About Ackermans & Van Haaren NV

Ackermans & van Haaren NV operates as a diversified company. The company engages in contracting, dredging and concessions; real estate and related services; financial services; private equity; and energy and materials. Segments Contracting, dredging, and concessions The company engages in the contracting, dredging, and concessions with DEME; Rent-A-Port; Algemene Aannemingen Van Laere; and Nationale Maatschappij der Pijpleidingen. DEME is a marine engineering company. Its core activities include dredging and civil marine engineering. DEME’s complementary activities include environmental engineering (treatment of soil and sludge), services for the oil and gas sector, and extraction of construction aggregates from the sea. DEME’s areas of operation include Europe, Africa, South America, the Middle East, Australia, South America, India, and the Mediterranean. Rent-A-Port is a specialist in port engineering and is also a co-investment partner in greenfield port projects. Rent-A-Port operates in two main activities: engineering activities, such as design, concept studies, soil survey, project management, and supervision of execution; and coordination, such as co-investments and syndications in large-scale port developments. Together with its subsidiaries, Algemene Aannemingen Van Laere is active in various industries, which include office buildings, public buildings and flats, civil engineering, marine engineering, environmental projects, industrial projects, car parks, restoration, steel constructions and PPP. Van Laere is active in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and in the north of France. Nationale Maatschappij der Pijpleidingen (NMP) specializes in the construction and management of pipelines for the transport of industrial gases and products for the petrochemical industry. Real estate and related services The company provides real estate and related services with Leasinvest Real Estate, a real estate investment trust; Extensa Group, a land and real estate developer; Cobelguard, active in the security market; and Groupe Financière Duval, active in development and operating of real estate, leisure parks, and housing for the elderly in France. Financial services The company provides financial services with Bank Delen, an independent private asset manager in Belgium; Bank J.Van Breda & C, a bank for enterpreneurs and liberal professions in Belgium; and the insurance group BDM-Asco. Private equity The company engages in the private equity operations with Sofinim and GIB Group. Sofinim is an investment company in Belgium specialized in private equity. Sofinim provides development capital to medium-sized and larger companies. History Ackermans & van Haaren NV was incorporated in 1924.