News and press

27-01-2012
Q-Cells SE: Company announced debt restructuring - Deminor proposes to create a Creditor's Committee:
  A. Summary of facts 1. On 24 January 2012, Q-Cells announced that it plans to implement financial restructuring measures. This restructuring would take place in two steps: (A) partial...
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18-01-2012
Converium Securities Action: Pan-European settlement approved by Amsterdam Court of Appeal:
On January 17, 2012, the Amsterdam Court of Appeals gave its final approval to the pan-European settlement in the pending Converium (Scor) securities litigation. The decision is important as it is...
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22-11-2011
Press release Fortis - Expertise - Submission of the final report:
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10-10-2011
Press release Dexia: The shareholders ask for equal treatment:
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04-10-2011
Dexia:
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15-09-2011
Deminor reacts to UBS trading losses:
  UBS announced today that it has discovered a loss due to unauthorized trading by a trader in its investment bank. The bank currently estimates the loss on the trades is in the range of USD 2...
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22-07-2011
Deminor's response to the public consultation on the EU corporate governance framework:
  Please find here below for information purposes the response of Deminor to the public consultation on the EU corporate governance framework.   Should you have any question or comment...
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08-09-2011
The Corporate Governance application in Belgian SME's:
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29-07-2011
Madoff - Reaction of Deminor to the US decision rejecting the US Trustee's common law claims against HSBC:
  Deminor takes notice of yesterday's (New York time) decision rendered by Judge Rakoff of the US District Court of New York denying to the US Trustee the legal standing to sue HSBC, as...
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11-07-2011
Open letter of Deminor to Carrefour - 11 July:
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04-07-2011
Open letter of Deminor to Carrefour:
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28-06-2011
Court action against the Squeeze out launched by GDF Suez on Electrabel:
  Deminor Investment Management, the manager of the Deminor Catalyst Fund (formerly Deminor Active Governance Fund), has taken note that Belgium's Supreme Court has rendered a decision in the...
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07-06-2011
Deminor reacts to US settlement for Thema investors:
  Deminor takes notice of today's announcement made by HSBC on a settlement reached with investors in Thema International Fund PLC in the framework of a US class action pending before the...
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31-05-2011
France Telecom's General Meeting : Written questions of Deminor:
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27-05-2011
Deminor lanceert onderzoek naar rol LTO Noord bij investering in Hypo Notes:
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24-05-2011
Deminor European Alert on Gagfah S.A. :
  Deminor is currently investigating elements which led to the announcement on 4 March 2011 by Gagfagh S.A. (ISIN: LU0269583422 - Frankfurt Stock Exchange - hereafter referred to as «...
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19-05-2011
Open letter to France Telecom:
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18-05-2011
Press Release - Fortis Case:
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11-05-2011
Press Release regarding the creation of the new AMF commission about General Meetings:
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09-05-2011
Deminor’s response to the Commission’s consultation on collective redress:
  Please find here below for information purposes the participation of Deminor to the consultation launched by the EU Commission on collective redress mechanisms.   Should you have any...
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26-04-2011
Vestas Wind System A/S:
Deminor is investigating elements which led to severe losses for investors in Vestas Wind Systems (ISIN: DK0010268606 - Ticker: VWS.CO - Nasdaq OMX Copenhagen Exchange - hereafter the "Company"), a...
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20-04-2011
Sonova Holdings AG - Suspicions of late profit warning:
  Deminor is currently investigating in-depth elements which led on March 16th, 2011 to the profit warning issued by Sonova Holdings AG (ISIN: CH0012549785 - Bloomberg: SOON VX - Swiss Stock...
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24-02-2011
Deminor takes part to the public consultation launched by Italian Market Regulator CONSOB on indemnities paid in the case of early termination of directors and management, succession planning and board self-evaluation and recommendations on individual disclosure of remuneration:
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17-02-2011
Natixis: open letter from Deminor to Mr François Pérol:
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17-02-2011
Natixis: Deminor asks the French AMF not to let this case being buried and forgotten:
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08-02-2011
Deminor's response to the Commission's consultation on the UCITS depositary function and on the UCITS managers' remuneration:
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03-02-2011
AREVA : Deminor writes to Mr Proglio (EDF) and Mr Doerig (Credit Suisse):
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16-12-2010
Deminor launches "Quickscan Shareholders Position" for non-listed companies:
Since more than 20 years, Deminor is through its corporate finance activities also active as advisor of shareholders of non-listed companies (« NLC »). We see that little attention is...
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09-12-2010
Two years post Madoff:
  Two years after the Madoff fraud was revealed, a group of 2.500 European investors continue to take actions aimed at recovering their losses suffered on investments in funds with Madoff...
