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Bart Cuypers ...
  • Guy Sips
  • Ruben Devos
  • Sandra Cauwenberghs
  • Wim Hoste

Morning Note: BEKB BB, COMB BB, BOKA NA, HAL NA, MITRA BB, ROU BB, SMAR BB, UMI BB

Bekaert: Preview: EBIT up in 2H, increasing worries on 2020
Bois Sauvage: Umicore drives profits up
Boskalis: Preview FY19 and strategic update
Hal Trust: Increases stake in SBM Offshore
Mithra: Estelle MAA accepted for Belux
Roularta: Takeover of Senior Publications, Sale of Sailer
Smartphoto group: 10% higher dividend
Umicore: Fire incident in Hoboken
Underlyings
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.

Compagnie du Bois Sauvage SA

Compagnie du Bois Sauvage SA, (also CBS), is a Belgium-based holding company that invests in both listed and unlisted companies. The Company provides assistance in financial management, structural development and capital stability to the companies in which it invests. The Company's portfolio is based on three separate pillars: a Real Estate sector, a Long-Term Investment division composed of strategic participating interests and a Cash Portfolio focused on liquid values that serve as a basis for derivatives activity. As of December 31, 2011, CBS had a number of wholly owned subsidiaries, such as Parfina, CBS Services, Neuhaus and CBS Nederland and affiliated companies, including Cofinimmo, Ceran, Codic, Noel Group, among others. In March 2014, it acquired Chocolate-Maker Corne Port Royal, sold its stake in Ceran and a real estate property in Luxembourg.

HAL Trust

HAL Trust is the trust holding company for HAL Holding N.V. Co.'s only asset is the outstanding shares of HAL Holding N.V. Co.'s strategy is to invest in companies where it can play an active role as shareholder and board member. Co. invests mainly in industrial and real estate companies.

Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster N.V.

Royal Boskalis Westminster is a service provider operating in the dredging, dry and maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors. Co. is involved in dredging activities and provides a range of maritime services for the offshore energy sector. In addition, Co. provides towage services as well as emergency response and salvage related services. Co.'s main clients are oil, gas and power companies, port operators, governments, shipping companies, international project developers, insurance companies and mining companies. Co. operates on behalf of its clients in over 75 countries across six continents.

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.

Roularta Media Group N.V.

Roularta Media Group NV (RMG) is a Belgium-based company engaged in the publication and printing of news and magazines, newspapers and free sheets, as well as in the audiovisual media and electronic publishing. For the wider public, RMG produces free sheets, open network television (TV), radio and the Vlan.be Internet site. For special target groups, RMG produces magazines, a news TV station and portal sites. Its printed media business includes the sale of all printed publications, such as free sheets, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, books and related services. its audiovisual media business comprises advertising on TV and radio, production and broadcasting, as well as all related services. In addition, through bvba Bright Communication and bvba Bright Communication Antwerpen, the Company organizes STERCK. networking events and publishes STERCK. magazine.

Smartphoto Group

Smartphoto Group is a diversified photo and multimedia group. It has two core activities that are structured into two separate divisions, the Retail Group and the Imaging Group. The Retail Group focuses on consumer electronics and on multimedia products on several local markets. Imaging Group provides goods and services that are directly concerned with both analogue and digital photography in the broad sense. These are mainly products and services concerned with the production of photo prints, which implies a specific production process for 'photofinishing'. Several entities in the Imaging Group deal in goods required for taking photos and printing them.

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.

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Analysts
Bart Cuypers

Guy Sips

Ruben Devos

Sandra Cauwenberghs

Wim Hoste

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