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Alan Vandenberghe ...
  • Bart Cuypers
  • Cedric Duinslaeger
  • Wido Jongman
  • Wim Hoste

Morning Note: BALTA BB, BBED NA, CPINV BB, ELI BB, INTO BB, SBMO NA

Balta: US Rugs business performing below expectations
Beter Bed Holding: Unexpectedly appointed new CFO
CP Invest: Acquisition of 2 residential care centres
Elia Group: Study on futureproofing the 2030 EU energy system
IO&W: Selling two assets; sound business practice!
SBM Offshore: Divests 35% minority stake in FPSO Sepetiba
Underlyings
Balta Group

Balta Group NV is a Belgium-based company engaged in the home furnishings industry. The Company is a producer of textile floor coverings in Europe. Its products portfolio encompasses: woven and tufted area rugs (balta home), wall-to-wall carpets and residential carpet tiles (balta carpets and ITC), wall-to-wall contract carpet and commercial carpet tiles (arc edition, modulyss and Bentley), and needle felt and technical non-wovens (Captiqs). It has several production sites worldwide in the domestic market, Turkey and the United States. In addition, Balta Group NV delivers customer-focused approach to its business and is engaged in the solar panel projects in the Benelux region in order to supply renewable energy to fuel its production facilities.

Beter Bed Holding N.V.

Beter Bed Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. operates in the European bedroom furnishings market and offers mattresses, box springs, bed bases, bedroom furniture, bed textiles and other related items. Co.'s activities include retail trade through 1,159 stores that operate via the chains Beter Bed (active in the Netherlands), Matratzen Concord (active in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Poland), El Gigante del Colchon (active in Spain), BeddenREUS, Dormaeel and Slaapgenoten (all three active in the Netherlands) and MAV (active in Germany). Co. is also active in developing and selling branded products in the bedroom furnishings sector.

Care Property Invest SA

Care Property Invest NV. Care Property Invest NV, formerly Serviceflats Invest NV, is a Belgium-based real estate investment company that builds and finances housing for pensioners. The Company specializes in premises equipped with technologies ensuring safety and comfort of elderly people. In addition, Care Property Invest designs, builds, supervises the progress of a number of construction works, monitors the budget and finances projects in the long term. Care Property Invest NV cooperates mainly for public health care center in Antwerp -Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welziijn (OCMW), including Berchem. The Company focuses its activities on the Belgian market. It operates through a number of subsidiaries, such as Ter Bleuk NV, Siger SA and Konli BVBA and VSP Wolvertem bvba.

Elia Group SA/NV

Elia System Operator develops, operates and maintains very-high-voltage (380 kV, 220 kV and 150 kV) and high-voltage (70 kV, 36 kV and 30 kV) networks, providing its customers with consultancy and engineering services. Whether in Belgium, Germany or elsewhere in Europe or the U.S., Co. ensures that electricity flows reliably from energy producers to distributors and large corporate customers. Co.'s main activities include transmission operator, system operator and market facilitator, developing and maintaining grid infrastructure, connecting electrical installations to grids, providing transparent access to grids, while taking initiatives to improve electricity market operations.

Intervest Offices & Warehouses SA

Intervest Offices & Warehouses is a Belgian property investment fund. Co. specializes in investments in office buildings and semi-industrial properties situated on locations outside municipal centres. Co.'s business properties are located on the Antwerp-Brussels axis. Its activities can be divided into two business segments: Offices segment which includes the properties that are let to companies for professional purposes as office space; and Semi-industrial buildings segment which includes those premises with a logistical function, storage facilities and high-tech buildings. At Dec 31 2010, Co.'s portfolio consists of 69% in offices buildings and 31% in semi-industrial buildings.

SBM Offshore NV

SBM Offshore is a holding company. Co. provides floating production solutions to the offshore energy industry, over the full product life-cycle. Co.'s main activities are the design, supply, installation, operation and life extension of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. Other products include semi-submersibles, tension-leg platforms, floating production storage and offloading liquefied natural gas, turret mooring systems, brownfield and offshore (off) loading terminals. As of Dec 31 2015, Co.'s fleet consisted of 10 FPSOs, two floating storage and offloadings, one mobile offshore production unit, one semisubmersible in operation worldwide.

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Analysts
Alan Vandenberghe

Bart Cuypers

Cedric Duinslaeger

Wido Jongman

Wim Hoste

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