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Investor Information
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Stock Information
Q: What is Porthus' stock symbol and where does Porthus trade?
A: Porthus shares and VVPR strips are traded on Alternext Brussels. The security code for the shares is BE0003854719 and BE 0005606778 for the VVPR strip. The symbol for the shares is ALPTH and ALPHS for the VVPR strips.
Q: Where can I find Porthus stock price information?
A: You can find current Porthus stock information on the Alternext website.
Q: When was Porthus' Initial Public Offering?
A: Porthus' initial public offering was in October 2006 at an introduction price of € 9.75. Porthus' first day of listing on Alternext Brussels was on October 27, 2006.
Corporate Information
Q: When was Porthus founded and who were the founding members?
A: Porthus was founded in 1999 by Peter Hinssen, Luc Burgelman and Frank Hamerlinck.
Q: Where are the Porthus offices located?
A: Porthus offices are located in Belgium, the Netherlands and Slovakia.
Q: Who are the members of the Porthus management team?
A: The management team of Porthus has a strong, combined management experience in the IT-sector. Previous experiences of the management team include Volvo international IT management, Corus International, Deloitte, SAP, Xerox.
Luc Burgelman
Chief Executive Officer
Frank Hamerlinck
Chief Operations Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Joris Allaert
Chief Financial Officer
Christophe Longueville
VP Sales and Marketing
Jean Verheyen
VP Business Development
Anne-Mie Poot
VP Human Resources
Q: Who are the members of the Porthus Board of Directors?
Peter Hinssen
Chairman of the Board
Luc Burgelman
Chief Executive Officer
Altaline Technologies NV
represented by Jos Sluys
Stijn Bijnens
Independent Director
Francis Rome
Independent Director
Rudi De Meyer
Independent Director
Q: Who is Porthus's auditor?
A: The statutory auditor of Porthus is BDO Atrio Bedrijfsrevisoren CVBA, a company incorporated under Belgian law, having its registered office at Guldensporenpark 14 Blok B, Merelbeke represented by Koen De Brabander and Lieven Van Brussel. BDO Atrio Bedrijfsrevisoren CVBA is appointed for a term of 3 years ending at the shareholders' meeting approving the annual accounts per 30 June 2009.
Financial Information
Q: What is Porthus fiscal year?
A: The Porthus fiscal year is 1 July - 30 June.
Q: Where can I consult Porthus historical financial information?
A: Historical financial information can be found under the IR section, Financial Information.
Product Information
Q: What are Porthus' activities?
A: Porthus offers Global Trade Management solutions, enabling organizations to manage complex business processes across the supply chain. Porthus uses innovative technologies to allow its customers to interact and conduct business with multiple trade partners using its networked platform. Porthus develops, hosts and manages software applications on this central multi-enterprise platform. The company delivers its Global Trade Management solutions to over 1,000 companies based in Europe and beyond.
Q: What are Porthus' competitive differentiators?
A: Porthus has a strong focus on Business to Business and provides tailored global trade management solutions for B2B environments in key markets. Porthus is well positioned to take advantage of the surge in B2B electronic messaging and Porthus' technology is based on state-of-the-art Internet standards.