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BE Semiconductor Industries NV / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>In this edition: • AMG Critcal Materials | sells Graphit Kropfmühl to Asbury Carbons • SBM Offshore | entering AI partnerships with SLB and Cognite • Nexperia | Dutch government has taken control • Dutch politics | has GroenLinks/PvdA peaked too soon?</li></ul>

In this edition: • AMG Critcal Materials | sells Graphit Kropfmühl to Asbury Carbons • SBM Offshore | entering AI partnerships with SLB and Cognite • Nexperia | Dutch government has taken control • Dutch politics | has GroenLinks/PvdA peaked too soon?

BE Semiconductor Industries NV - What's News in Amsterdam

<ul><li>In today's edition: • a.s.r. | very strong performance on all fronts in 1H25 • Corbion | to cooperate with KAS developing natural Astaxanthin • SBM Offshore | Petrobras postpones Campos basin FPSO tender</li></ul>

In today's edition: • a.s.r. | very strong performance on all fronts in 1H25 • Corbion | to cooperate with KAS developing natural Astaxanthin • SBM Offshore | Petrobras postpones Campos basin FPSO tender

What's New(s) in Amsterdam - 20 August (a.s.r. Nederland | Corbion | SBM Offshore)

<ul><li>In this edition: • NN Group | OGC beats consensus; S-II ratio above 150-200% comfort range • SBM Offshore | guidance up, share price down • ForFarmers | post earnings call comment • bpostgroup | 2Q25 beats consensus thanks to strong performance 3PL and Cross-border</li></ul>

In this edition: • NN Group | OGC beats consensus; S-II ratio above 150-200% comfort range • SBM Offshore | guidance up, share price down • ForFarmers | post earnings call comment • bpostgroup | 2Q25 beats consensus thanks to strong performance 3PL and Cross-border

What's News in Amsterdam - 8 August 2025 (NN Group | SBMO | ForFarmers | bpostgroup)

<ul><li>In this edition: • ABN Amro | new CEO will focus on costs and the risk management model • ASML | wants free passage for machine parts; no evidence that China cracked the EUV puzzle • KPN | continued to deliver on its promises in 1Q25 • Fugro | 1Q25 trading update does not really contain much news • SBM Offshore | completes EUR 130m share buyback; starts new program of EUR 141m • Triodos Bank | facing new setback in its attempts to settle claims</li></ul>

In this edition: • ABN Amro | new CEO will focus on costs and the risk management model • ASML | wants free passage for machine parts; no evidence that China cracked the EUV puzzle • KPN | continued to deliver on its promises in 1Q25 • Fugro | 1Q25 trading update does not really contain much news • SBM Offshore | completes EUR 130m share buyback; starts new program of EUR 141m • Triodos Bank | facing new setback in its attempts to settle claims

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>AMG decided to make a capital investment of USD 15m to establish an aluminothermic production facility to manufacture chrome metal in the United States.</li>
<li>The facility, with an annual capacity of up to 6,500 tons, will be located next to AMG Titanium’s facility in New Castle, Pennsylvania.</li>
<li>AMG expects the facility to be operational in 26Q1. Comment | AMG Chrome is a major producer of chrome metal in the UK. </li>
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AMG decided to make a capital investment of USD 15m to establish an aluminothermic production facility to manufacture chrome metal in the United States.
The facility, with an annual capacity of up to 6,500 tons, will be located next to AMG Titanium’s facility in New Castle, Pennsylvania.
AMG expects the facility to be operational in 26Q1. Comment | AMG Chrome is a major producer of chrome metal in the UK. 


What's New(s) in Amsterdam - 9 April (AMG Critical Materials | SBM Offshore | NX Filtration)

Netherlands

SBM Offshore NV, through subsidiaries, offers services to the offshore oil and gas industry worldwide.  The Company supplies and installs floating production and/or storage facilities and terminals for the loading or unloading of tankers.  SBM offers, on long-term lease, floating facilities for the production, storage, and export of crude oil and gas.

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BE Semiconductor Industries NV - What's News in Amsterdam

In this edition: • AMG Critcal Materials | sells Graphit Kropfmühl to Asbury Carbons • SBM Offshore | entering AI partnerships with SLB and...

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What's New(s) in Amsterdam - 20 August (a.s.r. Nederland | Corbion | SBM Offshore)

In today's edition: • a.s.r. | very strong performance on all fronts in 1H25 • Corbion | to cooperate with KAS developing natural...

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What's News in Amsterdam - 8 August 2025 (NN Group | SBMO | ForFarmers | bpostgroup)

In this edition: • NN Group | OGC beats consensus; S-II ratio above 150-200% comfort range • SBM Offshore | guidance up, share price...

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What's News in Amsterdam - 24 April (ABN Amro | ASML | KPN | Fugro | SBM Offshore | Triodos Bank)

In this edition: • ABN Amro | new CEO will focus on costs and the risk management model • ASML | wants free passage for machine parts; no evidence...

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What's New(s) in Amsterdam - 9 April (AMG Critical Materials | SBM Offshore | NX Filtration)

AMG decided to make a capital investment of USD 15m to establish an aluminothermic production facility to manufacture chrome metal in the United...

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