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RHI AG / Results of the second quarter 2015, outlook adjusted
In the second quarter of 2015, the RHI Group increased its revenue by 12.7% compared with the first quarter of 2015 to EUR 477.9 million. This is in particular due to significantly higher revenue in the Steel Division in Europe and North America as well as in the environment, energy, chemicals, glass and nonferrous metals business units.
August 5, 2015
KA Finanz AG / New bond issues
Name of Notes: EUR 1,000,000,000 0.375% KA Finanz AG Fixed Rate Notes due 2020, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Republic of Austria.
August 5, 2015
S&T AG achieves rises in sales and earnings in the first six months of 2015 - gross margin increasing strongly
S&T AG (www.snt.at) was able to accelerate its growth of sales and earnings in the second quarter of 2015. Sales increased to EUR 95.4 million, as opposed to EUR 85.6 million in the previous year's period of comparison, corresponding to a rise of 11.5%. Corresponding to the growth in sales, gross margin rose even more strongly, climbing to EUR 35.5 million (37.2%), as opposed to EUR 28.5 million (33.3%) in 2014. The growth joined with the costs whose increase arose from the entry into the smart energy market in enabling the achieving of an EBITDA of EUR 5.0 million, as opposed to EUR 5.2 million in the previous year. The consolidated income amounted to EUR 3.3 million, as opposed to EUR 2.5 million in 2014.
August 5, 2015
voestalpine AG /voestalpine with boost in earnings due to special
Before the backdrop of a globally uneven economic environment with moderate growth in Europe, prolonged strong demand in North America, Asia with regionally differing business developments and Brazil continuing the downward trend, voestalpine was able to significantly improve profits in all categories in the first quarter of the business year 2015/16.
August 5, 2015
Atrium European Real Estate Limited/Notice of Second Quarter and HalfYear Results
Atrium European Real Estate Limited (VSE/Euronext: ATRS), a leading owner, operator and developer of shopping centres and retail real state in Central and Eastern Europe, will announce results for the second quarter and half year ended 30 June 2015, on Friday 14 August 2015.
August 4, 2015
immigon portfolioabbau ag
Results of buyback programme for non-subordinated liabilities (31 July 2015)and revision of a previous ad-hoc release - positive year end result at singleentity level of immigon rather likely (31 July 2015)
July 31, 2015
ANDRITZ to supply equipment for Fibria's Horizonte 2 pulp mill
ANDRITZ to supply equipment for Fibria's Horizonte 2 pulp mill
July 31, 2015
Palfinger AG / Half Yearly Report
Palfinger AG is declaring the following financial report below.
July 30, 2015
PALFINGER records significant revenue growth and exceptionally highincrease in earnings
In the first six months of 2015, the PALFINGER Group recorded steep growth. Revenue rose by 14.1 per cent to EUR 606.2 million, which is a new half-year record.
July 30, 2015
S&T: strong growth in Poland and Romania
S&T AG's subsidiary in Romania has secured orders worth more than EUR 8 million for services, software and IT technologies facilitating the modernization and extension of Romania's systems of rescue direction centers and of emergency calls. All of the commissioned sub-projects are to be concluded during the current financial year. Impeded by strong results in Poland and Romania, S&T's business in Eastern Europe has been developing promisingly.
July 29, 2015
UNIQA Insurance Group AG / UNIQA resolves sale of indirect interest in Medial Beteiligungs-GmbH to Novomatic AG
UNIQA Insurance Group AG (UNIQA Group) is to sell its approximately 29% interest in Medial Beteiligungs-GmbH (Medial), which in turn has an approximately 38% stake in Casinos Austria AG, to Novomatic AG. UNIQA's interest in Medial thus equates to an 11.4% interest in Casinos Austria AG.
July 28, 2015
ams AG / ams reports second quarter results at high end ofexpectations; year-on-year revenue growth expected in third quarter; revenuetarget of EUR 1bn in 2019; Alexander Everke to become CEO of ams in March 2016;agreement with State of New York (USA)
ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide manufacturer of high performance sensor and analog solutions, reports second quarter 2015 results at the high end of expectations with year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter growth in revenues and earnings. For the third quarter 2015, ams expects year-on-year revenue growth with operating profitability reflecting revenue trends and the addition of R&D resources. ams adds a revenue goal of EUR 1 billion in 2019 and announces that Alexander Everke will become CEO of ams in March 2016.
