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Alan Vandenberghe ...
  • Alexander Makar
  • Cedric Duinslaeger
  • Guy Sips
  • Jan Opdecam
  • Lenny Van Steenhuyse
  • Ruben Devos
  • Sandra Cauwenberghs
  • Wim Hoste

KBC Securities Morning Note 20-7-2018 AED BB, BEFB BB, BEKB BB, BOTHE:BB, COFB BB, ECONB BB, EVS BB, HEIO NA, IBAB BB, IVA FR, MITRA BB, OBEL BB, THR BB, UMI BB, VPK NA, WES NA

Aedifica: Redevelopment of care residence in NL for € 4m
Befimmo: HY18 results: no surprise
Bekaert: Profit warning
Bone Therapeutics: R&D and KOL event on Sept 14th in Paris
Cofinimmo: € 23m redevelopment in the Netherlands
Econocom: 1H18 trading update
EVS: Benefit from “Innovation box” regime in Belgium
Heineken: Preview 1H results
IBA: Strategic review of the Dosimetry business ongoing
Inventiva: 1H18 update in line with earlier communication
Mithra: Myring – first market authorization for Europe
Orange Belgium: In-line Q2 results, good progress on cable
Thrombogenics: THR-317 phI/II d150 results support earlier d90 data
Umicore: Preview 1H results
Vopak: Signs LNG infrastructure agreement with Engro
Wessanen: Soft 2Q triggering FY18 guidance revision
Underlyings
Aedifica SA

Aedifica is a property company, which is specialized in residential real estate. Co.'s portfolio has a superstructure of more than 225,911 sq. m as of June 30 2010. It owns: residential or mixed buildings in Belgian cities with classical leases; buildings with furnished apartments buildings in the heart of Brussels with shorter term leases; senior houses and serviceflats with very long term and triple net leases; and hotels. Co. invests: in existing and already leased buildings; and in projects with future completion. Co.'s activities can be divided into four segments: Residential or mixed buildings; Furnished apartments buildings; Senior houses; and Hotels and others.

Befimmo SA

Befimmo is engaged in real estate investments. Co.'s activities are dedicated solely to the ownership and management of a real-estate portfolio. As of Dec. 30, 2012, the portfolio consisted principally of office buildings located in Brussels and let to public authorities or private businesses, and office buildings in various town centres in Flanders and Wallonia, let long-term to public authorities, and a building located in the city of Luxembourg.

Bekaert SA

Bekaert is a global technological and market company engaged in advanced solutions based in steel wire transformation and coatings as well as an independent manufacturer of drawn steel wire products. In addition, Co. teams up with customers and suppliers globally to develop, implement, upgrade, and protect both current and future technologies. Co.'s business activities are put in practice along two main axes: Product Innovation and Process Innovation. Product Innovation helps Co. better serve its customers, while Process innovation enables Co. to increase operational effectiveness, minimizing its impact on the environment.

Bone Therapeutics SA

Bone Therapeutics is a biotechnology company with an advanced clinical pipeline of cell products for orthopaedic conditions and bone diseases (two Phase II/III and three Phase I/II clinical studies). These areas are characterized by high unmet medical needs due to the lack of efficacious and safe, non-invasive, treatments. Co. has two products in clinical trials, its allogeneic bone cell therapy product, ALLOB®, and its autologous bone cell therapy product, PREOB®. Co. is also conducting preclinical research on next generation products, such as combined cell-matrix products for large bone defects and maxillofacial.

Cofinimmo SA

Cofinimmo is a fixed capital real estate investment trust. Co. specializes in rental property. Its core investment segments are office property and nursing and care institutions. The portfolio also includes a Distribution property networks segment. Most of Co.'s assets are in Belgium. The foreign part consists of nursing homes/ clinics and the MAAF agencies network in France and the Pubstone portfolio in the Netherlands. Co.'s operations are organized into four segments: Offices, Nursing homes/Clinics, Distribution property networks, and Public-Private Partnerships.

Econocom Group SE Class D

Econocom Group specializes in the management of IT and telecom infrastructures for businesses throughout Europe, U.S. and China. Co. designs and implements products and services for SMEs, corporations or public authorities. It operates through four complementary businesses: IT products and solutions, distributed infrastructures (outsourcing, maintenance and consulting), telecom services and administrative and financial management of ICT assets. Co.'s business segments are as follows: IT Financial Services; Managed Services; Products and Solutions; and Telecom Services.

EVS Broadcast Equipment SA

EVS Broadcasting Equipment is engaged in the development and marketing of audiovisual equipment relating to the processing of pictures and sound. Co. provides solutions based on tapeless workflows with a consistent modular architecture. Co.'s activities are divided into the following regions: Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and America.

