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...und Wettbewerber von Schlott; muss man sich wolh als Vergleich mit ansehen, um das Ausmaß der Branchenmisere abschätzen zu können.


Business update first quarter 2010
• constructive talks with Riva Investments concerning planned voluntary bid have not yet led to conditional agreement
• restructuring proceeding according to plan
• operational result recovering in 2010 thanks to effects of restructuring
• great pressure on margins in the Print Productions market, volumes stabilise at 2009 level
• Marketing Communications market stable

Public bid preparations: status
As indicated at the General Shareholders’ Meeting, constructive talks are being held with Riva Investments B.V. pursuant to their plan to make a voluntary public bid for all outstanding shares in the capital of Roto Smeets Group N.V. At this time the talks have not yet led to conditional agreement. We shall issue further announcements as and when developments may demand.

Financial position
After closing the first quarter of 2010 we can state that the actions taken and the associated cost savings are contributing to a recovery of the operational result. In comparison to the first quarter of 2009 the European volume of paper processed has remained stable, but no price recovery is in sight as yet. Despite improved machine occupancy, added value declined by more than 5%.

Thanks to the reorganisation, labour costs fell by more than 13% compared to the same period in 2009. Other costs declined by more than 18% in the same period. This resulted in a considerably improved EBITDA in comparison with the same period last year.

Financing
Interest-bearing debt remains virtually unchanged in comparison with year-end 2009, despite payments made under the social plan and payment for the press in Weert. The major part of the refinancing plan negotiated with the banks has been put into effect.

The factoring agreement with Fortis Commercial Finance and the credit agreement with ABNAmro have been completed and the agreement with ING bank is in its final phase. It is expected that this agreement with ING bank could be signed in the course of May.

Significant events
Restructuring status
The restructuring of the Roto Smeets Group announced in May last year is proceeding according to plan and will be complete in mid-2010. Roto Smeets Utrecht will finally close its doors at the start of June.

As an extension to the restructuring and in relation to the group’s diminished size, coupled with the arrival of a Chief Operating Officer, a new management structure was announced in the first quarter.

The appointment of a single member of the board responsible for the operational organisation means that the posts of Managing Directors for Offset and Rotogravure have been dispensed with. In view of the group’s smaller size, it was thought that this sort of structure was no longer necessary. By combining the management of the rotogravure plants with the commercial disciplines, we shall be able to develop greater commercial power and build up more market pressure.
The marketing and business development department will continue to do market research but will focus even more on promotion and brand policy, co-ordinated over the entire group.

The responsible marketing manager will develop a strategy together with the board to offer new services so as to achieve greater added value and closer ties with our customers.

In relation to the F&E department, work is continuing to define central and decentral tasks, with a greater focus on control. We shall continue to search for the advantages of synergy among all the plants in a continuous process of standardisation and increasing automation.

In the future ICT will come to play an even more prominent role in our strategy. If we want to keep costs manageable while taking the fullest advantage of future developments, we must centralise and we must optimise the way we use our systems. The ultimate responsibility for this discipline will be laid at the door of the ICT Manager, so we envision a considerable acceleration in the implementation of processes and software packages.

Market developments
The Print Productions business line focuses on three main areas: magazines, catalogues and door-to-door printed matter. Subscription and single issue magazine sales appear to be stabilising at a new print run base. Numerous publishers have recently completed rationalisation campaigns to get their exploitation of various titles back into the black.
The market for door-to-door assignments continues to be stable. Incidental volume effects as a result of the approaching Football World Cup do not seem to be materialising, however.
The catalogue market is characterised on the one hand by a shift from print to on-line, and on the other by changes in frequency from typical summer and winter catalogues to more (but thinner) editions throughout the year. This helps damp out the sales peaks after a major catalogue is published. Taken together, though, these trends are leading to declining catalogue volumes.

The market in which the Marketing Communications business line operates remains stable at the 2009 level. In the first quarter, in this market, the business line was able to add a number of significant new clients to its portfolio. The principal characteristic of this market is a strong expansion in the communications media employed.

Prospects
In this business update we reiterate our statements made on 18 March and 28 April, when we indicated that the actions taken and the associated cost savings are contributing to a steep recovery of the operational result.
Financial calendar 2010:
Half-year figures published: 26 August 2010
3rd quarter business update: 10 November 2010
2010 annual figures published: 17 March 2011


Roto Smeets Group NV
Management Board

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11. August 2010
Roto Smeets setzt neue Blade-Server-Technik ein

Die Roto Smeets Group, Spezialist für die Herstellung effizienter Massenkommunikation in hoher Druckqualität, hat bekannt gegeben, dass
das Unternehmen die neueste Blade-Technik in ihrer IT-Umgebung implementiert haben. Da ihre alten Server das Ende ihres Lebenszyklus erreicht hatten, folgte Roto Smeets dem Rat von Dims organizing print, die Blade-Server-Technik zu erwägen und hat in ein komplettes Blade-System für Dims und andere Anwendungen investiert. "Zunächst haben wir auf der Suche nach einem neuen Server für Dims, unser unternehmenskritisches MIS-System, die üblichen Pfade bewandert. Rückblickend bin ich jedoch froh, dass wir mit der Blade-Server-Technik einen neuen Weg gewählt haben", sagte Theo Bruinhof, Manager ICT-Systeme bei der Roto Smeets Group.

