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Guy Sips ...
  • Michiel Declercq
  • Ruben Devos
  • Thomas Couvreur
  • Wido Jongman
  • Wim Hoste

Morning Note: BPOST BB, COFB BB, DSM NA, GIMB BB, KIN BB, SIOE BB, SOLB BB, TNET BB, UMI BB, XFAB FP

bpost: Potentially selling Ubiway Retail
Cofinimmo: 1Q21 and CAPEX guidance increase as exp.
DSM: Preview 1Q21: sales & EBITDA expected +8% y/y
Gimv: Investment in Projective Group
Kinepolis: Sufficient financial resources to bridge the gap
Sioen: Sihold at 97.71% and proceeds with squeeze-out
Solvay: Preview 1Q21: underlying EBITDA expected -7% y/y
Telenet: Outlook confirmed despite solid start of the year
Umicore: Strong 1Q trading update and € 1bn EBIT reiterated
X-FAB: Much better Q1 results, material FY outlook raise
Underlyings
Bpost SA

Bpost is engaged in the provision of national and international mail and parcels services comprising the collection, transport, sorting and distribution of addressed and non-addressed mail, printed documents, newspapers and parcels. In addition, through its subsidiaries and business units, Co. sells a range of other products and services, including postal, parcels, banking and financial products, express delivery services, document management and related activities. Co. operates through two business units: the Mail & Retail Solutions and the Parcels & International.

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.

Gimv NV

GIMV is a listed investment company, specializing in private equity and venture capital and active in small and medium buyouts, growth financing and technology investments. Co. is also present with technology investments across Europe and in Israel, Japan and the USA. Co. invests in ICT (Technology), environmentally friendly technology (Cleantech) and Life Sciences.

Kinepolis Group NV

Kinepolis Group NV is a Belgium-based company, which is primarily engaged in the operation of cinemas. The Company's activities are divided into such business units, as Box office, In-theatre sales, Business-to-business (B2B), Film distribution and Real Estate. The Box office unit includes sale of the tickets. The In-theatre sales unit is involved in the sale of snacks and related articles. The B2B unit takes care of the organization of corporate events and the sale of screen advertizing to corporate customers. The Film distribution unit includes all activities related to movies showed in the cinema. The Real Estate is responsible for the property management and utilization. Additionally, the Company has a Technical department, which delivers technological support to Kinepolis facilities. The Company is present in Belgium, France, Spain and Poland.

Koninklijke DSM N.V.

Royal DSM is engaged in the creation of products and services in Life Sciences and Materials Sciences. Co.'s products and services are used globally in range of markets and applications in healthcare, pharmaceutical automotive and chemicals sectors. End markets include human and animal nutrition and health, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, coatings and paint, electrics and electronics, life protection and housing. The activities of Co. are grouped into four clusters: Nutrition, Pharma, Performance Materials and Polymer Intermediates.

Sioen Industries N.V.

Sioen Industries. Sioen Industries NV is a Belgium-based company with a portfolio of products and activities, such as spinning, weaving and coating, manufacturing of garments, production of chemicals and processing of technical textiles. The Company has three divisions: the Coating division, engaged in the production of a number of technical textiles, coated with various polymers and marketed in different markets; The Apparel division, engaged in the production of technical protective clothing active in a number of sectors, such as industry, leisure wear and specialized markets, as well as the Chemicals division engaged in the processing of basic raw materials into technical semi-finished products, such as pigment pastes, decorative inks, varnishes and inks for digital printing for a number of markets. It operates through Ursuit Group and Verseidag Ballistic Protection OY, UV Curable systems BVBA, James Dewhurst Group and Verseidag Ballistic Protection Oy.

Solvay SA

Solvay is engaged in chemical and plastic businesses worldwide. Co. offers chemical products such as advanced materials, barium strontium, calcium chloride, caustic soda, chlorinated products, fluor, peroxygen products, polyglycerols, precipitated calcium carbonate, soda ash, and sodium bicarbonate. It also provides specialty polymers, such as Spire ultra polymers, Solviva biomaterials, and sulfone polymers. Co. structures its activities around five operating segments: Advanced Formulations, Advanced Materials, Performance Chemicals, Functional Polymers and Corporate & Business Services, each with its own specific business model and each comprised of Global Business Units (GBUs).

Telenet Group Holding NV

Telenet Group Holding is a holding company. Through its subsdiairies and its broadband network, Co. is engaged in the provision of cable television, including television services, broadband internet and telephony services to residential subscribers in Flanders and certain communes in Brussels as well as broadband internet, data and voice services in the business market throughout Belgium and parts of Luxembourg. In addition, Co. is engaged in the provision of mobile telephony services through a mobile virtual network operator partnership with Mobistar NV.

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
Guy Sips

Michiel Declercq

Ruben Devos

Thomas Couvreur

Wido Jongman

Wim Hoste

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