Independent Investment Research, The IDEA!

The IDEA!

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.

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

United Parcel Service Cl B / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>We issued a company report (10 pages) featuring InPost.</li><li> Summary & Conclusions A consortium comprising FedEx (37%), Advent (37%), A&R Investment (16%), and PPF (10%) has launched an all-cash offer of EUR 15.60 per share for 100% of InPost, valuing its shares at ~EUR 7.8 bn.</li><li>This represents a 50% premium to the undisturbed share price on 2 January 2026 and 53% above the three-month VWAP.</li></ul>

We issued a company report (10 pages) featuring InPost. Summary & Conclusions A consortium comprising FedEx (37%), Advent (37%), A&R Investment (16%), and PPF (10%) has launched an all-cash offer of EUR 15.60 per share for 100% of InPost, valuing its shares at ~EUR 7.8 bn.This represents a 50% premium to the undisturbed share price on 2 January 2026 and 53% above the three-month VWAP.

United Parcel Service Cl B - Company Report: InPost | This (Fed)Exit Deserves A Better Price