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Geely Holding to acquire Cevian Capital’s shares in AB Volvo

· In an agreement announced today, Cevian Capital has agreed to sell its entire shareholding in AB Volvo (“Volvo” or the “Company”) and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (“Geely Holding”) has committed to acquire the shares following necessary regulatory approvals. · The acquisition of AB Volvo shares comprises 88.47 million A-shares and 78.77 millionB-shares, corresponding to 8.2 per cent of the capital and 15.6 per cent of the votes, which represents the largest ownership in AB Volvo by capital and the second largest by votes[1]. · Nomura International Plc and Barclays Capital

Tethys Oil AB: Production update November 2017

Tethys Oil's share of the production, before government take, from Blocks 3&4 onshore the Sultanate of Oman amounted in November 2017 to 346,498 barrels of oil, corresponding to 11,550 barrels of oil per day. Tethys Oil AB, through its wholly owned subsidiary Tethys Oil Block 3 & 4 Ltd, has a 30 per cent interest in Blocks 3&4. Partners are Mitsui E&P Middle East B.V. with 20 per cent and the operator CC Energy Development S.A.L. (Oman branch) holding the remaining 50 per cent. For further information, please contactMagnus Nordin, Managing Director, phone +46 8 505 947 00----------

Insplorion’s Chinese distributor Honoprof sells Acoulyte Instrument to Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing

Honoprof thus conducts the first distributor sale for Insplorion with the first Acoulyte instrument in China. CAS is one of the leading research institutes in China. Prof. Hui Yang with her group and department colleagues will use the instrument for understanding and developing surface modifications with amphiphilic molecules, for applications ranging from electrolytes to cleaning agents. CAS will serve as a strong reference center for future sales activities, with the group in Beijing being geographically close to the Honoprof headquarter. The Acoulyte instrument list price is approximately

Audit demonstrates the effectiveness of self-regulation at member companies of the Federation of the Brewing and Soft Drinks Industry

An audit conducted by Makery Oy reveals that self-regulation guidelines are being closely followed by member companies of the Federation of the Brewing and Soft Drinks Industry. The Federation’s members – Hartwall, Momentin Group, Olvi, Red Bull Finland, Saimaan Juomatehdas and Sinebrychoff – have undertaken to follow stricter self-regulation guidelines than those laid down by law. These guidelines have now been audited for the first time.The audit focused on the marketing of mild alcoholic beverages and soft drinks. Particular attention was paid to complying with and enforcing age

Herantis Pharma expands on timeline for Lymfactin studies

Herantis Pharma expands on timeline for Lymfactin® studies Herantis Pharma PlcCompany release 27 December 2017 at 9:00 am Herantis Pharma Plc's ("Herantis") announces a slight delay in completing patient recruitment in its clinical Phase 1 study with the company's investigational gene therapy product Lymfactin®. Patient recruitment is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2018 instead of by the end of 2017 as previously estimated and announced. Thanks to the data cumulated so far meeting expectations in the Phase 1 study, Herantis is preparing the submission of a

New customer survey – ColdZyme prevents colds and reduces severity and duration among cold sufferers

In a recent consumer survey conducted by GfK, over 40% of customers state that they use ColdZyme preventively and if they nevertheless do catch a cold, almost 80 percent state that symptoms are milder and of shorter duration. In November GfK conducted a consumer survey on behalf of Enzymatica to study how ColdZyme customers perceive ColdZyme’s advantages and to assess the market in general. The survey included 100 customers in the common-cold category and 100 ColdZyme users in Sweden. The findings confirmed that most ColdZyme users either take ColdZyme preventively, or for early symptoms

Skanska sells two office buildings in Krakow, Poland, for EUR 75M, about SEK 720M

Skanska has sold the first two buildings of the High5ive office complex in Krakow, Poland, to the real estate fund manager Niam for EUR 75M, about SEK 720M. The transaction will be recorded by Skanska Commercial Development Europe in the fourth quarter 2017, with the transfer of the property scheduled for the second quarter 2018.The two buildings provide about 23,400 square meters and are scheduled for completion in sequence in the first and in the second quarter 2018. The properties are currently leased to tenants such as Ocado and Business Link. High5ive will ultimately comprise five

Record high prices for softwood lumber in North America and rising export prices in Sweden, Finland and Russia as wood demand picks up