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08-12-2010
Open letter to Mr Bernard Arnault (LVMH):
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03-11-2010
Lehman Brothers Notes - Targobank:
  Deminor has started federating a large group of German retail clients of Targobank whose assets and savings had been invested in Lehman Brothers Treasury notes consisting in complex and...
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13-10-2010
Deminor sends a letter to BaFin in connection with the situation of the investors in Deutsche Postbank:
  Following the announcement by Deutsche Bank AG of its voluntary offer on Deutsche Postbank AG, Deminor started analyzing the position of the minority shareholders of Deutsche...
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06-10-2010
BNB Case - Judgment of the court of Appeal from 30 September 2010:
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01-10-2010
Press Release: Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (LHSP):
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23-09-2010
Court decision Lernout & Hauspie:
After six years of investigation, three years of trial including 20 months of deliberation, the Court of Appeal of Ghent has rendered at last on 20 September 2010 its decision in the LHSP case in a...
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20-09-2010
Press release Deminor - UBS - 20 September 2010:
  In an open letter sent today to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of UBS (attached to this press release), Deminor, Actares and Euroshareholders formally request the Board to reconsider...
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17-09-2010
Lernout & Hauspie: After almost 10 years, the Court’s judgment will be rendered on September 20th, 2010.:
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27-08-2010
Fortis case: Misleading information:
  Deminor takes note of the recent decision of the Dutch Market Authority (Autoriteit Financiële Markten or AFM) that condemns Fortis (now Ageas) once more for violation of the Dutch law...
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30-07-2010
Carrere Group: Transmission of the criminal investigations to the French financial squad and winding up of Carrere Group by order of the Commercial Court of Bobigny :
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16-06-2010
Fortis : Deminor reacts to the report of experts appointed by the Dutch Enterprise Chamber:
Deminor takes notice of today's release of the report of experts appointed by the Dutch Entreprise Chamber on November 24, 2008. The 581 pages report contains a detailed description of Fortis'...
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19-04-2010
Natixis case: François Pérol does not answer anymore!:
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16-04-2010
Deminor evaluates options for UBS shareholders following the AGM's refusal to grant discharge:
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10-03-2010
Fortis Case - Misleading information – Decision of the Dutch Autoriteit Financiële Markten:
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04-03-2010
Deminor reacts to today’s Luxembourg court ruling on the Luxalpha case:
Deminor deplores that European investors have been deprived of their right to enforce their claims derived from EU law before the Luxembourg courts. In order to maximize their chances of recovery...
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26-02-2010
Deminor presented its report on Club Mediterranee's Corporate Governance practices at its Annual General Meeting on February 25, 2010:
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19-02-2010
Lehman Brothers Citibank - More than 98,6% of our clients accepted the settlement agreement:
More than 98,6% of Deminor's clients have entered into the settlement agreement negotiated between Citibank Belgium and Deminor in the framework of the Lehman Brothers case. Deminor will no longer...
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02-02-2010
Master Finance - Dominion:
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02-02-2010
Carrere Group - 203 shareholders file a claim:
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01-02-2010
Vivendi Class Action in the USA:
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13-01-2010
Misleading information – Deminor sues Fortis SA/NV:
As already announced in December 2009, Deminor launches today a procedure against Fortis SA/NV for having violated its obligations as a listed company with respect to the information it has to...
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07-01-2010
Citibank Belgium and Deminor reach agreement on a settlement offer for Lehman Brothers notes:
The agreement provides Citibank Belgium customers with an immediate opportunity to recover a significant part of their investment in notes issued and guaranteed by Lehman Brothers in the context of...
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05-01-2010
730 shareholders served a writ of summons against Natixis before the Commercial Court of Paris:
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11-12-2009
One Year post Madoff:
  One year after the Madoff scandal was revealed, European investors have formed a pan-European syndicate aimed at recovering their losses suffered on funds with Madoff exposure. Deminor's...
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01-12-2009
Joost J.Kramer (29) has been appointed as new Manager of Deminor Nederland:
Amsterdam, Tuesday 1 December 2009 - As from 1 December 2009, Mr Joost J. Kramer (29) has been appointed as new manager of Deminor Nederland. Joost Kramer is an experienced lawyer with an MSc in...
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23-11-2009
Natixis - Deminor writes to Mr François Pérol, President of the BCPE:
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29-10-2009
BNB - Action for annulment of the law of 3 April 2009:
Deminor and several private shareholders of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) have instituted an action for the annulment of the law of 3 April 2009. This law radically modifies the rules governing...
