Ahold - es ist HV und so still... - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

[reti]

tagelang wurde fleißig getrommelt und bombastische kursziele ggenannt. egal ob 8, 10 oder mehr euro alles nuer eine frage der zeit.

nun ist heute hv und kein anstieg zu beobachten, das gibt mir zu denken. überlege an meinen stücken hin und her...

aber vielleicht hab ich ja auch was wichtiges verpaßt...

[beatmit]

Noch ist die Sitzung nicht, mit Meldungen ist entweder erst kurz vorher oder spätestens gegen 16 Uhr zu rechnen. Geduld, brother. Oder verkauf´ jetzt einfach. Was soll´s auch.

[reti]

bei dem gap der aktie kann eigentlich nur ein rebound zur disposition anstehen. allerdings überschlagen sich ja sonst die blasen aus der gerüchteküche und es ist erstaunlich still...und das kann m.e. beides bedeuten.

deshalb involvierte aktionäre gebt mal euren privaten ausblick dem geneigten lesern zu gesicht..

[Kursfuzzi]

@ reti,
Halte AHO seit längerem.
Bin derzeit extrem unsicher, da die HV beides bringen kann.
Enormen Kursverlust bei entsprechenden Nachrichten
sowie Kursexplosion.
Werde deshalb vorm PC bleiben und kurz vor 14.00 Uhr ein dem Kurs angemessenes Stoplos setzen um mich vor hohem Gewinnverlust (blödes Wort, ein besseres fiel mir nicht ein) zu schützen. Auch wenn ich dann das heutige Hoch nicht erhalte.
Hoffe natürlich auf positive Impulse der HV.
mfg
KF

[Julia2002]

@Kursfuzzi: Ich sehe keinen Ausbruch nach unten, der Chart laesst das nicht zu. Macht Euch keine Sorgen. Das wird. Das Gap wird geschlossen, auch wenn es vielleicht noch etwas dauert bis zur Zweistelligkeit. Viele Gruesse und uns allen viel Erfolg. Das wird!

[whyso]

bei zitter "Nachrichten" ein erneute Einsteig wäre um die 5€ passend für Anleger mit gute Nerven und ein Langere Anlagehorizont

es ist wahrlich sehr Leise heute um ein solche Gr.Wert -wo es viel zu Besprechen gibt auf der HV ?
sei wachsam,
Whyso

[reti]

@Kursfuzzi

istne gute idee..diese stille macht mich auch nervös..

@julia2002

allein von hoffen wirds glaube nix, auch wenn ich mich übers eintreffen deiner prognose freuen würde

[Julia2002]

Liebe(r?) reti, schau´ Dir mal die ABB an, gleicher Fall, große Firma, Zusammenbruch. Dort ging´s zwar schneller als bei Ahold aber bei den großen Brocken werden die Gaps geschlossen. Oder die MUV. Es ist immer dasselbe Spiel. Ich bin da zuversichtlich. Natuerlich auf den NM nicht übertragbar.
n Gruss, Julia

[Kursfuzzi]

@ reti und Julia,
SL ist nur eine Vorsichtsmaßnahme

Wie alle hoffe ich auf mehr.
Nur hoffen und Chart ist zu wenig.
Da stehen zu viele mit etwas mehr Geld in den Startlöchern.

Shorties die evtl. Covern müssen oder mit Freuden Kurs zerlegen.
Es ist die Stille vorm Sturm.
Machen wir mal besser das Haus Sturmfest.
Würde ich jedefalls raten.
Bisher allerdings so um die 6€ sehr fest.
Das lässt natürlich hoffen.
mfg
KF

[realus]

beim absturz im februar wurden auf xetra ca 25 mill stücke gehandelt ( 25.02.-10.03.)
seit ca 23.04. sind auf xetra ca. 10,5 mill stücke gehandelt worden.
d.h, es müssen noch einige ihre stücke wieder zurückkaufen,
oder sehe ich das falsch ?

realus

ich hoffe auf 15 euro....

[Kursfuzzi]

@ realus,
Hoffen darf jeder.
Nur bei Denem Kursziel würde ich einen anderen Nick empfehlen.
Es sei den die 15€ KZ sind auf einen Anlagehorizont von einigen Jharen ausgelegt.
Dann vielleicht.
Erst mal die 6 halten, und evtl noch etwas dazu.
Bleibt mal auf dem Teppich.
Lieber auf dem Boden bleiben. Der Höhenflug sofern er kommt, kommt von ganz alleine.
mfg
KF

[reti]

kriegen da schon welche kalte füsse 5.70 rt in frankfurt ??

