Certificates Seed Potato Company HZPC rise again with the maximum 10 percent

The value of the certificate of HZPC Holding B.V. (“HZPC”), the world leader in potato breeding and seed potato trade, is determined on € 150.60 at the biannual stock trading day.

This stock trading day 5,447 certificates were traded, this is only 0.7% of the total number of 783,725 available certificates.

Gerard Backx, CEO of HZPC :

“The supply of certificates is small. The supply has more often been small, but this stock trading day it happens in combination with the highest demand ever.”

“Because of that, the rise is again the maximum of 10%. At the present performance of the company, the HZPC certificate remains an excellent investment alternative; the associated growers and employees prefer to hold their position in our company. “

HZPC organises a stock trading day twice per financial year, in May and in November, for associated breeders and seed potato growers, and for HZPC employees in the countries where HZPC is represented.

The stock trading day is executed by a bank. Since a short while an online platform is used for buying and selling certificates of shares.

Value development

Supply and demand determine the value of HZPC’s certificate of share. The value decrease or increase is limited to a maximum of 10 percent per stock trading day.

The first certificates were traded in financial year 1999/2000 against a value of € 24.

The next stock trading day will be held in May 2017.

Return

Since the founding of HZPC in 1999, a dividend was paid every year. The amount of dividend for 2015/2016 is determined at € 5.75 in the shareholders meeting on 6 October 2016.

HZPC combines its ambition to offer certificate holders a good return with paying competitive growers’ prices to the HZPC seed potato growers in the countries where HZPC is represented.