Book'u
Timeline
32 events since 2015Deadline for the 2026 accounts: 31-07-2027
Permanent representatives: Mathias Berten, Filip Lozie and Rika CoppensGeneral meeting of 26-06-20254 points ▸
- General meeting, 26-06-2025
- Permanent representative, Mathias Berten
- Permanent representative, Filip Lozie
- Permanent representative, Rika Coppens
- The deed holds 1 more point.
Reappointment: Maszon BV (director)Permanent representative: Luc Caenepeel · General meeting of 16-06-20243 points ▸
- General meeting, 16-06-2024
- Director reappointment, Maszon BV
- Permanent representative, Luc Caenepeel (vaste vertegenwoordiger in de zin van artikel 2:55 wvv)
Appointment: PricewaterhouseCoopers Bedrijfsrevisoren (statutory auditor)Permanent representative: Filip Lozie · General meeting of 05-12-20233 points ▸
- General meeting, 05-12-2023
- Auditor appointment, PricewaterhouseCoopers Bedrijfsrevisoren (statutory auditor)
- Permanent representative, Filip Lozie
- The deed holds 1 more point.
Registered office moved from Izegem to KortrijkNew registered office: Bedrijvenpark Cotton Park, Spinnerijstraat 97, 8500 Kortrijk · Previous registered office: Ambachtenstraat 33, 8870 Izegem · Board meeting of 24-10-20232 points ▸
- Board meeting, 24-10-2023
- Registered-office move, Bedrijvenpark Cotton Park, Spinnerijstraat 97, 8500 Kortrijk
3 directors appointedLeen GEIRNAERDT (class B director), House of HR NV (day-to-day manager) and VTH Invest CV (day-to-day manager) · Permanent representatives: Rika Coppens and Dieter Varthournout · General meeting of 01-03-20237 points ▸
- General meeting, 01-03-2023
- Board meeting, 01-03-2023
- Director appointment, Leen GEIRNAERDT (class B director)
- Director appointment, House of HR NV (day-to-day manager)
- Permanent representative, Rika Coppens
- Director appointment, VTH Invest CV (day-to-day manager)
- Permanent representative, Dieter Varthournout
- General meeting, 19-09-2022
- Director resignation, Hannelore Beel
Capital increaseGeneral meeting of 31-03-20221 point ▸
- General meeting, 31-03-2022
- The deed holds 6 more points.
Registered office moved within IzegemNew registered office: Ambachtenstraat 33, 8870 Izegem · Previous registered office: Roeselaarsestraat 594, 8870 Izegem · Board meeting of 01-08-20212 points ▸
- Board meeting, 01-08-2021
- Registered-office move, Ambachtenstraat 33, 8870 Izegem
1 director appointed, 1 resignationResignation: Dieter Vanthournout · Appointment: VTH INVEST CV · Permanent representative: Dieter Vanthournout · General meeting of 04-03-20214 points ▸
- General meeting, 04-03-2021
- Director resignation, Dieter Vanthournout
- Director appointment, VTH INVEST CV
- Permanent representative, Dieter Vanthournout
New chair of the boardHouse of HR NV appointed, H.M. & Compagnie BV resigned · Permanent representatives: Rika Coppens, Luc Caenepeel and Koen Vandekerckhove · General meeting of 03-09-202013 points ▸
- General meeting, 03-09-2020
- Board meeting, 03-09-2020
- Board composition, Hannelore Beel (director)
- Board composition, House of HR NV (director)
- Board composition, Maszon BV (director)
- Board composition, Dieter Vanthournout (director)
- Permanent representative, Rika Coppens
- Permanent representative, Luc Caenepeel
- Director resignation, H.M. & Compagnie BV (managing director)
- Permanent representative, Koen Vandekerckhove
- Power of attorney, H.M. & Compagnie BV
- Power of attorney, Koen Vandekerckhove
- Director appointment, House of HR NV (chair of the board)
- The deed holds 1 more point.
2 directors appointed, 1 statutory auditor appointed, 1 resignationCapital from €337,600 to €1,087,600, 10,717 new shares · Capital from €1,087,600 to €1,287,838.44, 50,388 new shares · Resignation: H.M. & Compagnie BV · General meeting of 19-05-202011 points ▸
- General meeting, 19-05-2020
- Capital increase, €750,000
- Capital increase, €200,238.44
- Amendment of the articles, article 5
- Capital, €1,287,838.44, 72,785 shares
- Director resignation, H.M. & Compagnie BV
- Permanent representative, Koen Vandekerckhove
- Director appointment, House of HR NV
- Permanent representative, COPPENS Rika Camilla
- Director appointment, BEEL Hannelore
- Auditor appointment, PricewaterhouseCoopers Bedrijfsrevisoren (statutory auditor)
- The deed holds 6 more points.
