http://www.wessanen.comRoyal Wessanen nv RSS FeedRoyal Wessanen nvSat, 25 Feb 2012 18:37:36 GMThttp://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2012/fy-2011-wessanen-taking-encouraging-steps-towards-achieving-strategic-goals/FY 2011 highlights * Grocery and ABC drivers of 2011 2.9% autonomous revenue growth * FY '11 normalised EBIT up 20% * Dividend per share of €0.08 (payout ratio of 40%) CEO Statement Piet Hein Merckens (CEO) comments: "The...Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:15:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2012/fy-2011-wessanen-taking-encouraging-steps-towards-achieving-strategic-goals/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2012/wessanen-to-publish-q4-2011-figures-on-23-february/Royal Wessanen will publish its Q4 2011 press release on Thursday 23 February 2012 before market opening (at 7h15 CET). At 9h30 CET, a press meeting will be hosted by Piet Hein Merckens (CEO) and Ronald Merckx (CFO) at the Double Tree Hotel...Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:47:32 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2012/wessanen-to-publish-q4-2011-figures-on-23-february/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2012/wessanen-to-nominate-ivonne-rietjens-and-marjet-van-zuijlen-to-its-supervisory-board/Royal Wessanen nv will propose to appoint Prof. Dr. Ir. I.M.C.M. (Ivonne) Rietjens and Drs. M.M. (Marjet) van Zuijlen as new members to its Supervisory Board at its next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on 17 April 2012. Prof....Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:15:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2012/wessanen-to-nominate-ivonne-rietjens-and-marjet-van-zuijlen-to-its-supervisory-board/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-update-on-performance-of-us-subsidiary-abc/Operating result lower than earlier anticipated, but still significantly higher than 2010American Beverage Corporation (ABC) - Wessanen's US subsidiary - is well on its way to significantly increase revenue and operating profit compared to 2010....Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:15:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-update-on-performance-of-us-subsidiary-abc/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/q3-2011-wessanens-next-consecutive-quarter-with-progression/Q3 highlights * Q3 autonomous revenue growth +8.0% (5.2% volume) * Grocery continues to perform well * ABC showing very strong performance in third quarter CEO Statement Piet Hein Merckens (CEO) comments: "I am increasingly...Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:28:34 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/q3-2011-wessanens-next-consecutive-quarter-with-progression/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-to-publish-q3-2011-figures-on-27-october/Royal Wessanen nv will publish its Q3 2011 press release on Thursday 27 October before market opening (at 7h15 CET). At 11h00 CET an analyst and investor conference call will be hosted. The dial-in number is +31 (0)20 794 8485. There will...Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:02:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-to-publish-q3-2011-figures-on-27-october/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-expects-its-us-subsidiary-abc-to-achieve-an-operating-result-of-us-17-19-million-in-2011/Wessanen expects its US subsidiary ABC to achieve an operating result of US$ 17-19 million in 2011   American Beverages Corporation (ABC) - Wessanen's US subsidiary - is expected to achieve higher than anticipated revenue and earnings growth...Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:15:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-expects-its-us-subsidiary-abc-to-achieve-an-operating-result-of-us-17-19-million-in-2011/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/q2-2011-wessanen-fitter-and-more-focused/Q2 2011 highlights * Normalised EBIT €11.8 million, up 8.3% * Increased focus due to sale of Tree of Life UK and Kalisterra * Improved brand strength within Grocery CEO Statement Piet Hein Merckens, Wessanen CEO, comments:...Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:15:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/q2-2011-wessanen-fitter-and-more-focused/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-has-sold-tree-of-life-uk/Following a strategic review, announced in February 2011, Wessanen has sold its UK subsidiary Tree of Life UK to a trade buyer. This move is fully in line with Wessanen's strategy to focus on higher added value wholesale activities in the Wessanen...Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-has-sold-tree-of-life-uk/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-successfully-renegotiates-more-favourable-terms-for-its-credit-facility/Royal Wessanen nv has successfully renegotiated certain terms of its €100 million credit facility with the existing syndicate group of banks, being ABN Amro, ING, Rabobank and BNP Paribas. The facility was scheduled to mature in February 2012...Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:04:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-successfully-renegotiates-more-favourable-terms-for-its-credit-facility/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-to-sell-kalisterra-part-of-its-french-hfs-business/Royal Wessanen reached an agreement with a local entrepreneur for the sale and purchase of its French business Kalisterra for an undisclosed amount. Kalisterra is a French distribution company selling food supplements to pharmacies and is part...Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-to-sell-kalisterra-part-of-its-french-hfs-business/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-to-publish-q2-2011-figures-on-27-july/Royal Wessanen nv will publish its Q2 2011 press release on Wednesday 27 July at 7h15 CET. At 9h30 CET, a press conference will be hosted by Piet Hein Merckens (CEO) and Ronald Merckx (CFO) at the WTC (at 'Place du Tertre') in Amsterdam. At...Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:10:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-to-publish-q2-2011-figures-on-27-july/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-announces-exchange-ratio-for-2010-dividend/Royal Wessanen has determined the exchange ratio for the dividend in shares for the year 2010. A dividend of €0.05 per share was approved by the AGM on 19 April and, at the option of the shareholder, is to be paid either wholly in cash or in...Fri, 13 May 2011 13:42:19 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-announces-exchange-ratio-for-2010-dividend/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/q1-2011-wessanen-off-to-a-good-start/Q1 2011 highlights * Revenue¹ up 3.6% to €178.8 million, autonomous growth² 0.2% * Autonomous² revenue growth Wessanen Europe Grocery 5.9% and Wessanen Europe HFS (6.1)% * Ongoing focus to improve operations in areas such as brand...Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:15:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/q1-2011-wessanen-off-to-a-good-start/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-2010-agm-resolutions/Royal Wessanen nv announces that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, held in Amsterdam on 19 April 2011, has approved the appointment of Mr R.J.J.B. (Ronald) Merckx as member of the Executive Board for a term of four years, commencing...Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:39:09 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-2010-agm-resolutions/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-to-publish-q1-2011-figures-on-28-april/Royal Wessanen nv will publish its Q1 2011 press release on Thursday 28 April before market opening (at 7h15 CET). At 10h30 CET an analyst and investor conference call will be hosted. There will also be a live audio webcast via www.wessanen.com....Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:48:46 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-to-publish-q1-2011-figures-on-28-april/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/new-corporate-website-for-royal-wessanen/Royal Wessanen nv launched its brand new corporate website (www.wessanen.com) this week. The new site underpins the company's vision 'to make our organic brands most desired in Europe'. A fresh design including the use of lifestyle and product...Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:01:38 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/new-corporate-website-for-royal-wessanen/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-annual-report-and-convocation-agm-online/Royal Wessanen nv announces that it has published its Annual Report 2010 online today (annualreport.wessanen.com). The printed version will be available in the week commencing 14 March. Furthermore, the Company published via its website the convocation...Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-annual-report-and-convocation-agm-online/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/ronald-merckx-to-become-new-cfo-royal-wessanen/The Supervisory Board of Royal Wessanen proposes to appoint Ronald Merckx as CFO and member of the Executive Board for a period of four years, commencing on 1 June 2011. The proposed appointment is the consequence of the resignation of Frans...Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/ronald-merckx-to-become-new-cfo-royal-wessanen/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/q4-2010-wessanen-repositioned-for-growth/Q4 2010 highlights Revenue¹ up 2.1% to €172.5 million, autonomous growth² (1.7)% Autonomous² ³ growth Wessanen Europe Grocery 8.3%; Wessanen Europe HFS (7.5)% Operating result (EBIT) €(12.1) million, impacted by non-recurring items...Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/q4-2010-wessanen-repositioned-for-growth/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-to-publish-q4-2010-figures-on-24-february/Royal Wessanen nv will publish its Q4 2010 press release on Thursday 24 February before market opening (at 7h15 CET). At 10h00 CET, a press conference will be hosted by Piet Hein Merckens (CEO) and Frans Eelkman Rooda (CFO) at the WTC (at...Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:20:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2011/wessanen-to-publish-q4-2010-figures-on-24-february/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-sells-panos-brands/Royal Wessanen nv announces that it has sold its US subsidiary PANOS Brands to an affiliate of private equity company High Road Capital Partners Fund I, L.P. The purchase price on a cash- and debt-free basis amounts to USD 22 million resulting...Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-sells-panos-brands/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/cfo-change-at-wessanen-in-2011/The Supervisory Board of Royal Wessanen nv and Mr Frans Eelkman Rooda have agreed in mutual consultation that Mr Eelkman Rooda will step down as CFO of Wessanen on or before 31 May 2011. In the intervening period, the Supervisory Board of...Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/cfo-change-at-wessanen-in-2011/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen---ruling-issued-regarding-dispute-with-kehe/Royal Wessanen nv announces that a binding ruling has been issued by the arbitrator in the dispute with Kehe Food Distributors regarding the post-closing adjustments to the purchase price paid by Kehe for its acquisition of Tree of Life,...Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen---ruling-issued-regarding-dispute-with-kehe/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-reports-operating-result-in-line-with-expectations/Q3 2010 highlights Revenue up 1.2% to EUR 173.4 million, autonomous growth (2.0)% Operating result EUR 1.6 million, impacted by higher spending on marketing, sales force and ICT Strategic initiatives (e.g. brand harmonisation and centralised...Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-reports-operating-result-in-line-with-expectations/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/invite-for-wessanens-q3-results-wire-call/Royal Wessanen nv will publish its Q3 2010 results by means of a press release on Thursday 28 October at 07h15 CET.   Following the release, a wire call will be hosted by Frans Eelkman Rooda (CFO) at 08h00 CET.  ...Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/invite-for-wessanens-q3-results-wire-call/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/statement-on-child-labour-at-hazelnut-harvest/Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/statement-on-child-labour-at-hazelnut-harvest/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-to-publish-2010-q3-figures-on-28-october/Royal Wessanen nv will publish its Q3 2010 press release on Thursday 28 October before market opening (around 7h15 CET). At 10h00 CET an analyst and investor conference call will be hosted. There will also be a live audio webcast via www.wessanen.com....Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-to-publish-2010-q3-figures-on-28-october/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-to-end-its-adr-programme/Royal Wessanen nv announces that it will commence the termination of its American Depository Receipts (‘ADR’) programme. Since 1988, Wessanen sponsors a programme of ADRs managed by JP Morgan Chase Bank. For Wessanen, the benefits...Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-to-end-its-adr-programme/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-reports-improved-underlying-operating-profit-and-eps/Q2 2010 highlights Revenue steady at EUR 193.7 million, in line with last year’s second quarter Operating result (EBIT) improved to EUR 9.4 million (Q2 2009: EUR (4.8) million) Net result of EUR 6.6 million; Earnings per share (EPS) of...Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-reports-improved-underlying-operating-profit-and-eps/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/durk-jager-stepped-down-from-the-supervisory-board/Royal Wessanen nv announces that Mr Durk Jager, Chairman of its Supervisory Board, has resigned from the Board with immediate effect. Mr Frans Koffrie has taken up the position of Chairman as from the end of business on 28 July 2010. Mr Jager...Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/durk-jager-stepped-down-from-the-supervisory-board/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-to-publish-q2-2010-figures-on-29-july/Amsterdam, 14 July 2010 Royal Wessanen nv will publish its Q2 2010 press release on Thursday 29 July before market opening. At 09h00 CET, a press conference will be hosted by Piet Hein Merckens (CEO) and Frans Eelkman Rooda (CFO) at the...Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-to-publish-q2-2010-figures-on-29-july/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/whole-earth-tv-campaign---first-time-in-history/Whole Earth, UK is currently running a TV campaign for the first time in the history of the brand. Until the end of June, Whole Earth will be all over television screens in the UK which will result in over 29 million consumer impressions...Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/whole-earth-tv-campaign---first-time-in-history/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-reaches-agreement-with-former-ceo/Amsterdam, 3 June 2010 The Supervisory Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that it has reached an agreement with the company’s former CEO Ad Veenhof regarding the latter’s severance package. Mr Veenhof is eligible for an additional...Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-reaches-agreement-with-former-ceo/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/piet-hein-merckens-ceo-of-wessanen-from-1-june-2010/Piet Hein Merckens sounds the opening gong at NYSE Euronext Amsterdam in honour of his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Royal Wessanen nv on 1 June 2010, and to mark the relocation of the company’s headquarters to Amsterdam. Wessanen...Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/piet-hein-merckens-ceo-of-wessanen-from-1-june-2010/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-reports-improved-operating-result/Utrecht, 29 April 2010 Q1 2010 highlights Revenue amounted to EUR 172.6 million, a 2.5% increase (autonomous increase of 2.9%) Improvement operating result (EBIT) to EUR 6.4 million, driven by higher results at ABC and Frozen Foods and by...Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-reports-improved-operating-result/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/annual-general-meeting-of-shareholders-approves-all-agenda-items/Utrecht, 14 April 2010 Royal Wessanen nv announces that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, held in Sheraton Schiphol Airport on 14 April 2010, has approved the appointment of Mr. P.H. (Piet Hein) Merckens as member of the Executive...Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/annual-general-meeting-of-shareholders-approves-all-agenda-items/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-nominates-deloitte-as-its-new-external-auditor/Utrecht, 26 March 2010 Royal Wessanen nv announces that at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 14 April 2010 it will nominate Deloitte Accountants bv as the external auditor to audit the Company's 2010 financial statements. Following...Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-nominates-deloitte-as-its-new-external-auditor/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-annual-report-2009-and-agenda-agm-online/Utrecht, 12 March 2010 Royal Wessanen nv announces that it has published its Annual Report 2009 online today. The printed version will be available as of the week of 29 March. Furthermore, the Company published the Agenda with explanatory...Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-annual-report-2009-and-agenda-agm-online/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-completes-equity-offering/Utrecht, 9 March 2010 Wessanen successfully raises EUR 18.4 million in equity offering Royal Wessanen N.V. (“Wessanen” or the “Company”) announces that it has successfully raised EUR 18.4 million through an accelerated...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-completes-equity-offering/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-announces-an-offering-of-new-ordinary-shares/Utrecht, 8 March 2010 Wessanen announces an offering of new ordinary shares · Royal Wessanen N.V. (“Wessanen” or the “Company”) today announces the launch of an equity offering (the “Offering”) of up to...Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-announces-an-offering-of-new-ordinary-shares/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-2009-a-year-of-refocusing/Utrecht, February 25, 2010 Wessanen 2009: a year of refocusing Q4 2009 highlights Tree of Life, Inc. divestment completed in January 2010, transaction price USD 190 million Divestment of three smaller non-core companies, in line with chosen...Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-2009-a-year-of-refocusing/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-closes-sale-of-tree-of-life-inc/Utrecht, February 1, 2010 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that it has completed the sale of its North American distribution business Tree of Life, Inc., to Kehe Food Distributors, based in Romeoville, Illinois. As announced...Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-closes-sale-of-tree-of-life-inc/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-provides-strategy-update/Utrecht, January 13, 2010 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that today it will provide an update on its strategy. Following the agreed sale of Tree of Life, Inc., Wessanen will comprise three ongoing activities: Wessanen...Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/wessanen-provides-strategy-update/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/piet-hein-merckens-to-be-appointed-as-new-ceo-wessanen/Utrecht, January 13, 2010 Royal Wessanen nv announces that the Supervisory Board will propose to appoint Piet Hein Merckens as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv at the next Annual General Meeting...Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/piet-hein-merckens-to-be-appointed-as-new-ceo-wessanen/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/shareholders-approve-sale-of-tree-of-life/Utrecht, January 13, 2010 Royal Wessanen nv announces that the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, held in Amsterdam on January 13, 2010, has approved the sale of Tree of Life, Inc., to Kehe Food Distributors, Inc. At the same...Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2010/shareholders-approve-sale-of-tree-of-life/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-sells-righi/Utrecht, December 31, 2009 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that the business of Righi S.r.L., based in Reggio Emilia, Italy, has been sold to local management and an investment company for an undisclosed amount, effective...Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-sells-righi/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-sells-tree-of-life-north-america-to-kehe-food-distributors/Utrecht, December 23, 2009 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv (“Wessanen”) announces that it has reached agreement with Kehe Food Distributors, Inc. (“Kehe”) on the sale and purchase of Tree of Life, Inc. and...Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-sells-tree-of-life-north-america-to-kehe-food-distributors/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/amsterdam-court-dissolves-employment-contract-veenhof/Utrecht, December 22, 2009 On December 22, 2009 the Amsterdam Court decided to dissolve the employment contract between Royal Wessanen nv en Mr Ad Veenhof as of January 1, 2010. It awarded Mr Veenhof a gross dissolution fee of EUR 558,000...Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/amsterdam-court-dissolves-employment-contract-veenhof/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-sells-liberty-richter/Utrecht, November 20, 2009 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that Liberty Richter, based in Bloomfield, New Jersey (USA), has been sold to World Finer Foods (WFF), also based in Bloomfield, New Jersey, for an undisclosed...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-sells-liberty-richter/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-sells-karl-kemper/Utrecht, October 30, 2009 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that the business of Karl Kemper GmbH, based in Borken, Germany, has been sold to a company owned by funds managed by BPE Private Equity GmbH in Hamburg and members...Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-sells-karl-kemper/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/results-q3-2009-strategic-transition-progressing/Utrecht, October 28, 2009 Strategic & operational highlights Divestment Tree of Life North America progressing according to plan. Intention to divest frozen food operations Karl Kemper and Righi. Forensic investigation at American Beverage...Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/results-q3-2009-strategic-transition-progressing/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/amsterdam-court-dissolves-employment-contract-veenhof/Utrecht, September 8, 2009 Shareholders approve proposed dissolution of employment contract former CEO by court decision. Royal Wessanen nv announces that the General Meeting of Shareholders, held in Amsterdam on September 8, 2009, has approved...Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/amsterdam-court-dissolves-employment-contract-veenhof/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-to-dissolve-contract-with-veenhof/Utrecht, July 29, 2009 The Supervisory Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces its intention to request the court to dissolve the employment agreement of Mr Veenhof, who resigned his post as CEO on February 24, 2009. The decision to start a...Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-to-dissolve-contract-with-veenhof/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/2009-q2-results-operating-result-in-line-with-outlook-but-bottom-line-affected-by-impairments/Utrecht, July 29, 2009 Financial results · Increase of 4.8% in revenue to EUR 408.5 million · Reported operating loss of EUR 5.4 million (operating profit of EUR 7.3 million, excluding impairments and other incidental results at ABC) · Net...Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/2009-q2-results-operating-result-in-line-with-outlook-but-bottom-line-affected-by-impairments/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-to-create-more-headroom-in-main-credit-facility/Utrecht, July 23, 2009 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that it has reached agreement with its four syndicate banks on significant amendments to its €250 million credit facility. Wessanen announced in April of this...Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-to-create-more-headroom-in-main-credit-facility/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/potential-2008-equity-adjustment/Utrecht, June 15, 2009 Highlights Equity of US operating company American Beverage Company (‘ABC’) as at year end 2008 potentially overstated by €10 mln Investigation by external auditor in progress Excluding result ABC,...Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/potential-2008-equity-adjustment/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/q1-09-sales-hold-up-operating-profit-down/Highlights Increase of 7.1% in revenue to EUR 412.0 million (Q1-08: EUR 384.6 million); organic revenue development was flat. Operating profit of EUR 0.3 million (Q1-08: EUR 12.4 million), including incidental charges of EUR 4.5 million (Q1-08:...Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/q1-09-sales-hold-up-operating-profit-down/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/annual-general-meeting-of-shareholders-approves-re-appointments/Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/annual-general-meeting-of-shareholders-approves-re-appointments/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-to-focus-on-european-natural-organic-and-specialty-food-products/Highlights: Review to exit all North American branded and distribution businesses Focus strategically on natural, organic and specialty food products in Europe Change European segment reporting The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv today...Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-to-focus-on-european-natural-organic-and-specialty-food-products/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/early-indication-first-quarter-2009-results/The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that, in constant currencies, its first quarter revenue is expected to be broadly in line with the revenue reported over the first quarter of 2008 (Q1-08: EUR 384.6 million). Wessanen’s...Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/early-indication-first-quarter-2009-results/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-continued-growth-at-all-four-businesses/Highlights Total revenue in Q4-08 was EUR 442.2 million, against EUR 411.5 million in the same quarter last year, including a positive currency effect of EUR 11.2 million. This represents 4.7% growth in constant currencies, with all four businesses...Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-continued-growth-at-all-four-businesses/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/changes-supervisory-board-wessanen/Royal Wessanen nv today announced that at the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) to be held on April 22, 2009, it will propose to appoint a new member to its Supervisory Board. Proposed new member of the Supervisory Board...Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/changes-supervisory-board-wessanen/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-ceo-ad-veenhof-steps-down/The Supervisory Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that Ad Veenhof has stepped down as CEO of Royal Wessanen with immediate effect. The search for a successor is expected to be completed within a few months. For the interim period, Frans...Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-ceo-ad-veenhof-steps-down/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/closure-of-public-offer-for-remaining-publicly-held-shares-in-distriborg-groupe/Utrecht, February 13, 2009 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces the closure of the public offer followed by a mandatory buy-out of the remaining 0.4% of the shares of Distriborg Groupe, initiated by its French subsidiary Wessanen...Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/closure-of-public-offer-for-remaining-publicly-held-shares-in-distriborg-groupe/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/public-offer-for-the-remaining-publicly-held-shares-in-distriborg-groupe-initiated-starts-january-26-2009/Utrecht, January 23, 2009 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that the public offer followed by a mandatory buy out of the remaining 0.4% of the shares of Distriborg Groupe, initiated by its French subsidiary Wessanen France...Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/public-offer-for-the-remaining-publicly-held-shares-in-distriborg-groupe-initiated-starts-january-26-2009/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-starts-buyout-process-on-remaining-shares-distriborg-groupe/Utrecht, January 7, 2009 Wessanen requests suspension of trading of shares Distriborg Groupe The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that a proposed public offer followed by a mandatory buyout offer on the remaining 6,613 (0.4%)...Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2009/wessanen-starts-buyout-process-on-remaining-shares-distriborg-groupe/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/q3-2008---wessanen-continued-good-performance-in-all-four-businesses/Utrecht, October 28, 2008 Wessanen: continued good performance in all four businesses Highlights Total revenue in Q3-08 was EUR 386.9 million, against EUR 387.9 million in the same quarter last year, including a negative currency effect of...Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/q3-2008---wessanen-continued-good-performance-in-all-four-businesses/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/wessanen-requests-suspension-of-trading-of-shares-distriborg-groupe/Utrecht, October 17, 2008 Wessanen requests suspension of trading of shares Distriborg Groupe The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that its French subsidiary Distriborg Group has requested Euronext Paris to suspend the trading...Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/wessanen-requests-suspension-of-trading-of-shares-distriborg-groupe/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/wessanen-to-acquire-all-remaining-shares-distriborg/Utrecht, September 2, 2008 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that its subsidiary Wessanen France SAS has reached an agreement with Laboratoires Lehning to acquire all of their 159,667 shares in Distriborg Group (listed on...Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/wessanen-to-acquire-all-remaining-shares-distriborg/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/q2-2008-wessanen-maintains-strong-sales-growth-full-year-outlook-reconfirmed/Utrecht, July 31, 2008 Wessanen maintains strong sales growth; full year outlook reconfirmed Highlights Revenue in Q2-08 was EUR 389.1 million, against EUR 391.9 million in the same period last year, including a negative currency effect...Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/q2-2008-wessanen-maintains-strong-sales-growth-full-year-outlook-reconfirmed/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/wessanen-strengthens-dairy-alternatives-category-with-so-good-acquisition/Utrecht, July 2, 2008 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that an agreement has been reached with So Good International Limited based in Peterborough, United Kingdom and the Australasian Conference Association Limited based...Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/wessanen-strengthens-dairy-alternatives-category-with-so-good-acquisition/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/wessanen-announces-change-in-executive-board/Utrecht, May 9th 2008 Royal Wessanen nv announces today that Han Wagter, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the Executive Board, has decided to leave the company to pursue other interests. Mr. Wagter will be succeeded by Frans Eelkman...Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/wessanen-announces-change-in-executive-board/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/q1-2008-solid-underlying-performance-in-all-four-businesses/Utrecht, May 9th 2008 Q1 2008: Solid underlying performance in all four businesses Highlights Total revenue in Q1-08 was EUR 384.6 million (Q1-07: EUR 388.5 million). Currency effect contributed EUR 36.2 million negatively. Autonomous sales...Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/q1-2008-solid-underlying-performance-in-all-four-businesses/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/agm-april-16-2008/Annual General Meeting of Shareholders approves (re-)appointment of a member of the Supervisory Board, Supervisory Board remuneration and proposal for dividend payment over 2007 Utrecht, April 17, 2008 Royal Wessanen nv announces that the...Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/agm-april-16-2008/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/q4-solid-growth-and-profitability-in-all-four-businesses/Utrecht, February 26, 2008 Highlights Total revenue in Q4-07 was EUR 411.5 million (Q4-06: EUR 407.8 million). Currency effect contributed EUR 33.3 million negatively. Solid growth figures at all four businesses – on or above target....Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2008/q4-solid-growth-and-profitability-in-all-four-businesses/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/change-executive-board-wessanen-completed/Utrecht, November 26, 2007 Change Executive Board Wessanen completed Following the earlier announcement regarding the resignation of Mr. Niels Onkenhout as Member of the Executive Board and President of the European operations, Royal Wessanen...Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/change-executive-board-wessanen-completed/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/q3-solid-growth-in-all-four-businesses/Utrecht, October 31, 2007 Highlights Total revenue in Q3-07 was EUR 387.9 million (Q3-06: EUR 373.2 million). Currency effect had a negative impact of EUR 20.4 million. Solid growth figures at all four businesses – on or above target....Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/q3-solid-growth-in-all-four-businesses/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/royal-wessanen-completes-share-buyback-program-of-eur-50-million/September 25, 2007 Further to the announcements on February 27, 2007, and April 27, 2007, Royal Wessanen nv announces that its share buyback program for the year 2007 is completed. The purpose of the program was to return part of the proceeds...Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/royal-wessanen-completes-share-buyback-program-of-eur-50-million/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/wessanen-selected-for-investment-by-triodos-meerwaardefonds-triodos-values-equity-fund/Utrecht, September 5 2007 Royal Wessanen nv announces that as of September 1, 2007, it has been selected for the sustainable investment funds of Triodos Bank. These funds invest in publicly owned companies which combine solid financial results...Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/wessanen-selected-for-investment-by-triodos-meerwaardefonds-triodos-values-equity-fund/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/change-executive-board-wessanen/Utrecht, September 4 2007 Change Executive Board Wessanen Royal Wessanen nv announces that on December 31, 2007, upon the expiration of his statutory four-year contract, Niels R. Onkenhout, currently Member of the Executive Board and President...Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/change-executive-board-wessanen/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/q2-all-four-business-units-show-growth-ebit-up-by-22/Utrecht, August 1, 2007 Highlights Revenue in Q2-07 was EUR 391.9 million, against EUR 394.8 million in the same period last year, including a negative currency effect of EUR 14.5 million. All four business units showed growth in local currencies. EBIT...Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/q2-all-four-business-units-show-growth-ebit-up-by-22/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/wessanen-and-rabo-capital-established-new-company-to-merge-frozen-snack-business/Today, Royal Wessanen nv and Rabo Capital completed the transaction to merge the activities of Habek Snacks and Wessanen in ragout rolls (‘kroketten’), hamburgers, meat rolls (‘frikandellen’) and halal snacks in a jointly...Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/wessanen-and-rabo-capital-established-new-company-to-merge-frozen-snack-business/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/royal-wessanen-announces-start-of-share-buyback-program-of-eur-50-million/Further to the announcement on February 27, 2007, Royal Wessanen nv announces that its share buyback program for the year 2007 will start on May 2nd, 2007. For more details please download the complete document:Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/royal-wessanen-announces-start-of-share-buyback-program-of-eur-50-million/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/tree-of-life-acquires-organica-usa/Utrecht, April 24th 2007 Tree of Life acquires Organica USA For more details, please download the complete document. For more information, please contact Corporate Communications, phone +31 (0)30 298 88 31; e-mail corporate.communic...Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/tree-of-life-acquires-organica-usa/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/wessanen-general-meeting-of-shareholders-approves-re-appointment-of-management-and-proposal-for-dividend-payment-over-2006/Utrecht, April 19, 2007 Wessanen General Meeting of Shareholders approves (re-)appointment of management and proposal for dividend payment over 2006 Royal Wessanen nv announces that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, held in Utrecht...Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/wessanen-general-meeting-of-shareholders-approves-re-appointment-of-management-and-proposal-for-dividend-payment-over-2006/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/wessanen-and-rabo-capital-merge-frozen-snack-business/Royal Wessanen nv and Rabo Capital have come to an agreement with the intention to set up a New Company that merges the activities of Habek Snacks and Wessanen in ragout rolls (‘kroketten’), hamburgers, meat rolls (‘frikandellen’)...Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/wessanen-and-rabo-capital-merge-frozen-snack-business/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/wessanen-completes-the-divestment-of-private-label-activities/Wessanen completes the divestment of Private Label activities For more details, please download the complete document:Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/wessanen-completes-the-divestment-of-private-label-activities/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/annual-report-2006/Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/annual-report-2006/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/results-fourth-quarter-2006/Utrecht, February 27th 2007 Results fourth quarter 2006 All units improved profit margins, share buy-back of EUR 50 million. For more details, please download the complete document:Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/results-fourth-quarter-2006/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/wessanen-signs-contract-to-sell-private-label-activities/Utrecht, February 16th 2007 Wessanen signs contract to sell Private Label activities The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that it has signed the agreement with One Equity Partners to sell the activities of Dailycer and Delicia...Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2007/wessanen-signs-contract-to-sell-private-label-activities/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-divests-private-label-activities/Utrecht, December 14th 2006 Wessanen divests Private Label activities The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that it has received a binding offer from financial investor One Equity Partners Europe (OEP) to buy the activities...Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-divests-private-label-activities/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-branded-businesses-grow-tol-na-no-improvement-yet/Utrecht, November 3, 2006 Highlights Total revenue in Q3-06 was EUR 367.2 million (Q3-05: EUR 399.9 million). Currency effect contributed EUR 11 million negatively. Growth in branded businesses in Europe and North America and Europe Distribution;...Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-branded-businesses-grow-tol-na-no-improvement-yet/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-publishes-first-sustainability-report/Utrecht, September 19, 2006 Wessanen publishes first Sustainability Report Royal Wessanen nv today publishes its first Sustainability Report. The Report details Wessanen’s achievements in the areas of environmental, social and economic...Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-publishes-first-sustainability-report/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-second-quarter-showed-continued-profit-improvement-sales-stay-somewhat-behind/Utrecht, Augustus 9, 2006 Highlights Revenue in Q2-06 was EUR 389 million, against EUR 414 million in the same period last year. Sales at North America Distribution and Europe Branded remained somewhat behind our expectations, whereas North...Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-second-quarter-showed-continued-profit-improvement-sales-stay-somewhat-behind/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-reports-further-improved-results/Utrecht, May 15, 2006 Highlights Revenue in Q1-06 was EUR 408 million, in line with the same period last year. Currency effects contributed EUR 20 million positively. Sales picked up during the quarter after a slow start at the beginning...Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-reports-further-improved-results/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-certificates-to-be-converted-to-ordinary-shares/Utrecht, April 21, 2006The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that preceding the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, held on April 20, 2006, the meeting of holders of certificates has approved the discontinuation of administration...Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-certificates-to-be-converted-to-ordinary-shares/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/richard-lane-new-ceo-wessanen-north-america/Utrecht, April 18, 2006Royal Wessanen nv announces today that Richard Lane will become President and Chief Executive Officer of its North American activities. He will succeed Alec Covington, who has accepted the position of CEO of Nash Finch...Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/richard-lane-new-ceo-wessanen-north-america/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/annual-report-2005-now-available/ window.location.href="http://www.wessanen.com/clients/wessanen/wes-corporate.nsf /0/2F4C1FC85E035C88C12571070051E16A!OpenDocument&action=downloads&start=2005&cat egory=Annual%20report"; Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/annual-report-2005-now-available/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/changes-executive-board-wessanen/Utrecht, March 23, 2006 Royal Wessanen nv announces today that Doede Vierstra, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the Executive Board, will leave the company to become CFO and member of the Executive Board of Nuon, a leading energy...Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/changes-executive-board-wessanen/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-acquires-full-ownership-of-natudis-and-finalizes-acquisition-of-bio-slym/Utrecht, March 21, 2006 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces the acquisition of the remaining 29.7% of the shares of Natudis B.V. (Netherlands), previously owned by one of the founders of the company. Wessanen already owned...Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-acquires-full-ownership-of-natudis-and-finalizes-acquisition-of-bio-slym/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-all-units-returned-to-profitability/Utrecht, Febrary 28, 2006 Highlights Revenue in Q4-05 was EUR 489 million or 2% below last year. Full year revenue decreased by 10%, mainly caused by the strong decrease in the first half of the year. Solid increase EBITAE North America...Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/wessanen-all-units-returned-to-profitability/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/new-member-supervisory-board-wessanen/Utrecht, February 28, 2006 Royal Wessanen nv today announced that it will nominate Mrs. M.C. Lombard as new member of its Supervisory Board at the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 20, 2006. Marie-Christine...Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2006/new-member-supervisory-board-wessanen/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-on-track-for-year-end-goals/Utrecht, November 9, 2005 Highlights third quarter 2005 EBITAE up sharply from EUR 9.2 million to EUR 16.1 million. Return on Sales up from 1.9% to 3.6%, owing to improved performance in most businesses. North American Distribution business...Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-on-track-for-year-end-goals/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-subsidiary-tree-of-life-discontinues-relationship-with-californian-customer/Utrecht, October 21, 2005 Please find attached the press release that was published by Wessanen subsidiary Tree of Life North America.Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-subsidiary-tree-of-life-discontinues-relationship-with-californian-customer/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/solid-results-confirm-recovery-wessanen/Amstelveen, August 31, 2005 Highlights Second Quarter 2005 EBITAE on track (EUR 19.3 million) to realize year-end target; outlook refined Net sales down to EUR 477.8 million due to deliberately terminated turnover, the continued decline...Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/solid-results-confirm-recovery-wessanen/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-and-kpmg-reach-agreement/Amstelveen, July 13, 2005 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that the company has reached a mutually satisfactory agreement with its auditors KPMG relating to the auditing fee for the 2003 accounts. KPMG has now resumed its...Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-and-kpmg-reach-agreement/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-strengthens-premium-taste-strategy-with-righi-acquisition/Amstelveen, June 30, 2005 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that an agreement has been reached with the founder and owner to acquire Righi S.r.l. based in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Righi is a specialist brand in delicacies that...Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-strengthens-premium-taste-strategy-with-righi-acquisition/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-reports-positive-net-profit-and-reduced-debts/Amstelveen, May 11, 2005 Results reported according to IFRS and unaudited Highlights first quarter 2005 Net income Q1 2005 EUR 3.5 million positive compared to a loss of EUR (7.5) million last year. EBITAE amounted to EUR 12 million (Q1...Wed, 11 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-reports-positive-net-profit-and-reduced-debts/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-discussing-with-kpmg-a-reduction-of-its-audit-fee-2003/Amstelveen, May 11, 2005 Wessanen has requested KPMG, auditor of the company, to reduce its auditing fee for the 2003 accounts. Wessanen believes that issues which resulted in substantial extra costs being incurred in connection with the...Wed, 11 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-discussing-with-kpmg-a-reduction-of-its-audit-fee-2003/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-wants-more-influence-for-shareholders/Amstelveen, April 11, 2005 Supplementary to the Agenda for the General Meeting of Shareholders of Royal Wessanen nv, which has been published today, Wessanen’s Supervisory and Executive Boards wish to clarify the company’s vision...Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-wants-more-influence-for-shareholders/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-shows-solid-improvement-in-2004-results/Amstelveen, March 8, 2005 Highlights Full Year 2004 •  Financial performance significantly improved •  EBITAE up from EUR 9.9 million to EUR 60.2 million •  Net income up from a loss of EUR 33.2 million to a profit of EUR...Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-shows-solid-improvement-in-2004-results/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/new-members-supervisory-board-wessanen/Amstelveen, March 8, 2005 Royal Wessanen nv today announced that at the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 27, 2005 , it will propose to appoint two new members to its Supervisory Board. Proposed new Chairman...Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/new-members-supervisory-board-wessanen/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-concentrates-dutch-offices-in-utrecht/Amstelveen, January 31, 2005 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that it has completed its plans to concentrate its Dutch offices at one location. This fall, the non-production offices of BOAS B.V., Beckers Holding and the...Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-concentrates-dutch-offices-in-utrecht/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-further-steps-taken-at-tree-of-life/Amstelveen, January 27, 2005 Royal Wessanen nv today informed employees at its North American subsidiary Tree of Life North America (TOL NA) about further steps taken in its ‘Build on the Roots’ restructuring program. In addition,...Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-further-steps-taken-at-tree-of-life/http://www.wessanen.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-divests-gelderland-frischwaren-gesellschaft/Amstelveen, 17 January 2005 The Executive Board of Royal Wessanen nv announces that Gelderland Frischwarengesellschaft mbH (GFG), part of Wessanen’s Private Label Group, has been sold to Balvers Group for an undisclosed amount. The...Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT/en/newsroom/press-releases/2005/wessanen-divests-gelderland-frischwaren-gesellschaft/