Demand for imported softwood lumber to the US has fallen by six percent during the first nine months of 2017 as compared to the same period in 2016. In contrast, Chinese import volumes have been up 21% year-over-year.This is an excerpt from the newly released market report Wood Resource Quarterly. To read the full 56-page quarterly report, please visit www.woodprices.com to initiate an annual subscription.             WRQ - 30 Years of Global Wood Price Reporting Global Lumber Trade Demand for imported softwood lumber to the US has fallen by six percent during the first nine

Update on Securitas Group tax rate following the US corporate tax reform

The new US corporate tax legislation, passed by the US Government on December 22 and effective as from January 1, 2018, will impact Securitas.Based on the information currently available, the new US tax legislation will reduce Securitas Group tax rate as of 2018 and going forward. Assessing the current tax base and tax matters, our best judgment is that our current full year Group tax rate of 28.5 percent in 2017 is estimated to reduce to approximately 25.5 percent as of the financial year 2018. Furthermore, the value of Securitas’ existing deferred US tax assets, for example pension

Höganäs acquires H.C. Starck’s Surface Technology& Ceramic Powders division

Höganäs acquires H.C. Starck’s Surface Technology & Ceramic Powders division – A leading global manufacturer of surface technology, ceramic and additive manufacturing powders.Höganäs AB has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of H.C. Starck Group’s Surface Technology & Ceramic Powders division, STC. STC is a leading global manufacturer of surface technology, ceramic and additive manufacturing powders for a wide variety of end-market applications. The company operates as a legally separated stand-alone division within the H.C. Starck Group. The acquisition will enable Höganäs to gain

One plus one has become three for SolunoBC

Soluno Business Communications passed a magic threshold in early December. Thanks to the successful merger of Solus BC and Uno Telefoni – and with SEB Private Equity as a strong principal owner – SolunoBC now has more than 100,000 individual business users of its cloud-based communication solutions. “Thanks to committed partners and interested customers, we can say that one plus one makes three,” remarks Mattias Ohde, CEO of SolunoBC.Soluno Business Communications has grown to become one of the largest and most prominent players in cloud-based communication solutions today. Being able to

Nordic Capital Fund V in Private Equity Value Creation Hall of Fame

Nordic Capital’s 2003 vintage fifth fund “Nordic Capital Fund V,” has been awarded a place in the “Private Equity Value Creation Hall of Fame” which was compiled by HEC Paris and announced by Private Equity International magazine on December 18, 2017.The Hall of Fame features private equity funds which have generated exceptional levels of value to their investors. The initiative of HEC Paris Professor Oliver Gottschalg, associate professor of strategy at HEC Paris and co-founder of its Private Equity Observatory research centre, was launched only last month and Nordic Capital is the second

Loomis positively affected by the US tax reform

The president of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump, has turned the US tax reform into legislation by signing the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (TCJA). The TCJA’s main impact on Loomis in the fourth quarter this year is the reduction of the corporate tax rate in the US from 35 to 21 per cent. As a consequence of the reduced tax rate in the US, Loomis expects, based on current estimates, to account for a one-off positive tax income in the range of SEK 55 to 70 million during the fourth quarter of 2017. The one-off positive tax income is due to revaluations of future tax liabilities, which Loomis

Kungsleden makes strategic add-on acquisition in existing Stockholm cluster

Kungsleden continues to expand its office portfolio and strengthens its presence in the existing Stockholm City West cluster at Kungsholmen through the acquisition of the properties Gladan 5, Gladan 6 and Gladan 7.The properties are acquired at a price of MSEK 485 after deduction of deferred tax and access will take place in February 2018. The office's leaseable area amounts to approximately 11,200 sq.m. which means that Kungsleden expands its cluster at Kungsholmen to a total leaseable area of approximately 46,400 sq.m. "The acquisition gives us the opportunity to further develop

Viking Supply Ships AB extends the timeline for the rights issue

Press release 22 December 2017With reference to previous communication related to the ongoing financial restructuring of Viking Supply Ships A/S: Viking Supply Ships AB (the “Company”) received a confirmation from Viking Supply Ships A/S that it had obtained support for the restructuring proposal from all senior lenders. The restructuring proposal was however subject to final approval from the senior lenders’ credit committees. Viking Supply Ships A/S has now obtained the necessary credit committee approvals from a majority of the senior lenders, but is still in the process of