Resignation: Ketels Bavo (director)Permanent representative: Vandekerckhove Koen · General meeting of 13-08-20193 points ▸
- General meeting, 13-08-2019
- Director resignation, Ketels Bavo
- Permanent representative, Vandekerckhove Koen
Registered office moved within IzegemNew registered office: Roeselaarsestraat 594, 8870 Izegem · Previous registered office: Mandelstraat 14, 8870 Izegem · Permanent representative: Vandekerckhove Koen · Board meeting of 12-02-20193 points ▸
- Board meeting, 12-02-2019
- Permanent representative, Vandekerckhove Koen
- Registered-office move, Roeselaarsestraat 594, 8870 Izegem
Company renamed to Book'uNew name: Book'u · Capital from 87600.00 EUR to 116800.00 EUR, 2,920 new shares · Capital from 116800.00 EUR to 337600.00 EUR · General meeting of 29-05-201824 points ▸
- General meeting, 29-05-2018
- Capital increase, €29,200
- Capital increase, €220,800
- Capital, €337,600
- Name change, Book'u
- Net-asset statement, 31-03-2018, mentioned twice in the deed
- Legal-form conversion, to public limited company
- Director resignation, Dieter Vanthournout (manager)
- Director resignation, Bavo Ketels (manager)
- Director resignation, H.M. & COMPAGNIE (manager)
- Director discharge, Dieter Vanthournout
- Director discharge, Bavo Ketels
- Director discharge, H.M. & COMPAGNIE
- Director appointment, Dieter Vanthournout
- Director appointment, Bavo Ketels
- Director appointment, H.M. & COMPAGNIE
- Director appointment, MASZON
- Permanent representative, Koen Vandekerckhove
- Permanent representative, Luc Caenepeel
- Director appointment, MASZON (chair of the board)
- Director appointment, H.M. & COMPAGNIE (managing director)
- Share structure, 11,680
- Share allocation, 2920, 2920
- Exchange ratio, 1:1
- The deed holds 1 more point.
Capital increase of €69,000Capital from 18600.00 EUR to 87600.00 EUR · General meeting of 26-09-20173 points ▸
- General meeting, 26-09-2017
- Capital increase, €69,000
- Capital, €87,600
- The deed holds 2 more points.
1 manager resigningChanges of role: Dieter Vanthournout, Bavo Ketels and H.M. & COMPAGNIE · Resignation: Thijs Noyen (statutory manager) · Permanent representative: Koen Vandekerckhove · General meeting of 22-12-201613 points ▸
- General meeting, 22-12-2016
- Director resignation, Dieter Vanthournout (statutory manager)
- Director resignation, Bavo Ketels (statutory manager)
- Director resignation, Thijs Noyen (statutory manager)
- Director resignation, H.M. & COMPAGNIE (statutory manager)
- Director discharge, Dieter Vanthournout
- Director discharge, Bavo Ketels
- Director discharge, Thijs Noyen
- Director discharge, H.M. & COMPAGNIE
- Director appointment, Dieter Vanthournout (manager (not named in the articles))
- Director appointment, Bavo Ketels (manager (not named in the articles))
- Director appointment, H.M. & COMPAGNIE (manager (not named in the articles))
- Permanent representative, Koen Vandekerckhove
- The deed holds 1 more point.
IncorporationFounding capital of €18,600 · Founders: H.M. & COMPAGNIE, VANTHOURNOUT Dieter Geert Hilde, NOYEN Thijs Sam Gentiel and 1 other · Appointments: VANTHOURNOUT Dieter Geert Hilde, NOYEN Thijs Sam Gentiel, KETELS Bavo Kris Robert Joris and H.M. & COMPAGNIE · published on 08-05-201514 points ▸
- Founder, VANTHOURNOUT Dieter Geert Hilde
- Founder, NOYEN Thijs Sam Gentiel
- Founder, KETELS Bavo Kris Robert Joris
- Founder, H.M. & COMPAGNIE
- Founding capital, €18,600
- Director appointment, VANTHOURNOUT Dieter Geert Hilde (statutory manager)
- Director appointment, NOYEN Thijs Sam Gentiel (statutory manager)
- Director appointment, KETELS Bavo Kris Robert Joris (statutory manager)
- Director appointment, H.M. & COMPAGNIE (statutory manager)
- Permanent representative, VANDEKERCKHOVE Koen
- Power of attorney, VANTHOURNOUT Dieter Geert Hilde
- Power of attorney, NOYEN Thijs Sam Gentiel
- Power of attorney, KETELS Bavo Kris Robert Joris
- Power of attorney, H.M. & COMPAGNIE
- The deed holds 3 more points.
Financial milestones sit on the financial year-end date, not the filing date.
Sources: Publications in the Belgian Official GazetteFilings with the National Bank
History
On 6 May 2015, Book'u was incorporated by H.M. & COMPAGNIE and three natural persons, with a starting capital of €18,600.12 The capital was increased 3 times between 2017 and 2020, most recently to €1.3m.345 Since 2018 the company has been called Book'u.4 The registered office moved to Izegem in 2019 and to Kortrijk in 2023.67 Of the 4 current board members, VTH INVEST has served longest, since 2021.8 Total assets went from €450,710 in 2019 to €2.6m in 2025 and headcount from 3.3 to 23.9 full-time equivalents.9
- 1KBO register
- 2Belgian Official Gazette, 08-05-2015
- 3Belgian Official Gazette, 19-10-2017
- 4Belgian Official Gazette, 21-06-2018
- 5Belgian Official Gazette, 05-06-2020
- 6Belgian Official Gazette, 16-04-2019
- 7Belgian Official Gazette, 22-11-2023
- 8National Bank, annual accounts 2025
- 9National Bank, annual accounts 2019 and 2025