July 27, 2015
Telekom Austria AG / Alejandro Plater assuming CEO responsibilities at Telekom Austria Group (Ad-hoc)
The Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) announces that its Supervisory Board today has allocated the Chief Executive Officer responsibilities of Telekom Austria AG to Alejandro Plater (47) as proposed by the two majority shareholders América Móvil and Österreichische Bundes- und Industriebeteiligungen GmbH (ÖBIB). This appointment will be effective as of 1 August 2015. His contract period remains unchanged and runs until March 2018 with an option for a two year prolongation. As of August 2015 he Management Board of Telekom Austria Group will consist of the two members Alejandro Plater and Siegfried Mayrhofer.
July 24, 2015
STRABAG widening A3 in southern Germany to six lanes for EUR 90million (with document)
STRABAG has been awarded the contract to widen two sections of the A3 motorway in Germany with a total contract value of about EUR 90 million. "In the past few years, we have already been working on the expansion of the motorway between Frankfurt and Nuremberg. I am therefore especially pleased that STRABAG - the Number 1 in the German construction sector - again was the best bidder", says Thomas Birtel, CEO of the STRABAG Group.
July 24, 2015
Kommunalkredit Austria AG / New bond issues
DIP 37 Kommunalkredit Austria AG EUR 107,000,000 Floating Rate Kommunalkredit Covered Bonds (KACB) (Fundierte Bankschuldverschreibungen) due 23 January 2024.
July 22, 2015
UNIQA Insurance Group AG / UNIQA successfully places 500 million euro Subordinated Notes (Tier 2)
UNIQA Insurance Group AG (UNIQA) has successfully placed Subordinated Notes (Tier 2) in an aggregate principal amount of 500 million euro with institutional investors in Europe.
July 20, 2015
Wolford AG / Turnaround in 2014/15 financial year
Wolford AG, which is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange, closed the 2014/15 financial year (May 2014 to April 2015), as expected, with positive results. Revenues recorded by the Wolford Group rose by roughly 1% to EUR 157.35 million, recently also supported by positive foreign exchange effects.
July 17, 2015
Wolford Aktiengesellschaft / Yearly Report
Wolford Aktiengesellschaft is declaring the following financial reports below.
July 17, 2015
Telekom Austria AG / Half Yearly Report
Telekom Austria AG is declaring the following financial reports below.
July 16, 2015
FACC AG / FACC reports solid growth in revenues and earnings
The solid performance of the commercial aerospace market had a positive effect on the development of Group's revenues in the first quarter of 2015/16. In the first quarter of 2015/16, revenues amounted to EUR 136.7 million (Q1 2014/15: EUR 119.7 million). This 14.2% growth in revenues was mainly driven by the increase in product revenues from EUR 108.2 million in Q12014/15 to EUR 125.1 million in Q1 2015/16. Product revenues were mainly driven by the Boeing 787 and 737, Airbus A321, Airbus A350 XWB and A380 as well as Bombardier Challenger 350 and Embraer Legacy 450/500 programs.
July 16, 2015
Mitterbauer Beteiligungs-AG: Takeover Bid for Free Float of Miba AG
Mitterbauer BeteiligungsAktiengesellschaft (MBAG), majority shareholder of the publicly traded company Miba AG, will submit a voluntary takeover bid to purchase all preferred shares of Miba AG in free float.
July 14, 2015
Miba Aktiengesellschaft / Mitterbauer-Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft plans take-over offer to free-float shareholders and delisting of Miba AG
Miba AG ("Miba") was today informed by its majority shareholder, Mitterbauer Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft ("MBAG") about a takeover offer addressed to free-float shareholders. Furthermore, Miba was informed that MBAG targets a squeeze-out and a delisting of the Miba preferred shares from the Vienna Stock Exchange presumably in the fourth quarter 2015.
July 14, 2015
immigon portfolioabbau ag / Start of a buyback programme fornon-subordinated liabilities
Volksbanken-Aktiengesellschaft), Peregringasse 2, 1090 Vienna, FN116476p ("immigon") announced on 24 June 2015 that it began preparing a buyback programme for non-subordinated liabilities.
July 9, 2015
Kapsch TrafficCom AG / Release according to article 93BörseG with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution from Jul 09, 2015 at 14:10
Kapsch TrafficCom AG (ISIN AT000KAPSCH9), listed in the Prime Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange, has been notified that The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and its subsidiaries/affiliates have crossed above the threshold of 5% in voting rights on July 3, 2015, and now hold 697,018 shares (5.36% of voting rights) in Kapsch TrafficCom AG.
