ANNUAL REPORT 2007 | 2008 - Gimv
ANNUAL REPORT 2007 | 2008 - Gimv
ANNUAL REPORT 2007 | 2008 - Gimv
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7 - Shareholder structure<br />
The capital of <strong>Gimv</strong> amounts to EUR 220 million and is represented<br />
by 23 176 005 fully paid-up shares without nominal<br />
value. All shares are listed on Euronext Brussels. All shares have<br />
the same rights and fractional value, and are fully paid up.<br />
The largest shareholder in <strong>Gimv</strong> NV is the Vlaamse<br />
Participatiemaatschappij (VPM). At 1 April <strong>2008</strong> it controlled<br />
27.06 percent of the capital or 6 270 403 shares.<br />
In addition <strong>Gimv</strong> received notifi cation in January <strong>2008</strong> that a<br />
holding of 3 percent or more of the total outstanding shares had<br />
been acquired or had changed hands. KBC Asset Management<br />
announced that various funds managed by it together have a<br />
3.01 percent interest in <strong>Gimv</strong>. All other shares are distributed<br />
among the investing public.<br />
88 | <strong>Gimv</strong> Annual Report <strong>2007</strong>-<strong>2008</strong> | Management, Corporate Governance and Shareholders<br />
8 - Relations with shareholders and investors<br />
<strong>Gimv</strong> would like to thank not only its shareholders, but also<br />
everyone, like analysts and journalists, who brings the company<br />
to investors’ attention.<br />
The ownership of <strong>Gimv</strong> shares has become much more diversifi<br />
ed and international over the past few years. At the start of<br />
<strong>2008</strong> most shareholders were located in Belgium, the United<br />
Kingdom, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Ireland.<br />
<strong>Gimv</strong> seeks to provide interested investors with timely information.<br />
Care is taken to treat all shareholders equally at all times. In<br />
<strong>Gimv</strong>’s own interest and under the terms of certain agreements,<br />
we are unable to always publish full details of transactions. <strong>Gimv</strong><br />
provides as complete information as is possible on its website,<br />
in its annual report and in press releases.<br />
During the <strong>2007</strong>-<strong>2008</strong> fi nancial year, <strong>Gimv</strong> also organized 16<br />
days of roadshows for investors and various investors visited the<br />
company. During <strong>2007</strong>-<strong>2008</strong>, nearly 90 meetings took place<br />
with institutional investors. <strong>Gimv</strong> also took part in the largest<br />
information mart for private investors in Belgium.<br />
Eight fi nancial institutions followed the share during the fi nancial<br />
year.
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