ANNUAL REPORT 2007 | 2008 - Gimv

Corporate Investment’s ten largest unlisted
shareholdings
(Belgium – Netherlands – Germany – France)
The Corporate Investment portfolio has a total value of EUR 532.0 million. EUR 59.8 million of this amount
relates to listed (mainly Barco) and EUR 472.2 million to unlisted companies. At the end of the 2007-2008
fi nancial year the value of the ten largest unlisted shareholdings amounted to EUR 271.8 million, or 68 percent
of all unlisted Corporate Investment shareholdings (funds excluded).
BMC Groep
www.bmcgroep.nl
BMC Groep is the Dutch market leader in professional services
for the public sector (government and non-profi t organizations).
The company was set up in 1986 and acts as the
holding company for four separate companies, BMC, TMOP,
XOPP and PublicSpirit. BMC specializes in change management,
organizational consulting, coaching and training. TMOP
concentrates on interim management and project support. Top
management, directors and supervisory board members are
selected by PublicSpirit, whilst XOPP detaches (administrative)
assistants. The group employs over 1 000 professionals out of
six offi ces in the Netherlands, who generally come themselves
from government organizations, teaching and care institutions
and other public bodies. In 2007, BMC Groep had sales of
EUR 135 million.
De Groot International
www.degroot-int.nl
De Groot International is an international importer, distributor
and exporter of fruit and vegetables. Over the past 50 years
it has grown from a small fruit trading company into a leading
organization in its fi eld with over 100 employees and sales in
excess of EUR 150 million. At the start of 2008, De Groot took
a majority shareholding in Borgers Groothandel in Groenten en
Fruit, strengthening its position in Germany and Scandinavia.
Retail organizations are major De Groot customers. As well as
traditional trading and cold storage, De Groot International has
computer-controlled banana ripening chambers, packaging
lines and its own transportation enterprise. Gimv acquired a
shareholding in De Groot in the second half of 2005.
European Bulk Terminals – EBT
www.sea-invest.be
EBT is the overall holding company of the Sea-Invest group,
which has built up over 70 years’ experience in bulk and fruit
handling, with terminals in Belgium, France, South Africa and
elsewhere. The group operates bulk terminals (coal, iron ore
etc.) and is active in fruit handling via Universal Fruit Operators
(UFO). In 2006 Sea-invest built a brand-new EUR 40 million,
11 hectare fruit terminal in the Port of Antwerp (Fresh Fruit
Terminal Antwerp), with a storage capacity of 9 600 fruit pallets
and which processes around 500 000 tonnes of fruit every year.
In 2007 EBT had sales of around EUR 650 million.
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