July 9, 2015
AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG / Quarterly Report
AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG is declaring the following financial reports below.
July 9, 2015
AGRANA results for Q1 of 2015|16 (ended 31 May 2015)- Sustained pressure on sugar prices led to decrease in revenue and EBIT- Starch and fruit preparations at year-earlier level
AGRANA, the global sugar, starch and fruit products manufacturer, as predicted posted reductions in revenue and EBIT in the opening quarter of the 2015|16 financial year, as a result of lower market prices.
July 9, 2015
Raiffeisen Bank International AG / New bond issues
Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) places several new bond issues as below.
July 7, 2015
Strabag awarded 900 million Euro concession project in Colombia
ANI, Colombia's national infrastructure agency, has awarded the contract to design, build, finance and operate a 176 km motorway over 25 years to the consortium SAC 4G consisting of Austrian construction group Strabag (37.5 %), Spain's Sacyr (37.5 %) and Concay (25 %) of Colombia.
July 7, 2015
EANS-General Meeting: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG / Resolutions of the General Meeting
At the ordinary Annual General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft, Vienna, on 3 July 2015, the following resolution was passed under Item 8 of the Agenda
July 3, 2015
EANS-General Meeting: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG / Resolutions of the General Meeting
The 28th ordinary Annual General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG today voted to pay out a dividend in the amount of EUR3.60 per share for the 2014|15 financial year.
July 3, 2015
Lenzing AG Sells Three Business Units of Lenzing Technik
Within the context of the deconsolidation process launched in 2013 and the comprehensive restructuring of its technical operations already announced in 2014, Lenzing AG is continuing its strategy of more strongly focusing on its core business of producing man-made cellulose fibers, and is selling three business units of Lenzing Technik.
July 3, 2015
voestalpine AG /voestalpine Annual General Shareholders' Meeting approves dividend of one euro
Today, at the 23rd Annual General Shareholders' Meeting of voestalpine AG, a dividend of one euro (after EUR 0.95 in the previous year) for each dividend-bearing share was approved for the business year 2014/15. The shareholders acted on the relevant recommendation by the Management Board and the Supervisory Board. The dividend shall be paid out starting on July 13, 2015 (ex-dividend date is July 6, 2015).
July 1, 2015
Atrium European Real Estate Limited / ATRIUM COMPLETES ACQUISITIONOF ARKÁDY PANKRÁC SHOPPING CENTRE IN PRAGUE FOR EUR162 MILLION
Further to its announcement on 22 January 2015, Atrium European Real Estate Limited, a leading owner, operator and developer of shopping centres and retail real estate in Central and Eastern Europe, announces that the Atrium Group has completed the acquisition of a 75% interest in the Arkády Pankrác shopping centre (the "Centre") in Prague, the Czech Republic for a consideration of EUR162 million.
June 30, 2015
EANS-Total Voting Rights: Atrium European Real Estate Limited / Releaseaccording to article 93 BörseG with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution
Atrium European Real Estate Limited AG hereby announces that at the end of the month June 2015 the number of voting rights amounts to a total of 376067948 voting rights. The stated capital is now EUR 2625150123. The change of total voting rights is effective as of 30.06.2015.
June 30, 2015
C.A.T. oil AG - Annual & Special Corporate Meetings/Confirmation of Supervisory Board
Annual General Meeting of C.A.T. oil AG confirms Supervisory Board o Principal shareholder Dijols together with two independent members will form controlling body until annual statement 2016 o Former Management and Supervisory Board members not discharged from their liability for the business year 2014.
June 29, 2015
C.A.T. oil AG - Dividend announcement
Pursuant to the resolution of the annual shareholders' meeting on 29 June 2015, a dividend of EUR 0.12 will be paid for each share to the shareholders of our company for the business year 2014 (less capital gains tax as legally applicable).
June 29, 2015
KA Finanz AG / Merger as notified through ad-hoc
KA Finanz AG (KF), referring to its ad-hoc disclosures dated 11/08/2014 and 13/03/2015, in which the partial sale of Kommunalkredit Austria AG (KA) and the preceding demerger of the entire business operations of KA (incl. all its subsidiaries) with parts of its assets and liabilities by way of a proportionate demerger into a newly incorporated company (KA New) were announced, as well as based on the decisions taken by the Supervisory Board today, 26/06/2015, notifies the following..
