Independent Investment Research, The IDEA!

The IDEA!

Independent Investment Research

The Idea-Driven Equities Analyses company (the IDEA!) is an employee-owned boutique providing independent investment research and financial consultancy services with a clear focus on the Benelux countries. The company was founded in the summer of 2007 by Henk Slotboom and Maarten Verbeek, both with more than 35 years of professional experience in the financial sector. The IDEA! differentiates itself by focusing on adding value through self-initiated in-depth, idea-driven investment research, as well as by bespoke research assignments for institutional investors, hedge funds and private equity. In addition, we provide market intelligence, strategic research and – together with our business partners – consultancy services to businesses. In case you are interested in receiving more information, a sample of our products or an introductory meeting, please send a message to info@theidea.nl.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>In this edition: • Heineken | Huyghe enters Haacht sale process • Philips/Shell | confirmed hacks by Russia-linked ransomware group</li></ul>

In this edition: • Heineken | Huyghe enters Haacht sale process • Philips/Shell | confirmed hacks by Russia-linked ransomware group

What's News in Amsterdam - 14 August (Heineken | Philips/Shell)

<ul><li>In this edition: • Adyen | reiterates its FY26 as well as mid-term outlook on revenue and EBITDA-margin • Heineken | brewer Haacht’s turnaround takes hold • Basic-Fit | completes acquisition of wellyou • Triodos Bank | improvements in 1H26 reflect first steps in its transformation • Allegro | Allegro Packaging Standard: new seller badge and pack store rollout</li></ul>

In this edition: • Adyen | reiterates its FY26 as well as mid-term outlook on revenue and EBITDA-margin • Heineken | brewer Haacht’s turnaround takes hold • Basic-Fit | completes acquisition of wellyou • Triodos Bank | improvements in 1H26 reflect first steps in its transformation • Allegro | Allegro Packaging Standard: new seller badge and pack store rollout

What's News in Amsterdam - 13 August (Adyen | Heineken | Basic-Fit | Triodos Bank | Allegro)

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF / Technical Analysis

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<li>Our 2023 outlook, initially discussed in our January 6th 2023 Int'l Compass, was for $93 to cap upside on the MSCI ACWI (ACWI-US); this has again proven prescient.</li>
<li>Since late-January/early-February we have recommended shifting to defensives, and MSCI ACWI defensive Sectors including Health Care (IXJ-US), Utilities (JXI-US), and Consumer Staples (KXI-US) are now hitting 3-4-month RS highs.</li>
<li>With the ACWI-US just now starting to turn down after testing $93, we continue to recommend a tactical overweight to the aforementioned defensive Sectors, and also to gold miners (GDX-US).</li>
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Our 2023 outlook, initially discussed in our January 6th 2023 Int'l Compass, was for $93 to cap upside on the MSCI ACWI (ACWI-US); this has again proven prescient.
Since late-January/early-February we have recommended shifting to defensives, and MSCI ACWI defensive Sectors including Health Care (IXJ-US), Utilities (JXI-US), and Consumer Staples (KXI-US) are now hitting 3-4-month RS highs.
With the ACWI-US just now starting to turn down after testing $93, we continue to recommend a tactical overweight to the aforementioned defensive Sectors, and also to gold miners (GDX-US).


Stay Tactically Overweight Defensives; Remain Overweight Europe, Japan, & EAFE. Buys in Defensives

European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>European holding company discounts remain highly dispersed, reflecting governance, capital allocation and catalyst visibility rather than asset quality. Structural valuation gaps continue to define relative-value opportunities across the sector.</li>
<li>Vivendi's Court of Appeal ruling removed mandatory bid expectations, widening its discount sharply, while GBL's strategic transformation and Nordic governance models continue supporting structurally tighter valuations.</li>
<li>Rio Tinto's DLC premium remains elevated, Porsche SE still trades below historical valuation despite improving fundamentals, and Heineken Holding's discount remains unusually tight versus long-term averages.</li>
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European holding company discounts remain highly dispersed, reflecting governance, capital allocation and catalyst visibility rather than asset quality. Structural valuation gaps continue to define relative-value opportunities across the sector.
Vivendi's Court of Appeal ruling removed mandatory bid expectations, widening its discount sharply, while GBL's strategic transformation and Nordic governance models continue supporting structurally tighter valuations.
Rio Tinto's DLC premium remains elevated, Porsche SE still trades below historical valuation despite improving fundamentals, and Heineken Holding's discount remains unusually tight versus long-term averages.


Selected European HoldCos and DLC: July 2026 Report

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<li>In this edition: • AkzoNobel | Axalta's strong set of 2Q26 results supportive for the proposed merger</li>
<li>AkzoNobel | Sherwin Williams raises FY26 guidance after better than expected 2Q26 </li>
<li>AkzoNobel | PPG’s 2Q26 looks solid, but demand outlook remains the focus </li>
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In this edition: • AkzoNobel | Axalta's strong set of 2Q26 results supportive for the proposed merger
AkzoNobel | Sherwin Williams raises FY26 guidance after better than expected 2Q26 
AkzoNobel | PPG’s 2Q26 looks solid, but demand outlook remains the focus 


Netherlands

Heineken NV produces and distributes beverages internationally. The Company produces beers, spirits, wines, and soft drinks under various brand names.

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Heineken NV (HEIA NA)

What's News in Amsterdam - 14 August (Heineken | Philips/Shell)

In this edition: • Heineken | Huyghe enters Haacht sale process • Philips/Shell | confirmed hacks by Russia-linked ransomware group

The IDEA!

What's News in Amsterdam - 13 August (Adyen | Heineken | Basic-Fit | Triodos Bank | Allegro)

In this edition: • Adyen | reiterates its FY26 as well as mid-term outlook on revenue and EBITDA-margin • Heineken | brewer Haacht’s turnaround...

The IDEA!

Stay Tactically Overweight Defensives; Remain Overweight Europe, Japan, & EAFE. Buys in Defensives

$93 on $ACWI continues to be a key resistance that we have discussed since early-Jan as capping upside for 2023. Stick with defensives $IXJ $XLV...

Vermilion Research

Selected European HoldCos and DLC: July 2026 Report

European holding company discounts remain highly dispersed. Vivendi loses its legal catalyst, GBL continues its strategic re-rating, while Nordic...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

What's News in Amsterdam

In this edition: • AkzoNobel | Axalta's strong set of 2Q26 results supportive for the proposed merger AkzoNobel | Sherwin Williams raises FY26...

The IDEA!

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