[whyso]

TIMBERRRRR ...
AHO ist von 2,50 gekommen das darf mann nie vergessen !

[pinklady]

Wir werden heute die fünf noch von unten sehen.

[x2b2]

Schwachmarten!!

[reti]

orakelt mir nicht so schlimm..hatte mich äh schon über 5,60 erschrocken..und hoff auf kurve gekriegt, aber toll isset wahrlich nicht..

[whyso]

Ahold acting CEO says needs time for strategy
2003-05-13 11:06:33 EST

AMSTERDAM, May 13 (Reuters) - The acting CEO of Dutch retailer Ahold told a shareholders meeting on Tuesday he would need several weeks or even several months to review the strategy of the scandal-hit company.

"During the next few weeks or months I will review the long and short term strategy.... Please allow me the 120-150 days for a honeymoon," Anders Moberg said in a presentation to investors. "I will do everything I can to restore value and common sense at Ahold." An Ahold spokeswoman clarified that the strategy would be announced before the end of the 150-day period.

Ich hoffe er lässt sich nicht anschleissend Scheiden ..
Whyso

[beatmit]

Halb so wild, fängt sich in Amsterdam wieder. Bin selbst oft genug auf diese Swings reingefallen. Is cool, man!

[whyso]

or dont sell the crown jewels to pay for your breakfast

Ahold CFO says more disposals possible
2003-05-13 11:25:54 EST

THE HAGUE, May 13 (Reuters) - The chief financial officer of Dutch retailer Ahold told a shareholders meeting on Tuesday that the company may have to make further disposals to pay off a short-term facility from its banks.

"More disposals may have to be made in order for the banks to get their money back within 180 days (remaining part of facility)," said CFO Dudley Eustace.

Asked if additional funding was needed he said: "No additional liquidity is required beyond the current facility."

Chairman Henny De Ruiter said Ahold planned to make a first quarter trading statement on Friday, confirming earlier comments that a statement was due by the end of the week.

[ZaV834ti]

Miller zurueckgetreten!

[beatmit]

Eichel auch

[Alfgolf]

General Meeting of Shareholders

Address by Henny de Ruiter, Chairman of the Ahold Supervisory Board

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I would like to begin by welcoming you to our General Meeting of Shareholders. The fact that so many of you are here today reflects both your strong commitment to and your sense of solidarity with this company. I can assure you that every single one of us here on the stage appreciates and respects those sentiments. Especially now, when times are tough.

This meeting is very different from those to which you and we have become accustomed. But then Ahold’s situation is very different too. Permit me to clarify our perspective on this issue.

A well-known saying in business is: ‘Investors can take a lot of bad news... but they hate surprises!’

As shareholders, you knew Ahold as a dependable company, year in and year out. You knew that Ahold delivered – and of course that is how it should be. And still, as supervisors and executives of this company, we have not been able to spare you surprises.

Unfortunately, I must add, very unpleasant surprises.

Let me tell you that everyone, including the members of the Supervisory Board and the Corporate Executive Board, was equally shocked.

On February 24, just over 11 weeks ago, Ahold issued an announcement to the effect that the company would be lowering its projected earnings and that the company’s CEO and CFO had tendered their resignations. We can well imagine the ensuing feelings of anger, frustration and incomprehension resulting from this painful message. (I say ‘we’ because I say this on behalf of all Ahold executives.)

February 24 was an all-time low for each and every one of us, and I offer you my sincere apologies.

We took immediate action in every area imaginable. In recent months, we have been working diligently to solve the problems as quickly as possible. There was no time to lose and, let me assure you, no time was lost!

First and foremost, we ensured stabilization of Ahold’s financial base by obtaining a credit facility.

At the same time, we appointed new people to crucial positions. I refer, of course, to the appointment of our new Acting CEO, Anders Moberg, and our interim CFO, Dudley Eustace.

Both gentlemen are more than welcome at Ahold. Both are executives with an outstanding track record. I am convinced that Ahold is in safe hands with these gentlemen at the helm.

You should understand, however, that our communication with you has been hampered by the various investigations that were initiated. These investigations limit the information we are able to share with you.