Heineken NV

Heineken is an international brewer and engaged in the production and distribution of beer brands in 178 countries. Co. is committed to the marketing and consumption of its more than 250 international premium, regional, local and specialty beers and ciders. These include Heineken®, Amstel, Anchor, Biere Larue, Bintang, Birra Moretti, Cruzcampo, Desperados, Dos Equis, Foster's, Newcastle Brown Ale, Ochota, Primus, Sagres, Sol, Star, Strongbow, Tecate, Tiger and Zywiec. In addition, Co. is the cider maker with brands such as Strongbow® and Bulmer's®. Some of its wholesalers also distribute wine, spirits and soft drinks.

Inventiva SA

Inventiva is a clinical stage biotechnology research company delivering therapies in the areas of oncology, fibrosis and rare diseases. The most advanced clinical programs (IVA337 for systemic sclerosis in Non-Alcoholic Steato-Hepatitis and IVA336 for Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome-MPS VI) have demonstrated efficacy in relevant in vivo and in vitro models as well as safety in phase I and phase II clinical trials. Using its in-house drug discovery platform, which covers target validation, screening, chemistry, ADME and pharmacology, Co. is developing an internal oncology and fibrosis discovery pipeline with approaches centered on transcription factors, epigenetics targets and nuclear receptors.

Ion Beam Applications SA

IBA- Ion Beam Applications develops and markets technologies and pharmaceutical products for the healthcare sector, with a focus on cancer diagnosis and therapy. Co. is also engaged in the sterilization and ionization market. Co. operates in two primary business segments: Equipment and Pharmaceuticals. Co.'s Equipment segment encompasses development, fabrication, and services associated with medical and industrial particle accelerators, proton therapy systems, and a range of dosimetry products, while Co.'s Pharmaceuticals segment encompasses the production and distribution of radiopharmaceutical agents as well as its bioassay operations.

N.V. Mithra Pharmaceuticals S.A.

Mithra Pharmaceuticals SA is a Belgium-based company active in the pharmaceutical industry. The Company is dedicated to provide products and services for the fertility, contraception and menopause of women. It has a number of patent families regarding Estetrol (E4), a natural estrogen produced by the human foetus, which enables the investigation of fertility and contraception products. Mithra is focused on the development of two late-stage E4-based products: Estelle, a 5th generation oral contraceptive, and Donesta, a hormone therapy for Vasomotor Symptoms in menopause. Mithra develops a contraceptive vaginal ring called Myring and Zoreline, a biodegradable subcutaneous implant for hormone dependant cancer.

Orange Belgium SA

Orange Belgium is a telecommunications operator in Belgium. Co. provides a range of products and services to the residential and business markets, including mobile telephony, fixed telephony, fix data, Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. Co.'s Belgium segment is divided into two operating units: Mobile as well as Fix voice data. Co.'s Mobile operating unit provides mobile phone equipment and services to residential and corporate customers, while Co.'s Fix voice and data operating unit provides fix voice, data and internet services to residential and corporate customers.

Oxurion NV

ThromboGenics is an integrated biopharmaceutical company based in Belgium. Co. is focused on developing and commercializing ophthalmic medicines. Co.'s primary product JETREA® (ocriplasmin), has been approved by the U.S. FDA for the treatment of symptomatic Vitreomacular Adhesion (VMA). In Europe, it has been approved for the treatment of vitreomacular traction (VMT), including when associated with macular hole of diameter less than or equal to 400 microns. Co. is also further exploring anti-PIGF (Placental Growth Factor), formerly referred to as TB-403, for the treatment of ophthalmic and oncology indications.

Royal Vopak NV

Royal Vopak is a holding company. Via its subsidiaries, Co. acts as a tank storage provider for the oil and chemical industry. Co. operates a network of terminals located at locations along trade routes. Co. also provides a range of additional services, from loading and unloading a range of transport modalities to heating, cooling, blending and customs formalities. The customers Co. serves range from global to local clients and include national and global producers, governments, distributors and traders of liquid and gaseous bulk products. Co.'s customers are active in the production, trading and marketing of oil products, chemicals, gases, biofuels, edible oils and liquefied natural gas.

Umicore

Umicore is global player in the materials technology and recycling industries. Co. focuses on application areas such as chemistry, materials science, metallurgy and recycling. Co.'s business model comprises four segments: Catalysis, Performance Materials, Energy Materials and Recycling. Catalysis focuses on the abatement of global automotive emissions; Performance Materials focuses on materials that help develop more sophisticated and safer products; Energy Materials produces materials used in the production and storage of clean energy including rechargeable batteries and photovoltaics; and Recycling treats complex waste streams containing precious and other non-ferrous metals.

Wessanen B.V.

Wessanen is a company in the European organic food market. Operating mainly in France, Benelux, the United Kingdom and Germany, Co. manages and develops its brands and products in the grocery and health food channels. Co. also produces and markets frozen snack products in the Benelux and fruits drinks and cocktail mixers in the United States. Co.'s continuing operations are presented in three segments: Wessanen Europe, Frozen Foods and American Beverage Corporation.

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Analysts
Alan Vandenberghe

Alexander Makar

Cedric Duinslaeger

Guy Sips

Jan Opdecam

Lenny Van Steenhuyse

Ruben Devos

Sandra Cauwenberghs

Wim Hoste

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