Please note Barco’s IR policy regarding interaction with the financial community during silent periods:
Barco observes a silent period of four weeks prior to an earnings results announcement date to prevent disclosing earnings information and to ensure equality. According to Barco’s IR policy, during the silent period, Barco will refrain from answering questions or giving comments related to recent financial results, outcomes and performances. However in these periods, our IR team remains available and is still allowed to have conversations with the financial community to discuss topics such as long term objectives, structural market insights, long term corporate and business strategy…
In addition, in cases where the possibility arises during the silent period that business performance could deviate significantly from the already announced forecast, an appropriate disclosure will be made in accordance with the timely disclosure rules (Belgian code on Corporate Governance). Please note that even during the silent period, Barco will respond to questions within the scope of already released information.