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Guy Sips ...
  • Olivier Vandewoude
  • Ruben Devos
  • Sharad Kumar S.P
  • Thomas Couvreur
  • Wim Hoste
  • Wim Lewi

Morning Note: AED BB, BESI NA, BRNL NA, CRBN NA, OPTI BB , EURN BB, EXM BB, INTER EN, MTLS US, PROX BB, QRF BB, QFG BB, UMI BB

Aedifica: Capex continues the diversification
Besi: Better Q1 results | Q2 outlook disappoints
Brunel International: Strong start to the year; exiting Russia
Corbion: Solid 1Q top line, better than expected EBITDA
Crescent: Remoticom integration should trigger sales growth
Euronav: Swapping non-ECO for ECO VLCCs
EXMAR: Q1 Trading Update
Intertrust: Staff attrition weighs on results; CSC deal progressing
Materialise: Performing well
Proximus: Slightly better Q1 | FY22 outlook reiterated
Qrf: Achieving NAV Growth Despite Market Weakness
Quest for Growth: Portfolio Retains Long Term Attractiveness
Umicore: Strong start, FY outlook slightly above consensus
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.

BE Semiconductor Industries N.V.

Brunel International N.V.

Accrued employee expensesBrunel is a global provider of business services that specializes in the flexible placement of professionals in the fields of Engineering, IT, Legal, Finance, Insurance & Banking and Energy. Co. provides such specialists through a range of staffing, project management, recruitment and consultancy services. Co. serves the world market for professional staffing and recruitment services from two main perspectives. On the one hand, Co. aims its services at specific supra-regional business lines. On the other hand, Co. focuses on specific countries such as The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Canada.

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.

Crescent

Option is a supplier of cellular gateways and a solution provider for the machine-to-machine (M2M) space. Co. has five operating segments: Devices & Solutions, which produces USB devices, routers as well as the end to end service offerings; M2M, which includes Co.'s device, called CloudGate; Embedded & Solutions, which is engaged in the production of embedded devices or module offerings and associated integration and certification services; License, which relates to license deals, closed with third parties; and Other, which includes the connection manager software business and mobile security solutions.

Euronav NV

Euronav is a provider of maritime shipping and offshore services engaged primarily in the transportation and storage of crude oil. As of Apr. 4, 2017, Co. owned and operated a modern fleet of 55 vessels (including four chartered-in vessels) with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 13.7 million deadweight tons, or dwt, consisting of 31 very large crude carriers, one ultra large crude carrier, 21 Suezmax vessels, and two floating, storage and offloading vessels. Co. has two operating segments: the operation of crude oil tankers on the international markets (tankers) and the floating production, storage and offloading operations.

Exmar N.V.

Exmar is a diversified and independent industrial shipping group that serves the international oil and gas industry. Co. provides ships for products transport and performs studies, undertaking the management of commercial, technical or administrative activities. Co. specializes in gas transport activities, particularly Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Ammonia (NH3). Co., through it's subsidiary EXMAR Shipmanagement, provides ship management and ancillary services to ship owners, including regasification and liquefication; other services offered by Co. include insurance brokerage (managed by its subsidiary Belgibo) and an in-house travel agency (Travel Plus).

Intertrust NV

Intertrust NV is a company based in the Netherlands. The Company provides trust and corporate services to corporations, funds, financial institutions and private individuals. Its services include formation and implementation, domiciliation and management, legal administration, accounting and reporting, intellectual property, carbon solutions, escrow, capital markets services, fund services, securitization and structured finance services, treasury management, depositary services and real estate solutions, among others. The Company operates offices in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.

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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.

Quest for Growth

Quest for Growth Privak Leuven is a Belgium-based closed-end private equity fund. The Fund focuses on European technology-based growth companies covering such sectors as life sciences, information technology, software, semiconductors, telecom, electronics, new materials and special situations in other growth sectors. The Fund invests in growth companies with the objective of converting capital gains into tax-free income through the Privak structure, an investment vehicle tailored to provide a framework for investments in private equity and in growth companies. As of Dec. 31, 2013, the Fund's investment portfolio totaled Euro120,264,108 and assets totaled Euro125,347,624.

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.

Provider
KBC Securities
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Analysts
Guy Sips

Olivier Vandewoude

Ruben Devos

Sharad Kumar S.P

Thomas Couvreur

Wim Hoste

Wim Lewi

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