<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<hexML version="0.5">
<head>
<title>Compagnie du Bois Sauvage - Pressemeldinger</title>
<description></description>
<flastmod date="2008-08-06T14:54:26 CET"/>
</head>
<body>
<press_releases>

<press_release id="1241321" language="en" type="1">
<published date="2006-05-19T17:35:00 CET"/>
<categories>

<category id="5" label="English" keywords="language"/>

</categories>
<headline><![CDATA[Complementary investment in Parfimmo]]></headline>
<ingress><![CDATA[]]></ingress>
<main><![CDATA[
<div align="justify" class="hugin">Compagnie du Bois Sauvage and the Group Degroof increased their participation in the company Parfimmo, passing each from 33,33% to 50% following the repurchase of the participation held by Axa Belgium.</div>
<div align="justify" class="hugin">&nbsp;</div>
<div align="justify" class="hugin">To recall, Parfimmo was created in November 2004 in order to take a participation of 3% in Umicore, to ensure the company a stable shareholding base and to support the development of the strategies set in place.</div>
<div align="justify" class="hugin">&nbsp;</div>
<div align="justify" class="hugin">The portfolio of Parfimmo consists today of the 3% participation in Umicore, of a 1.2% participation in Cumerio and of a 2.3% participation in Cofinimmo (ordinary and privileged shares). The company has a capital of Eur 27.0 million and debts of Eur 44.2 million.</div>
<div align="justify" class="hugin">&nbsp;</div>
<div class="hugin">The purchase of the participation held by Axa Belgium represents an amount of Euro 13.3 million, bringing the total investment of Compagnie du Bois Sauvage in Parfimmo up to Eur 22.3 million.</div>]]></main>
<footer><![CDATA[]]></footer>

<location href="/files/en/1241321.xml"/>
</press_release>
</press_releases>
</body>
</hexML>
