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As announced on 24 April 2018, Handelsbanken has entered into an agreement to divest its shareholding in the credit information agency UC AB to Asiakastieto Group Plc.UC’s merger with the Asiakastieto Group has now been completed. All the conditions for the merger of the two companies have been fulfilled, and the transaction was completed on 29 June 2018.Handelsbanken has received 2,161,178 shares in the Asiakastieto Group and EUR 24.2 million in cash. The impact of the sale on Group profits is estimated at around SEK 837 million at the closing of the transaction, and this will be

Bydureon receives positive CHMP opinion for BCise

29 June 2018 15:00 BST Bydureon receives positive EU CHMP opinion for new BCise device for patients with type-2 diabetes New formulation of once-weekly Bydureon in a pre-filled device recommended to help improve glycaemic control AstraZeneca today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion, recommending inclusion of Bydureon (2mg prolonged-release suspension for injection) BCise device as a new formulation within the marketing authorisation for Bydureon (exenatide extended-release)

UC’s merger with Asiakastieto finalised

All conditions have been fulfilled for the merger between UC AB and Asiakastieto Group Plc, disclosed on 24 April 2018, and the merger was finalised on 29 June 2018.Swedbank has received 1,765,669 shares in Asiakastieto Group Plc as well as a cash consideration of approximately SEK 200 million. For Swedbank, the transaction will result in a tax-free capital gain of approximately SEK 670 million in the second quarter of 2018. The received shares correspond to 7.4 percent of total shares and voting rights in Asiakastieto Group Plc. For further information:Gregori Karamouzis, Head of

The divestment of UC finalised

All conditions have been fulfilled for the sale of UC AB to Asiakastieto Group Plc, disclosed on 24 April 2018, and the sale was finalised on 29 June 2018.Nordea Bank AB has received 2,303,315 shares in Asiakastieto Group Plc as well as a cash consideration of approx. EUR 26 million. The sale will generate a capital gain of approx. EUR 84 million and will be reported in the bank’s financial results for the second quarter of 2018. The received shares correspond to 9.6% of total shares and voting rights in Asiakastieto Group Plc.For further information:Claes Eliasson, Group

SEB: UC's merger with Asiakastieto finalised

Fri, Jun 29, 2018 15:50 CET

All conditions have been fulfilled for the merger between UC AB and Asiakastieto Group Plc, disclosed on 24 April 2018, and the merger was finalised on 29 June 2018.SEB has received 2 441 920 shares in Asiakastieto Group Plc as well as a cash consideration of SEK 0.3 bn. The transaction results in a capital gain of about SEK 0.9 bn, and will be recognised in the Bank's result in the second quarter of 2018, (based on current share price and EUR/SEK exchange rate).The received shares correspond to 10.2 % of total shares and voting rights in Asiakastieto Group Plc. For further

Alarik Sandrup of Lantmännen elected Vice President of ePURE - the European Renewable Ethanol Association

Alarik Sandrup, Director Public and Regulatory Affairs at Lantmännen, was elected Vice-President of ePURE, the European association of ethanol producers on the 20th of June.Lantmännen has been highly involved in EU policies and the regulatory framework for bioenergy for many years, as decisions made in Brussels have a big impact on future prospects for companies such as Lantmännen Agroetanol. ePURE represents the interests of European ethanol producers and is one of Lantmännen’s most important partners in lobbying the EU. Lantmännen is also one of the founding members of the organization.

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Nokian Tyres: Disclosure under chapter 9, section 10 of the securities market act

Fri, Jun 29, 2018 15:45 CET

Nokian Tyres plc Stock Exchange Release June 29, 2018, at 4:45 p.m. Nokian Tyres has received an announcement from BlackRock, Inc. on June 29, 2018, in accordance with the Finnish Securities Market Act Chapter 9, Section 5. According to the announcement, BlackRock, Inc.'s indirect holding in Nokian Tyres shares fell below level of 5% as well as the total number of Nokian Tyres shares owned by BlackRock, Inc. and its funds fell below level of 5% of the share capital in Nokian Tyres plc, as result of share transactions concluded on June 28, 2018. Total positions of BlackRock, Inc. and