The purpose of our internal investigations is to enable our accountants to resume their audit work as quickly as possible.

And then, there are also external investigations, for instance by the SEC.

As long as the outcome of these investigations remains unclear, we are unable to provide information. Little has changed in that respect.

The media was not amused by what it felt was inadequate communication and let us know in no uncertain terms. Ahold was criticized for a lack of transparency and openness, the foundations on which corporate governance is built.

Undoubtedly, transparency is an important aspect of corporate governance. Full transparency, on the other hand, is impossible: a company will always have to decide what information should be announced and when. During a crisis, the Executive and Supervisory Boards of a company cannot always be as transparent as they would like to be.

And we have tried to be as transparent as possible under the circumstances, but during the course of the investigations – while their outcome is still unclear – it is very difficult, if not impossible, to shed much light on the matter.

At such times, two things tend to happen: while the company is bound hand and foot as to what it may and may not say, the media demands content.

And more often than not, this results in unattributed comment from people who prefer to stay anonymous. No matter how unfortunate and regrettable, there is little we can do to correct that.

In light of the ongoing investigations, “No comment” is about the only thing we have been able to say so far. You can rest assured that once the investigations are concluded, we will provide maximum clarity.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Let me run you through the chain of events since Monday, February 24, 2003:

On February 24, we announced that Ahold’s net earnings and earnings per share would be significantly lower than previously indicated. This was due primarily to overstatements of income related to promotional allowance programs at U.S. Foodservice. In addition, we announced that a number of joint ventures will no longer be fully consolidated, commencing with fiscal year 2002, and that we had been investigating, through forensic accountants, our Argentine subsidiary Disco. In view of these developments, Messrs. Van der Hoeven and Meurs tendered their resignations and Ahold`s auditors decided to suspend the fiscal year audit pending completion of the investigations. Lastly, we announced that we had obtained a commitment for a new credit facility, totaling EUR 3.1 billion.

On February 27, we announced that the investigation at Disco had been completed and had shown there will be no material impact on Ahold`s financial results.

On March 5, the Supervisory Board announced that we entered into the new credit facility, provided by ABN Amro, Goldman Sachs, ING, JP Morgan and Rabobank. This was an important step in stabilizing our financial position. The facility provides for aggregate borrowings of EUR 2.65 billion, of which USD 1.285 billion and EUR 600 million were available immediately. In addition, banks remain committed to providing an additional EUR 450 million backup facility to support existing USD 850 million securitization programs.

On March 11, we announced we had appointed Dudley Eustace to the Corporate Executive Board as interim Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.

On March 26, we announced that, in light of the ongoing investigations at Ahold and in keeping with our intent to cooperate with all regulatory authorities, Ahold had decided to undertake a further review of certain transactions and related matters at Disco. The decision was also intended to ensure that Disco`s books and records were in compliance with all applicable regulations.

On April 3, we announced our intention to divest our operations in four South American countries – Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Paraguay – in order to concentrate on our mature and most stable markets and to generate funds to pay down debt. As earlier announced on February 5, the company is in current negotiations to divest its holdings in Chile.

On April 29, we announced we had reached agreement for the sale of our Indonesian operation to PT Hero Supermarket Tbk.

On May 2, we announced we had reached agreement for the sale of our Malaysian activities.

On the same day, we announced an extension of the U.S. Foodservice securitization programs by another sixty days. The securitization programs currently have USD 750 million outstanding, of which USD 300 million matures in 2005.
Of the USD 450 million capacity, USD 200 million will amortize over this period of 60 days. It is intended that the USD 200 million that is amortizing will be financed by the USD 450 million back-up commitment. This back-up commitment was established to support the securitization programs and announced as part of the Euro 3.1 billion facility in February 2003.

The remaining USD 250 million capacity under the USD 450 million back-up commitment will remain available to Ahold as necessary for further support of the U.S. Foodservice securitization programs.

The last item of the announcement confirmed that our auditors Deloitte & Touche had resumed their audit at Albert Heijn and Stop & Shop.
The delivery of audited 2002 financial statements for Albert Heijn and Stop & Shop by May 31, 2003 is a condition precedent governing the availability of the second, unsecured tranche of USD 915 million of the Euro 3.1 billion credit facility previously announced by Ahold.

