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Design studies.

NBVN is a new company, so we show original studies rather than client work. Each one is a fictional company with an invented, illustrative set of figures, designed to the standard we would bring to a real engagement.

No real company, client or engagement is depicted. Any resemblance of a fictional name to a real organisation is unintended.

Design study 01

Aldervik Maritime

A port and short-sea shipping group with a steady growth story. The report uses an engraved horizon as its image system: one line drawing that can carry a cover, a section divider or a results slide.

Company: Fictional
Sector: Ports and short-sea shipping
Publications: Annual Report, results presentation
Figures: Illustrative

Aldervik MaritimeAnnual Report
2027

Holdingcourse

Aldervik MaritimeAnnual Report 2027Strategic report

2027 at
a glance

Aldervik grew on every operating measure while lowering the intensity of its footprint.

Northern feeder network completed its first full year
Two terminals moved to shore power at berth
Dividend proposal raised for the fourth year

Revenue: 1,284EUR m; +6.1%
EBITDA margin: 21.4%; +1.2 pts
Container throughput: 4.2m TEU; +3.8%
Emissions intensity: −18% vs 2023; on plan

Revenue and EBITDA margin

EUR m and percent, 2023 to 2027

Revenue rose for a fifth consecutive year, led by terminal services and a full year of the northern feeder network.

Margin expansion came from yard automation and a lower cost of energy per container moved.

Revenue by segment, EUR m	2026	2027	Change
Terminal services	642	688	+7.2%
Short-sea shipping	431	452	+4.9%
Logistics and other	137	144	+5.1%

Source: illustrative figures. NBVN design study of a fictional company.

NBVN design studyFictional company

Aldervik MaritimeResults 2027

A fifth year
of growth

Revenue1,284EUR m+6.1%

EBITDA margin21.4%+1.2 pts

Container throughput4.2m TEU+3.8%

Emissions intensity−18% vs 2023on plan

Illustrative figures. NBVN design study of a fictional company.

Design study 02

Solvenne Grid

A transmission operator whose report needs to explain a changing energy mix. Contour lines become the visual language for load, terrain and flow, and frame the data.

Company: Fictional
Sector: Electricity transmission
Publications: Integrated Report, capital markets day
Figures: Illustrative

Solvenne GridIntegrated Report
2027

The load-bearing year

Solvenne GridIntegrated Report 2027Energy system

“The grid is the quiet infrastructure of every ambition.”

Where the energy comes from

Energy transported by source, TWh

	2025	2026	2027
Wind	36	40	44
Solar	16	19	22
Hydro	13	14	14
Thermal	27	24	21

Source: illustrative figures. NBVN design study of a fictional company.

NBVN design studyFictional company

Solvenne GridCapital markets day

EUR 14.3 bn
to 2032

Planned investment in transmission capacity, by year. A long-range plan, set out in one chart.

Illustrative figures. NBVN design study of a fictional company.

Design study 03

Kestrine Private Bank

A private bank that should feel discreet and certain. A literary serif, generous margins and a single oxblood accent; the year itself becomes the cover image.

Company: Fictional
Sector: Private banking
Publications: Annual Review, results release
Figures: Illustrative

Kestrine Private BankAnnual Review
2027

Patientcapital

Kestrine Private BankAnnual Review 2027Letter from the Chair

Letter from the Chair

A year of
patient capital

When markets move quickly, the most valuable thing a private bank can offer is a steady hand. Our clients asked us for clarity, discretion and judgement, and in a year of sharp rotations across asset classes we tried to provide all three.

Client assets reached a new high, driven more by the trust of existing families than by acquisition. We added advisers slowly, and only where we could keep the standard of advice we are known for.

We continued to invest in the platform behind the relationship: reporting that clients can read in minutes, and a risk framework that tells us early when something has changed.

The Chair
On behalf of the Board

Client assets

CHF bn, 2018 to 2027

Net new money: 2.3CHF bn; 4.7% growth
Cost-income ratio: 61.2%; −1.9 pts
CET1 ratio: 19.8%; well above minimum

Source: illustrative figures. NBVN design study of a fictional company.

NBVN design studyFictional company

Kestrine Private BankResults release

Client assets reach CHF 48.6 bn

Kestrine Private Bank reports full-year results for 2027, with net new money from existing families and a stronger capital position.

48.6Client assets, CHF bn

2.3Net new money, CHF bn

Illustrative figures. NBVN design study of a fictional company.

Design study 04

Ostra Biologics

A research company with seven programmes. A dot field drawn from the pipeline gives the cover its structure, and the same logic runs through the R&D section.

Company: Fictional
Sector: Biotechnology
Publications: Annual Report, publishing system
Figures: Illustrative

Ostra BiologicsAnnual Report
2027

Sevenprogrammes

Ostra BiologicsAnnual Report 2027Research and development

Seven
programmes,
one platform

Four programmes are now in clinical development. Each one draws on the same antibody engineering platform.

R&D investment: 312USD m; +22%
Programmes in clinic: 4of 7; +1

Development pipeline

Stage reached at year end

R&D investment, USD m

Source: illustrative figures. NBVN design study of a fictional company.

NBVN design studyFictional company

Ostra BiologicsPublishing system v1

DisplayInter Tight 500 to 600TextInter 400 to 600Grid12 columns, 4 mm gutter

NBVN design studyFictional company

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Design studies.

Aldervik Maritime

Holdingcourse

Solvenne Grid

The load-bearing year

Kestrine Private Bank

Patientcapital

Ostra Biologics

Sevenprogrammes

Imagine your companyin this standard.

Imagine your company
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