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26-10-2009
More than 9% of the capital of Carrere has retained Deminor:
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20-10-2009
Deminor webcast: Status of the Madoff Case:
  This webcast will be online on Tuesday October 20, 2009 at 10:30 AM.   Go to the webcast "Deminor: status of the Madoff
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17-09-2009
KBC Bank and Deminor reach amicable agreement on CDOs:
  Brussels, 17 September 2009   Through an open and constructive dialogue, KBC Bank and Deminor have reached an amicable settlement in relation to the markdowns incurred by Deminor...
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26-05-2009
Handelsblatt: a portrait of Deminor "Im Auftrag des kleinen Aktionärs":
  A reporter of Handelsblatt has visited Deminor and were impressed...   Please choose "German" as language in order to read this
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23-04-2009
The initiators of the alternative plan for Fortis request a public debate :
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16-04-2009
Lehman Brothers Treasury Co. B.V:
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07-04-2009
Madoff: Deminor Client win summary court proceeding against HSBC and Bank Medici:
  On April, 2, 2009, the Luxembourg Tribunal d'Arrondissement ordered Herald Lux, a Luxembourg based UCITS compliant investment fund (SICAV), and its service providers to release important...
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06-03-2009
UBS has to supply some documents about the Madoff fund.:
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05-03-2009
Deminor clients win their summary proceeding against Luxalpha and UBS :
The Tribunal d'Arrondissement of Luxembourg has decided on March 4, 2009 that Luxalpha and UBS release certain important documents to the plaintiffs, investors in Luxalpha advised by Deminor. More...
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26-02-2009
Deminor reacts to the CSSF statement regarding Luxalpha / UBS and to UBS's reply:
Deminor asks UBS to pay damages to all investors in funds with Madoff exposure for which UBS entities have acted as investment manager and/or depositary. Deminor addresses a letter to the CSSF...
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17-02-2009
Lehman Brothers - Webcast:
  During this presentation, Deminor will comment its analysis and the concrete actions for investors who bought financial products of Lehman Brothers through Belgian Citibank and Deutsche...
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17-02-2009
Madoff - Message from Gewinn:
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15-02-2009
Madoff: webcast and press conference:
  Please click on the link below to follow our press conference through webcast:   http://pulse.companywebcast.nl/Playerv1_0/default.aspx?id=2149   Please find below the slides...
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11-02-2009
Deminor announces the filing of a law suit against Luxalpha and various UBS entitiesDeminor announces the filing of a law suit against Luxalpha and various UBS entities:
  Luxalpha and the UBS entities have been sued in summary proceedings to produce certain materially important information. Please click here for more information.   Please find below a...
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14-01-2009
Madoff - Message about Deminor in the German newspaper "Das Welt":
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13-01-2009
Madoff - Message about Deminor in the German newspaper "Zeit":
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12-01-2009
Madoff - Message about Deminor in the German newspaper "FAZ" - 120109:
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09-01-2009
Madoff - Message about Deminor in the German newspaper "FAZ"-090109:
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10-12-2008
Press release: Deminor vs Suez/Electrabel:
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01-11-2008
The Austrian magazine "Gewinn" publishes some news about Deminor:
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27-10-2008
Lehman Brothers - Message in the German magazine "Wirtschaftswoche":
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23-10-2008
Lehman Brothers product: Deminor analyse banking consultations:
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02-10-2008
Lehman Brothers-Press release:
  Deminor is forming a European Creditor Committee with the objective of representing European Lehman Brothers creditors and recovering their assets from Lehman Brother's restructuring and...
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22-09-2008
Deminor reacts to the public consultation on the Belgian Corporate Governance Code:
  Please find here below the reaction of Deminor to the public consultation on the Belgian Corporate Governance Code organized by the Corporate Governance
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26-05-2008
Charles Demoulin becomes Partner Deminor:
  The Deminor partners are pleased to announce you that Charles Demoulin has joined their partnership.   Charles will be mainly in charge of shareholder engagements on behalf of...
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27-03-2008
Deminor participates to the 2008 BNB shareholder meeting:
Every year, Deminor participates to the shareholder meeting of the National Bank of Belgium in the framework of the mandate received from its clients. Deminor's clients are dissatisfied with the...
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14-02-2008
Deminor is grouping European shareholders of UBS :
Following the release by UBS of its 2007 year end results, Deminor started grouping investors in UBS with a view to defending their interests.Deminor believes that the UBS management has recklessly...
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22-07-2007
Several investors advised by Deminor assigned ING Belgium:
  Several (old) customers of Bank BBL (ING Belgium) assigned ING to recover the losses which they underwent on products. Please choose "French" or "Dutch" in order to read the
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