Ik heb, voor de grap, even een mailtje verstuurd naar het "investors"-contactadres op de web site van INVENSYS en kreeg volgend bericht enkele uren later terug :
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Mijn bericht :
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"Dear Sirs,
I would be glad to receive some reliable information as to your companies'
plans with the BAAN COMPANY nv, which is still traded at the EURONEXT
Amsterdam.
As far as I can detect or find, there are no press releases or
anoouncements, nor have there been any general shareholders meetings since
way back in 2002.
To my knowledge, your company has not been able to get the 95% of shares
that it needed to withdraw BAAN Company from the stock market, hence my
interest in knowing what will happen now.
Thanks in advance."
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Hun antwoord :
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"Dear Sir,
Please find below an article which I hope is of interest to you. Invensys
announced the sale of Baan in June of last year and completed the sale in
July 2003.
Kind regards
Nina Delangle
03June2003
Invensys sells Baan for US$135 million
Invensys plc announces that it has agreed to sell its Baan(1) subsidiary to an investment group consisting of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. and General Atlantic Partners,LLC, for a cash consideration of US$135m. The sale proceeds will be used by Invensys to pay down debt.
Baan is a leading global supplier of industry-defining enterprise application solutions and services to discrete manufacturers in the industrial machinery and equipment, electronics, automotive, and aerospace and defence industries. For the twelve months ended 31 March, 2003, the business generated revenues of US$265m and an operating loss of US$32m. Net assets, including capitalised goodwill, are approximately US$120m.
The sale of Baan is consistent with Invensys' previously stated objectives to divest non-core assets as part of its overall plan to improve capital strength and increase
strategic focus. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to complete by the end of June 2003. Rick Haythornthwaite, CEO of Invensys, said: "With the sale of Baan, we have made a rapid and positive start to our disposal programme. At the same time, we have also been mindful of our responsibilities to Baan customers, employees and partners and I am confident
that they will be well served under the new stewardship."
1.Excludes Baan Process, formerly Marcam."
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Tot zover het antwoord.
Wat ik hieruit begrijp is dat BAAN "volledig" (op Baan Process na dan) dus ook BAAN COMPANY nv werd overgedragen aan SSA GLOBAL !!!
Wat Invensys Luxembourg sarl er dan nog mee te maken zou hebben, weet ik niet, maar lijkt mij bijgevolg niet actueel meer ??? Misschien is de info bij de KvK achterhaald.
Ik ga nu proberen via Bloomberg de juiste stand van zaken te hebben.
Julle