>> KennyR's "CVBA" vs. "limited liability company" makes even less sense then.

> At the current state, if Hyperion were to go down, Ben would lose every cent
> he put into it.

Now what would be different regarding this if Hyperion was a "limited liability company" instead of a CVBA? How would that help Hermans?

> So would the shareholders.

...beside the majority shareholder, which happens to be Ben Hermans.

> You know he's just playing games to try to get at least some of his money
> back out of this, don't you?

It sounds plausible at least.