Risikoverteilung und einfaches Anwendungsmanagement

Roto Smeets hat dem Dims-System insgesamt vier Blade-Server zugeordnet; zwei für die Produktionsumgebung (einen für die Oracle-Datenbank und einen für die Dims-Anwendung unter Linux) und zwei für die Testumgebung (mit der gleichen Konfiguration). "Wir haben uns ganz bewusst für diese Variante entschieden, da sie uns große Vorteile, wie etwa eine bessere Risikoverteilung und ein einfacheres Anwendungsmanagement, verschafft", so Antoon Feijen, Corporate Information Manager bei der Roto Smeets Group. "Und wenn wir Dims in Zukunft in einer VM-Umgebung betreiben, werden diese Vorteile noch verstärkt. Die Datenbankpflege oder Software-Updates sind in Zukunft wesentlich leichter durchzuführen, und wenn ein Server ausfällt, springt ein anderer Server automatisch ein, ohne dass der Benutzer es merkt", fügt er hinzu.

Theo Bruinhof ergänzt: "Nach dem ersten Monat, in dem wir Dims auf dem Blade-System in Betrieb genommen haben, sind wir zufrieden. Dieses neue Blade-System hat uns in jeder Hinsicht immense Zeiteinsparungen ermöglicht. Außerdem ermöglicht das System eine enorme Leistungssteigerung, und die IT-Abteilung ist von den neuen Möglichkeiten, die ihre Standardaufgaben erheblich erleichtern, vollauf begeistert."

Dims ist immer auf der Suche nach technischen Entwicklungen, die seinen Kunden zugute kommen. "Die Unterstützung der Blade-Server-Technik ergibt sich ganz natürlich aus diesem Engagement", erläutert Martijn Kemperman, VP Software Development bei Dims organizing print. "Sie bietet Kunden eine ganze Reihe von Vorteilen - von der Leistungssteigerung des gesamten Systems über die Verringerung der Wärmestrahlung und die Risikoverteilung bis hin zum vereinfachten IT-Management. Das sind alles konkrete Vorteile, die unser End-to-End MIS/ERP-System ergänzen."

Blade-Server-Technik

Ein komplettes Blade-System besteht aus einem Bladegehäuse mit verschiedenen Blade-Servern, die dahingehend optimiert sind, dass sie weniger Platz und Energie verbrauchen. Die kompakte Bauweise und die Nutzung der gleichen Ressourcen verringert jedoch nicht die Leistungsfähigkeit. Die Blade-Server innerhalb eines Bladegehäuses teilen die Stromversorgung, die Lüftung, die Netzwerkswitches und die Verwaltung – mit oder ohne VMware.

Erhöhte Leistungsfähigkeit und verringerter Stromverbrauch

In erster Linie war die veraltete Technik der Beweggrund für Roto Smeets, um ein neues System zu installieren, aber der Kostenfaktor spielte dabei auch eine wichtige Rolle. Theo Bruinhof erklärt: "Sowohl die Hardware als auch die Software haben sich schnell weiterentwickelt; unser HP/UX-Server war 8 Jahre alt und die Funktionen in der Dims-Software haben sich in dieser Zeit vervielfacht, was eine erhöhte Leistungsfähigkeit erforderte. Natürlich haben wir neue Prozessoren und Speicher in den alten Server eingebaut, aber die Grenze war fast erreicht. Mit der neuen Blade-Server-Technik und dem bereits vorhandenen Speicherplatz haben wir unsere Leistungsfähigkeit für einen relativ kleinen Preis drastisch erhöht (20-23 x), sodass wir auch für die Zukunft gerüstet sind. Wenn man dann noch den verringerten Stromverbrauch, die verbesserte Wärmeableitung und die einfachen Ausbreitungsmöglichkeiten mit einberechnet, sind wir vollauf überzeugt, dass wir die richtige Wahl getroffen haben."