June 26, 2015
Kommunalkredit Austria AG / Partial sale of Kommunalkredit: Value of special rights
The Supervisory Board of KA, at its meeting today, adopted the following decisions: Demerger of the entire business operations of KA (incl. all its subsidiaries) with parts of its assets and liabilities by way of a proportionate demerger into a newly incorporated company (KA New).
June 26, 2015
Miba Aktiengesellschaft / Miba distributes EUR 8.00 dividend pershare
The General Meeting of Miba AG today decided to distribute a dividend of EUR 8.00 per share (previous year EUR 8.00) for the fiscal year 2014-15. Based on the share price at the balance sheet date (January 31, 2015), this represents a dividend yield of 2.00 percent.
June 25, 2015
EANS-General Meeting: Miba Aktiengesellschaft / Resolutions of the GeneralMeeting
Motions Proposed and Resolutions Passed by the Common Shareholder of Miba Aktiengesellschaft to the 29th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Miba AG on June 25, 2015.
June 25, 2015
Österreichische Volksbanken-Aktiengesellschaft / Preparation of buyback programme for non-subordinated liabilities has begun
Oesterreichische Volksbanken-Aktiengesellschaft, Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Wien, company register number 116476p (VBAG) is now in the process of preparing for the demerger and continued operation of VBAG as a wind-down entity pursuant to Section 162 of the Federal Act on the Recovery and Resolution of Banks (Bundesgesetz über die Sanierung und Abwicklung von Banken).
June 24, 2015
Atrium European Real Estate Limited / ATRIUM APPOINTS KARINE OHANATO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Atrium European Real Estate (the "Company") (VSE/Euronext: ATRS), a leading owner, operator and developer of shopping centres and retail real estate in Central and Eastern Europe, announces the appointment of Ms Karine Ohana M.Sc to the Board of Directors as an Independent Non-executive Director.
June 24, 2015
ANDRITZ subsidiary Schuler acquires majority stake in Yadon, one ofthe leading press manufacturers in China
Schuler AG, a member of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has signed a contract for the acquisition of a 51% stake in the Chinese press and machine tool manufacturer Yangzhou Metal Forming Machine Tool Co., Ltd. (Yadon). Yadon is one of the leading manufacturers of mechanical presses in China and has annual sales of approximately 120 million euros. It was agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The acquisition is subject to approval by anti-trust authorities.
June 23, 2015
Kapsch TrafficCom AG / Yearly Report
Kapsch TrafficCom AG (ISIN AT000KAPSCH9), listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange in the prime market segment, released the annual financial statements and the annual report for the fiscal year 2014/15 today.
June 22, 2015
Atrium European Real Estate Limited / Results of Tender Offer forthe EUR130,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2017
Atrium European Real Estate Limited today announces the acceptances and results of its invitation to holders of its EUR130,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2017 to tender their Notes for purchase by the Company for cash. The Offer was made on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 5 June 2015 prepared by the Company.
June 22, 2015
STRABAG building Józef Pilsudski Museum in Poland with 5-D planning
The construction group STRABAG has been commissioned to design and build a museum dedicated to the former head of state of independent Poland Józef Pilsudski in the town of Sulejówek in the Warsaw metropolitan area.
June 19, 2015
Kapsch TrafficCom AG reports clear improvement in profits in fiscal
Kapsch TrafficCom AG, listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange in the prime market segment, reports on an intense 2014/15 fiscal year. Through implementation of the Program 2020 in particular, the company also achieved significant strategic progress.
June 16, 2015
Shareholders request Extraordinary General Meeting of conwert
A group of investors, in total owning more than 5% of conwert Immobilien SE (conwert), lead by Petrus Advisers has requested an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM). The agenda contains the increase of the number of Administrative Board seats from four to five and the election of Erich Kandler to become a member of the Administrative Board.
June 15, 2015
Hannes Ametsreiter resigns as CEO of Telekom Austria Group (Ad-hoc)
Today the Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) announces that Hannes Ametsreiter has asked the Supervisory Board of Telekom Austria AG for a mutually agreed premature termination of his contract. Today the Supervisory Board and Hannes Ametsreiter have agreed that he will resign as Chief Executive Officer of Telekom Austria AG as well as Chief Executive Officer of A1 Telekom Austria AG per 31 July 2015.
June 15, 2015
EANS-General Meeting: STRABAG SE / Resolutions of the General Meeting
Voting results in accordance with Sec 128 Para 2 of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG) for the 11th Annual General Meeting held on 12 June 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Austria Center Vienna, Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Vienna.
June 12, 2015
