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Ackermans & van Haaren or AVH is a diversified services group which is active in 4 major sectors: human resources, dredging & environmental services, financial services and private equity. The company focuses on a limited number of strategic participations with growth potential. Ackermans & van Haaren is traded on the Euronext Brussels and is part of the BEL 20. The AvH group in the year 2012 reported a revenue of 3.3 Billion Euros and the company provides employment to approximately 18,750 people. The group focuses on a limited number of strategic participations having a significant potential for growth. The AvH share is part of the BEL20 index, the Private Equity NXT index of Euronext Brussels and the European DJ Stoxx 600.

The Company's mission is to form shareholder value by the means of long term investments in a limited number of strategic participations with growth potential on an intercontinental level. The company is an independent and diversified group which is Led by an experienced, multidisciplinary management team leading a strong financial structure to support the growth objectives of the participations. Long term viewpoint & clear objectives, responsibility of the participations for their own financial arrangement endeavour for annual growth in the profits of each contribution and focus on growth sectors globally. Interest in picking senior management and defining long-term strategy, monitoring and organizing strategic focus, operational and financial discipline, active support to management for specific operational and strategic projects make this company an interesting and popular option among its proactive shareholders.

On 4 October 2011, the board of directors of AVH approved an amended version of its Corporate Governance Charter. Share capital and shares (article 15 of the Law of 2 May 2007), the company reported a share capital of 2.4 Million Euros and having 33.5 Million number of shares with voting rights and with a 5% disclosure threshold. Scaldis Invest NV is having a total of 11,054,000 shares in the capital of AVH which totals up to a stake of 33%. Scaldis Invest is controlled by Belfimas, which is having a total of 91.35% of the capital of Scaldis Invest. The decisive control of Scaldis Invest is held by 'Stichting Administratiekantoor Het Torentje'. AVH holds ultimately a stake of 2.59% in the share of Belfimas. The AVH group company reported to hold 304,200 of its own shares as of 31 December 2012. These shares were obtained with a view to covering the stock option plan. Its subordinate, Brinvest NV is having 51,300 shares in AVH.

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The past year was a profitable year Ackermans & van Haaren investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a loss-making period for the investors in Ackermans & van Haaren. The stock lost around 1 percent. Ackermans & van Haaren' stock rose the past 5 years at around 121 percent. Ackermans & van Haaren's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were very fluctuating and moved between 443,48 million euros and 4,01 billion euros. During 2011 and 2015 Ackermans & van Haaren's net results were quiet stable and fluctuated between 214,38 million euros and 438,4 million euros.

Ackermans & van Haaren's headquarter is located in Antwerp. The company mostly operates in the investment sector. The period from 2006 till the end of 2016 the international sector gained around 4 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 17 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-2016) there is a minus of 4 percent.

The Belgian company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years Ackermans & van Haaren's dividend yield was at around 6,56 percent per year.

Ackermans & van Haaren financed with relatively low debt

At the end of 2015 the Belgian company had a balance sheet of around 12,25 billion euros. The total debt of the investment company was at the end of 2015 9,65 billion euros, which equals around 78,72 percent of the total balance sheet. At the end of 2015 the investment company's stock was traded with a price/earnings-ratio 15. So the stock' value was 15 times the 2015' earnings per share. Many analysts say that based on her price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the Belgian stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the investment company's market capitalization (the number of shares times the market price) equaled around 4,37 billion euros. At the end of 2015 the Belgian company had around 33,13 million stocks listed.

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