Addtech acquires Fibersystem AB

Addtech Components, a business area in the Addtech Group, has today signed an agreement to acquire all shares outstanding in Fibersystem AB. Fibersystem is a high-tech cyber security innovation company that develops fiber optic transmission solutions and IT security products. The products are used in various industries worldwide in defense, infrastructure, healthcare, safety and manufacturing industry. All the production takes place in Sweden with carefully selected partners. Fibersystem will very effectively complement Addtech's current operations in the business unit Addtech

SaltX Technology NCS patent is approved in South Korea

The Nano Coated Salt (NCS) patent has been granted by the authorities in South Korea. The NCS patent family is one of SaltX's most important. Today the patent is already granted in Sweden, China, USA, EU (EPO), Australia and Japan.Remaining countries where SaltX has applied for the NCS patent, and according to the company's patent representative, are likely to be granted are Brazil and India. "The NCS technology improves performance and stability in the salt. With the help of our patent, we can make thermo-chemical energy storage in salt commercially viable. We are pleased that our

Finnish FSA sets Nordea systemic risk buffer at 3%

Today 29 June, the Board of the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FFSA) decided on the application of the systemic risk buffer in Finland. For the Nordea Group the requirement after the re-domiciliation will be to hold 3% Common Equity Tier 1 for the systemic risk buffer from 1 July 2019. The 3% as now decided increases the level of clarity of the capital requirements and is the same as currently applied in Pillar 1 for Nordea Group in Sweden. In addition to the decision on the application of the systemic risk buffer, the Board of the FFSA today also decided on the application of

Windevo AB acquires windmill assets from bankruptcy estate of former Aligera Holding AB (publ) and appoints new CEO

Fri, Jun 29, 2018 15:02 CET

Windevo AB (“Windevo”), (under name change from AGBH Invest AB) is a company being controlled by former holders of Aligera Holding AB (publ)’s (“Aligera”) SEK 500,000,000 senior secured green bonds 2014/2019 with ISIN SE0005933231(the “Bonds”). Windevo has, through a series of exchanges of instruments described in summary below, acquired e.g. the windmill assets from the Aligera bankruptcy estate. Following the restructuring, Windevo will continue to operate the assets and further develop the company’s footprint as operator of on-shore wind power plants in southern Sweden. Windevo’s

Customer in Mexico places another order worth 675 000 USD (6,1 MSEK)

Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG places another order worth a total of USD 675 000 (6,1 MSEK)The order from Brose Fahrzeugteile is the second major order for carts to be used in their new plant, that will open during 2018 in Querétaro in central Mexico. The order will be delivered during the third quarter 2018 and consists of tugger carts, shelf carts and smaller dollies. The solutions have been evaluated by Brose during the first half of this year. Ivan Alvarez, Purchaser at Brose Querétaro comments: “We see FlexQube as a long-term partner for our intralogistics solutions and are also

Change in number of outstanding shares in HiQ during June

As of 29 June 2018 the number of outstanding shares and votes in HiQ International AB amount to 55 799 587 shares.The change in number of outstanding shares is a result of exercise of warrants. For more information, please contact: Fredrik Malm, CFO and Head of Investor Relations at HiQ. Tel: +46 8 588 90 000 HiQ discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Financial Instruments Trading Act. This press release was submitted for publication at 15.00 CET on 29 June 2018.

Breakthrough in North America for Valutec’s TC continuous dry kilns

Pleasant River Lumber of Maine, USA, is the first company in North America to invest in TC continuous kilns from Valutec, which is the leader in Europe for comprehensive wood drying solutions. Since it was founded, Valutec has delivered more than 4,000 lumber kilns to sawmills around the world and with this new agreement, TC continuous dry kilns will be installed and operational on three continents.“We visited several Swedish sawmills that were using Valutec products and they exceeded our highest expectations in terms of the details, quality of design and energy efficiency. At the end of

Number of shares and votes in Calliditas Therapeutics

During June, the number of shares and votes in Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (the “Company”) has increased due to new share issues that were made in connection with the listing of the Company’s shares on Nasdaq Stockholm. As of June 29, 2018, the number of shares and votes in the Company is 33,232,347.For further information, please contact: Renée Aguiar-Lucander, CEO at Calliditas Email: renee.lucander@calliditas.com Telephone: +46 722 52 10 06 Mikael Widell, Head of Communications at Calliditas Email: mikael.widell@calliditas.com Telephone: +46 703 11 99 60 The

Kund i Mexiko lägger order på ca 6,1 MSEK (675 000 USD)