real estate investment fund that invests in retail properties located on the periphery of residential areas or along access roads to urban centers. Co. buys properties from third parties or builds and markets shop premises for its own account. The outlets have a built on surface areas of between 500m2 and 3,000m2. A typical retail property has an average surface area of 1,000m2. As of Mar 2010 Co. had 399 premises in its portfolio. The retail lettable area amounted to 398,754m2.

Vastned Retail NV

VastNed Retail is a property investment company with variable capital, which makes long-term investments in individual retail properties, shopping centers and retail warehouses, primarily in the eurozone. Co. invests in individual retail trade properties at locations in The Netherlands, Spain, France, Belgium and Turkey. VastNed Offices/Industries N.V., specializes in offices, logistics centers and industrial premises at locations in The Netherlands, Belgium and northern France.

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