Barco embraces the principles of good management and transparency laid down in the 2020 Belgian Code on Corporate Governance Code. Solid corporate governance is at the heart of Barco and forms an integral part of its corporate strategy.
- Capital & articles of association
- Corporate governance charter
- Shareholders’ meetings
- Major holdings
- Insider Trading
- Remuneration policy
Capital & articles of association
Articles of association
Download latest version (June 9, 2022) English - Nederlands
Capital status as of 9 June 2022
Corporate governance
Corporate governance charter
Barco's corporate governance charter incorporates and supplements the corporate governance terms set forth in the Belgian Code of companies and associations and the Articles of Association of Barco NV. Moreover, the corporate governance statement in the annual report describes the major developments in this area over the past year.
Should you have questions or comments about Barco's corporate governance approach, do not hesitate to contact the Compliance Officer.
Latest update: October 11, 2023
Corporate governance compliance
In accordance with article 3:6, §2 of the Code of Companies and Assocations, Barco applies the 2020 Belgian Code on Corporate Governance . This code can be downloaded via the link www.corporategovernancecommittee.be.
Below is an overview of the articles of the Belgian Code on Corporate Governance which Barco does not comply with, as well as an explanation for such non-compliance.
Major holdings
Shareholders who cross, either up- or downwards, the threshold of three (3) percent of the company’s share capital on a fully diluted basis must disclose their holdings. A subsequent disclosure is required for each crossing, either up- or downwards, of the threshold of five (5) percent and each multiple of five (5) percent of the company’s share capital.
Disclosures
Your disclosures must be transmitted to both Barco and the FSMA.
Please send your disclosures to
- Barco (LegalRiskCompliance@barco.com)
- FSMA (trp.fin@fsma.be)
For the denominator, please refer to Capital & Articles of association.
Detailed information can be found in the Extract from the Guide to the Transparency Legislation FSMA_2011_08 of 11 February 2020 (available on the website of the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA). For the notifications the FSMA recommends the use of its standard form TR-1 BE (also available from the FSMA website).
Ownership of the company’s shares (situation as per 08/04/2024)
The above overview is based on the disclosures and notifications received by the company and may not reflect the actual shareholdings of the owners listed.
Dematerialization of shares
- If you want to dematerialize your shares and transfer them from your securities account to Barco’s nominative shareholders register, you need to contact the bank holding your securities account. Your bank must send the duly completed and signed instruction form made available by the Central Securities Depositary Euroclear (“Change of form demat into registered”) to Barco, whereupon Barco will also sign this form and forward it to Euroclear. Euroclear will process the instruction so that your securities account with your bank will be debited with the number of shares you want to transfer to Barco’s nominative shareholders register and Barco’s account of registered shares will be credited with the same number. Please note that the bank may charge certain administrative costs to complete this procedure.
- You must provide us with your contact details (domicile + email address) as well as bank account details for the dividend payments.
- Upon the completion of this process, Barco will send you by registered mail a duly signed share certificate, certifying that the transferred shares have been duly recorded in its nominative shareholders register.
- As a nominative shareholder, you will be invited via email to our annual shareholders meeting and will receive any approved dividends directly on your account wired by Barco after deduction of any applicable taxes or duties.
Transparency declarations
Insider Trading
The EU Regulation n° 596/2014 on market abuse, commonly known as the “Market Abuse Regulation” or “MAR”, aims to prevent market abuse by defining the rules on trading in a company’s shares by its insiders as well as the disclosure of inside information, and by sanctioning market manipulation. Barco has translated these rules into its Market Abuse Prevention Policy. This policy summarizes the obligations regarding market abuse imposed on Barco as an issuer, its directors and executive management, as well as persons closely associated with them, and certain employees and other persons carrying out activities for Barco.
One of these obligations relates to the disclosure of so-called insider trading. The directors and executive managers as well as persons closely associated with them must inform the Compliance Officer and the FMSA of every transaction in financial instruments related to Barco and conducted on their own account within three business days unless the aggregate value thereof does not exceed the amount of EUR 5.000 per calendar year.
Below is a quarterly overview of the reported transactions per category (directors, executive members, employees).
Remuneration policy
Pursuant to art. 7:89/1 of the Code of companies and associations, Barco has determined its remuneration policy for its directors, CEO and executive management. The shareholders have approved the policy at the annual meeting of 28 April 2022 with a 56% majority.
Download the remuneration policy: English - Nederlands
Get in touch
Barco company address
Beneluxpark 21
BE-8500 Kortrijk, Belgium
Tel: +32 56 23 32 11
Barco registered office
Pres.Kennedypark 35
BE-8500 Kortrijk, Belgium
Tel: +32 56 23 32 11