May 2 was a busy day, because we were delighted to announce our proposal to nominate Anders Moberg as President & Chief Executive Officer of the company.
Mr. Moberg assumed the position of Acting CEO on May 5. His appointment to the Corporate Executive Board will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, which will be held later this year.

On May 8, we were able to announce that the forensic accounting work being performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as part of our internal investigation of subsidiary U.S. Foodservice is now substantially complete. For the period April 1, 2000 to December 28, 2002, we were confronted with total overstatements of pre-tax earnings of approximately USD 880 million. Although the forensic accounting work at U.S. Foodservice is substantially complete, a legal internal investigation is continuing.

And finally, in the last few minutes, we have announced that the Supervisory Board has accepted the resignation of Jim Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. Foodservice and a member of the Corporate Executive Board of Ahold.

Mr. Miller has served as President and CEO of U.S. Foodservice since 1997, and was appointed to the Ahold Corporate Executive Board in 2001. Until a new CEO for U.S. Foodservice is named, Robert G. Tobin will serve as interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Tobin is a member of the Ahold Supervisory Board since 2001. He is the former Chairman and CEO of Stop & Shop, which he joined in 1960. In 1998 he was appointed President and CEO of Ahold USA as well as to the Ahold Corporate Executive Board from which he retired in 2001. Mr. Miller has agreed to assist Mr. Tobin in the transition.

The Supervisory Board has taken this decision in light of the results of the forensic accounting work conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, announced by Ahold on May 8, 2003, which had identified total overstatements of pre-tax earnings of approximately USD 880 million for the period April 1, 2000 (the date of the acquisition of U.S. Foodservice) to December 28, 2002 (the end of Ahold’s 2002 fiscal year). The internal legal investigation into accounting irregularities at U.S. Foodservice and the possible involvement of U.S. Foodservice personnel continues in close cooperation with the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ forensic accounting work.

This was a short overview of our activities over the past months. As you can see, we have had our hands full. Thank you for your attention.

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Certain statements in this press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. Ahold intends that these statements be covered by the safe harbors created under these laws. These forward-looking statements include statements as to expected earnings impact of the U.S. Foodservice internal investigation, expectations as to Ahold’s 2002 audit work, expectations as to use of the backup facility to finance the amortizing portion of the securitization programs and the continued availability of the remaining commitment, and expectations as to the sale of various operations. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the information set forth in these forward-looking statements include completion of ongoing internal investigations and the results thereof, the timing of resumption by Ahold’s auditors of additional audit work and completion of Ahold’s 2002 audit, Ahold’s ability to comply with the conditions under the back-up facility and the new credit agreement, the ability of Ahold to satisfy the conditions for the sale of various of its operations, and other factors discussed in Ahold´s public filings. Many of these factors are beyond Ahold´s ability to control or predict. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which only speak as of the date of this press release. Ahold does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

Outside The Netherlands Koninklijke Ahold N.V., being its registered name, presents itself under the name of “Royal Ahold” or simply “Ahold”.
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Ahold shareholders’ meeting extends deadline for completion annual accounts 2002

Eustace appointed to Corporate Executive Board, Hommen to Supervisory Board

Zaandam, The Netherlands, May 13, 2003 – Ahold today announced that the General Meeting of Shareholders has extended the term for preparing the annual accounts and the management report for fiscal year 2002. This extension was adopted on the basis of exceptional circumstances for a period of up to six months. Ahold must present both the annual accounts and the management report on or before November 29, 2003.

As confirmed on April 11, 2003, the company expects to complete the audited consolidated financial statements by June 30, 2003. Meeting this deadline is a requirement under the Ahold credit facility announced on February 24, 2003.

The General Meeting of Shareholders also adopted the other two proposals on the agenda: the appointments of Dudley Eustace to the Corporate Executive Board and Jan Hommen to the Supervisory Board. Eustace has been acting as interim Chief Financial Officer since March 11, 2003. Ahold announced its intention to appoint Jan Hommen, currently Finance Director of Royal Philips, on February 27, 2003.

Henny de Ruiter, Chairman of the Ahold Supervisory Board, announced that 361 shareholders representing approximately 235 million common shares attended the General Meeting in The Hague.


VVIIIIIEEEEELLLLLLLLLL ZU LLLLEEESSSSSSSEEEEENNNNNNN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kursfuzzi]

Können die das nicht in deutsch schreiben?
Egal Hauptsache neuer Anlauf auf die 6€
mfg
KF