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AB AUTO

Active Public limited companyfounded 1991active for 35 yearsAarschotbaan 18, 2580 PutteKBO/BCE: BE 0445.356.197 subsidiary of A-STAR GROUP#7 company by total assets in Putte, Wholesale and retail trade sector
Part of the group A-STAR GROUP 24 companies in 3 countries
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Board

3 directors, 1 in day-to-day management, last change in 2023
Director
since 19-04-2021 6-year term from 2021
listed in the 2025 annual accounts, filed on 15-10-2026
Director and managing director, permanent representative Ben Van Loo
director appointed by deed of 10-05-2021 managing director appointed by deed of 12-10-2023 6-year term from 2021
also on the board of 16 other companies
listed in the 2025 annual accounts, filed on 15-10-2026
1 other company bankrupt
Director
appointed by deed of 10-05-2021 6-year term from 2021
listed in the 2025 annual accounts, filed on 15-10-2026
A-STAR GROUP
Signing authorityThe articles say who may bind the company, for example by signing a contract.
“Artikel 20: Vertegenwoordiging van de vennootschap De raad van bestuur vertegenwoordigt de vennootschap jegens derden en in rechte als eiser…”
deed of 10-05-2021
Permanent representatives 1
Permanent representative, for A-STAR GROUP
appointed by deed of 10-05-2021

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Mandates through the years

9 names, the dashed line is today
DEBAEKE Lino
Director
A-STAR GROUP
Director, Managing director
Ben Van Loo
Director
ASTAR GROUP
Director
VAN LOO Jeff
Director
LeadershipBoardEarlierRest of the termmandate already running before its first mentionend not dated
Mandates as a list
  • DEBAEKE Lino
    • Director, appointed by deed of 11-06-2020, still in office
  • A-STAR GROUP
    • Director, from 19-04-2021 to date
    • Managing director, appointed by deed of 12-10-2023, still in office
  • MICHIELS Ann Mariette Jozefa
    • Director, from 19-04-2021 to date
  • Ben Van Loo
    • Director, from 19-04-2021 to 01-07-2023
  • ASTAR GROUP
    • Director, appointed by deed of 10-05-2021, no longer listed in the 2025 annual accounts
  • New A-Star Group NV
    • Director, appointed by deed of 28-02-2020, until 10-05-2021
  • VAN LOO Jeff
    • Director, appointed by deed of 28-02-2020, until 10-05-2021
  • Van Roosbroeck Dirk
    • Director, appointed by deed of 28-02-2020, until 21-04-2020
  • Hermans Maria
    • Director, until 28-02-2020

Control

Parent
Equity €26.8m
Profit €1.3m in 2025 (profit €22,720 in 2024)
100%
This company
AB AUTO
Equity €173,587
Profit €25,604 in 2025

Capital

Capital
€62,000
Shares
250
Contribution per share
€248
Equity per share
€694 in 2025
Source
deed of 10-05-2021

Owners through the years

as the annual accounts name them
Owners as a list

Source: parent in its own accounts, lists of holdings in the owners' accounts

Articles of association

DurationMost companies exist for an unlimited period, until they are dissolved.
Unlimited
deed of 10-05-2021 (in Dutch)
Board ruleThese rules set how the board is made up, meets and takes decisions.
“Hoogstens zes jaar, ten minste drie bestuurders”
deed of 10-05-2021 (in Dutch)
Annual meetingThe shareholders approve the annual accounts, among other things, at the annual meeting.
Third Tuesday of June at 18:00
deed of 02-08-2022 (in Dutch)

The directors' other companies

1 current director with another company that went bankrupt, was dissolved or struck off

1 other company of this director went bankrupt (2025).

Source: Belgian Official Gazette (bankruptcies, judicial dissolutions, board mandates), FPS Economy (strike-offs) and the KBO register. A bankruptcy, dissolution or strike-off says nothing about the director's part in it.

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