Major Shareholding Notification • Jun 9, 2014
Major Shareholding Notification
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Date: 9 June 2014 For immediate release
Name: Carl Vanden Bussche Title: Director Investor Relations Tel: +32 56 26 23 22 E-mail: [email protected]
The Board of Directors of Barco NV acknowledges the joint announcement of Gimv and Van de Wiele concerning the sale of Gimv's participation of 9.62 % in Barco NV to Michel Van de Wiele NV.
For more than 30 years Gimv has been a committed and long term shareholder who supported the development, transformation and growth of Barco. The support enabled the company to become a global technology leader in visualization. Barco welcomes Michel Van de Wiele NV and looks forward to a long lasting and fruitful relationship.
As planned, Eric Van Zele will continue as CEO of Barco.
Herman Daems, Chairman of the Board said: "Gimv has given outstanding support to Barco and has enabled the company to become a truly global leader. We welcome the new shareholder and confirm that no major changes are to be expected in the governance, leadership and strategy of Barco."
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with 4,000 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of 1.158 billion euros in 2013.
For more information and the annual report 2013, please visit the Company's website at www.barco.com
© Copyright 2014 by Barco
Barco NV President Kennedypark 35 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium
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