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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Apr 4, 2025
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Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements
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Press release
Publication of a transparency notification
Publication of a transparency notification
Article 14, first paragraphof the Law of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of important participations.
Summary of the notification
On 1 April 2025, Ackermans & van Haaren NV received a notification stating that Stichting Administratiekantoor 'Het Torentje', as a result of the acquisition of shares on 26 March 2025, now directly and indirectly holds 36.26% of the voting rights of the company and has thereby exceeded the participation threshold of 35%.
The evolution of the number of treasury shares held by Ackermans & van Haaren is the result of the execution of its liquidity contract and the acquisition of shares to cover its stock option obligations vis-à-vis the beneficiaries.
Content of the notification
The transparency notification of 1 April 2025 contains the following information:
- Reason for the notification: Acquisition of voting securities or voting rights
- Joint notification by Stichting Administratiekantoor "Het Torentje" and Scaldis Invest NV
- Person subject to the notification requirement: Stichting Administratiekantoor 'Het Torentje'
- Date of the transaction: 26 March 2025
- Threshold crossed: 35%
- Denominator: 33,157,750
- Notification details: see hereunder
| Previous notification 2008 |
After the transactions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Holders of voting rights | Number of voting rights |
Number of voting richts |
% voting rights |
| Stichting Administratiekantoor "Het Torentje" | 0 | 510,390 | 1.54% |
| Scaldis Invest NV | 11,054,000 | 11,054,000 | 33.34% |
| Ackermans & van Haaren (treasury shares)* | 263,046 | 457,786 | 1.39% |
| Brinvest NV | 51,300 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total | 11,368,346 | 12,022,176 | 36.26% |
* The voting rights associated with the treasury shares are suspended in accordance with Article 7:217, §1 BCCA.
Chain of control
- i. Ackermans & van Haaren NV is directly controlled by Scaldis Invest NV, a company incorporated under Belgian law.
- ii. Scaldis Invest NV is directly controlled by Belfimas NV, a company incorporated under Belgian law.
- iii. Belfimas NV is directly controlled by Celfloor SA, a company incorporated under Luxembourg law.
- iv. Celfloor SA is directly controlled by Apodia International Holding BV, a company incorporated under Dutch law.
- v. Apodia International Holding BV is directly controlled by Palamount SA, a company incorporated under Luxembourg law.
- vi. Palamount SA is directly controlled by Stichting Administratiekantoor 'Het Torentje', incorporated under Dutch law.
- vii. Stichting Administratiekantoor 'Het Torentje' is the ultimate controlling shareholder.
Ackermans & van Haaren
Ackermans & van Haaren positions itself as the long-term partner of choice of family businesses and management teams to help build high-performing market leaders and contribute to a more sustainable world.
Ackermans & van Haaren is a diversified group operating in 4 core sectors: Marine Engineering & Contracting (DEME, one of the largest dredging companies in the world – CFE, a construction group with headquarters in Belgium). Private Banking (Delen Private Bank, one of the largest independent private asset managers in Belgium, and asset manager JM Finn in the UK - Bank Van Breda, niche bank for entrepreneurs and the liberal professions in Belgium). Real Estate (Nextensa, a listed integrated real estate group) and Energy & Resources (SIPEF, an agroindustrial group in tropical agriculture). In its Growth Capital segment, Ackermans & van Haaren also provides growth capital to sustainable companies in different sectors.
At an economic level, the AvH group represented in 2024 a turnover of 7.6 billion euros and employed 24,384 people through its share in the portfolio companies. Ackermans & van Haaren is listed on Euronext Brussels and is included in the BEL20 index, the BEL ESG index and the European DJ Stoxx 600 index.
Website Contact
All press releases issued by AvH and its most important group companies as well as the 'Investor Presentation' can also be consulted on the AvH website: www.avh.be. Anyone who is interested in receiving the press releases via email has to register to this website.
For further information please contact:
John-Eric Bertrand co-CEO - co-Chairman executive committee - Tel. +32.3.897.92.08
Piet Dejonghe co-CEO - co-Chairman executive committee - Tel. +32.3.897.92.36
Tom Bamelis CFO - Member executive committee - Tel. +32.3.897.92.35
e-mail: [email protected]
Financial calendar
- May 22, 2025 ............................ Interim statement Q1 2025
- August 29, 2025 ........................ Half-year results 2025
- November 21, 2025 .................. Interim statement Q3 2025
Ackermans & van Haaren NV - Begijnenvest 113 - 2000 Antwerp - Tel. +32 3 231 87 70 - [email protected] - www.avh.be