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AMSTERDAM, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Roto Smeets Group NV says:

* Northern&shell and Roto Smeets Group sign 5 year contract

* Northern&Shell have awarded Roto Smeets a five-year, multi-million-pound contract to print four weekly colour supplements

* Contract is a major addition to the company's portfolio of weekly magazines

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erst jetzt gesehen:

Amsterdam, 8 September 2010
Printing Holding and Roto Smeets Group announce intended public offer for all
ordinary shares of Roto Smeets Group
Highlights
• The Offeror (Printing Holding B.V.), a Dutch special purpose company incorporated by Riva
Investments B.V. (“Riva”) with the sole purpose to acquire all RSG Shares, intends to make a
public offer for all RSG Shares (the “Offer”), pursuant to which all holders of RSG Shares will
be given the opportunity to elect between (i) a consideration in cash of EUR 14, or (ii)
alternatively, at the discretion of the relevant (tendering) holder of RSG Shares, one (1)
depositary receipt for shares in the capital of the Offeror issued by a foundation (stichting
administratiekantoor).
• The cash consideration represents a 39.2% premium over the average closing RSG Share
price for days on which the share has actually been traded ("RSG Trading Days") over the last
month prior to, and including, 6 April 2010, the day before the press release was published by
Riva on its preparations of a possible public offer for the RSG Shares.
• The Offeror supports RSG’s existing strategy and the intended Offer will contribute to the
realisation of this strategy in a private environment.
• Riva has agreed to contribute its RSG Shares (i.e. approximately 15% of the RSG Shares) to
the Offeror in exchange for newly issued shares in the capital of the Offeror, as soon as
possible after this announcement. Shareholders that together hold approximately 55% of the
RSG Shares have committed to tender their RSG Shares under the Offer (when made) while
electing the share consideration referred to sub (ii) of the first bullet above. The RSG Shares
held by Riva and the committed shareholders jointly represent approximately 70% of the issued
and outstanding RSG Shares.
• The management board and the supervisory board of RSG shall facilitate the Offer, and
cooperate in the execution and finalization of the Offer while taking a neutral stance in respect
thereof.
• The Offeror will respect the existing rights of the employees of RSG and the Offer as such will
not result in any redundancies.

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immerhin leben sie noch; Schlott hat's nicht geschafft

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 42.292.782 von R-BgO am 02.11.11 19:34:16

und sie leben immer noch;

Respekt

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 45.383.111 von R-BgO am 04.09.13 12:50:15

und immer noch...

von gestern:

Roto Smeets Group N.V. (RSG) today announces that the publication of the Group’s 2014 full-year results scheduled for Tuesday 17 March has been postponed until 31 March.

This week the real estate owned by RSG on Europalaan in Utrecht will be sold. This sale affects the Group’s financing position and, as a significant event after the reporting period, impacts the 2014 financial statements.

The full-year results will be published on 31 March, at the same time as the convening of the Annual General Meeting of 13 May. The 2014 annual report will also be available on the corporate website from 31 March.

Deventer, 16 March 2015

Roto Smeets Group NV
J.A. de Haas MBA



market-cap 11,5 MEUR

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 49.348.262 von R-BgO am 17.03.15 09:39:02

The public company Roto Smeets Group NV has become Verenigde Nederlandse Compagnie NV.
Roto Smeets Group BV, shall continue with its current name.

On December 2, 2015 the registered name of RSG is changed to Verenigde Nederlandse Compagnie NV. As of that date the listing of the company on Euronext takes place under the new registered name with ISIN: NL0009169515 and ticker symbol VNC.




aktuell noch 7 MEUR market cap

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 52.850.992 von R-BgO am 17.07.16 13:31:10

dafür scheint auch nix mehr in der Hülle drin zu sein:

International Media Solutions Acquires Roto Smeets Group B.V.

Today, 10 July 2015, International Media Solutions B.V. – a company founded by a group of six major shareholders in Roto Smeets Group N.V. (RSG NV) for this purpose – has acquired the shares of Roto Smeets Group B.V. (RSG BV) from RSG NV in accordance with the Bid as published on 31 March and 8 May 2015. The shareholders in RSG NV approved the Bid and hence the sale of RSG BV during the General Shareholders’ Meeting on 13 May 2015. All conditions on which the Bid depended have since been met.

This means that, as of today, the listed company RSG NV no longer owns any activities. As previously announced, Mr G. Schaaij has signed an agreement to continue RSG NV under a different name after the proceeds of the sale of RSG BV have been paid out to the current shareholders.

Before things can be finalised, a number of formalities must be completed. This process will take a few more months due to the relevant minimum time periods required by law.

In the next few weeks, an Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting will be called in order to change the name of RSG NV into a name for the stock market as chosen by Mr Schaaij. To support this sale, a capital reduction for RSG NV will also be placed on the agenda. The Articles of Association cannot be amended and the transfer of RSG NV to Mr Schaaij cannot be implemented until the capital reduction procedure has been completed as stipulated by Dutch law. In view of this, the payment of the Bid to the shareholders and the definitive transfer of the listed company are expected to take place in mid-November 2015.

Joost de Haas, CEO of RSG: “The transfer of RSG BV to its new parent company, International Media Solutions, marks Roto Smeets Group’s departure from the stock exchange. This changes nothing for our company or our activities, apart from relieving us of various restrictive requirements as well as significant costs applicable to a listed company. Although RSG was one of the oldest listed companies in The Netherlands, that offered us few benefits in recent years. We are now looking forward to continuing to build a new future for ourselves under the IMS banner.”

Deventer, 10 July 2015

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 52.851.001 von R-BgO am 17.07.16 13:33:03

deswegen:

over-and-out