LINK Mobility Group ASA enters the Austrian market by acquiring Simple SMS

LINK Mobility Group ASA ("LINK"), one of Europe's leading and fastest growing providers of B2C mobile messaging and mobile services, has today entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of the Austrian mobile messaging companies Simple SMS GmbH and Simple SMS Wholesale GmbH (together "Simple SMS Group") from the seller Christoph Holubar. Simple SMS Group is a specialist for web based platform & services for a huge range of professional mobile messaging for business customers. With a yearly increase of more than 24% in revenue in the last years it confirms that the companies’

Cherry simplifies the Group’s legal organization and intends to amend its bond terms

The Board of Directors of Cherry AB (publ) – STO: CHER-B.ST – has decided to initiate a process aimed at simplifying the Group’s legal structure and increasing the flexibility of outstanding bond loan.Cherry has instructed Nordic Trustee, the agent for Cherry’s outstanding bond loan of approximately EUR 179.9 million, with ISIN SE0008321616, to initiate a written procedure aimed at inter alia adjusting the covenants of the bond, to facilitate changes in Cherry’s legal structure and to increase the company’s financial flexibility. The adjustments, which are intended to be implemented during

Ripasso Energy signs South African sales agreement

The Swedish cleantech company Ripasso Energy AB signed an agreement today with the South African ferrochrome producer Afarak Mogale (Pty) Ltd for the sale of 7 PWR BLOK 400-F’s. The order value is €3,766,000, with a delivery time of 12 months. In September 2017, Ripasso Energy launched the PWR BLOK 400-F, a container-based solution in which the company’s Stirling engine is used to harness energy from residual gas combustion. The first sales agreement has now been signed, just three months after product launch. The buyer is the South African ferrochrome producer Afarak Mogale (Pty)

Irofulven Phase 2 clinical study application approved by the Danish Medicines Agency and the Ethics Committee

Hoersholm, Denmark -- December 22th  2017 – Oncology Venture Sweden AB:s (OV:ST) (“Oncology Venture” or “OV”) has received approval for the application to run a phase 2 protocol of Irofulven for castration- and docetaxel resistant Prostate Cancer by the Danish Ethics Comitte and tha Danish Medicines Agency (DHMA). The study will include 13-27 patients selected for Irofulven benefit from DRP screened Swedish and Danish patients. The study will be run at two Danish sites – Swedish patients will be refered for Irofulven treatment at the University Hospital in Copenhagen. Using genomic

#17-130 Update of CFI and FISN codes for Corporate bonds and Loan debentures listed at NGM

As of December 27, 2017, loan debentures and corporate bonds listed at Nordic Growth Market will trade with new CFI- and FISN codes.For more details see attached files. For further information concerning this NGM notice please contact: Listing department on +46 8 566 390 10 or at listings@ngm.se Nordic Growth Market NGM AB About NGMNordic Growth Market NGM AB (NGM) is an authorized stock exchange with operations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The exchange is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart, the leading retail exchange in Germany. NGM offers a complete

#17-129 Change of market segment for some structured warrants on NDX

After the end of today’s trading, 23 instruments will be transferred from NDX to the MTF segment. First day of trading on the new segment will be December 27, 2017. The orderbooks for the affected instruments will be flushed.For more details see attached file. For further information concerning this NGM notice please contact: Listing department on +46 8 566 390 20 or at listings@ngm.se Nordic Growth Market NGM AB About NGM Nordic Growth Market NGM AB (NGM) is an authorized stock exchange with operations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The exchange is a wholly-

Update on financing

Reference is made to the stock exchange notices dated 22 December 2017 regarding Aker BP’s acquisition of Hess Norge and the sale of 10 percent interest in the Valhall and Hod fields. Following these transactions, Aker BP holds 90 percent interest in the Valhall and Hod fields. Aker BP has also assumed Hess Norge's tax positions which included a tax loss carry forward with an estimated net value of USD 1.5 billion, as booked in Hess Norge's 2016 annual accounts. In relation to these transactions, Aker BP has obtained a new USD 1.5 billion bank facility in line with the terms described

Veidekke to build offices and warehouse in Ski

Veidekke's subsidiary Norske Stålbygg has been awarded the contract by Anthon B Nilsen Eiendom AS to build a combined warehouse and office building at Langhus in Ski municipality. This is a turnkey contract valued at NOK 147 million, excluding VAT. The building will be the headquarters and central warehouse for tenant Berggård Amundsen & Co. AS, a national electronics wholesaler. The building will have a combined floor area of 14,000 m[2], of which 1,800 m[2] will be dedicated to offices and the remainder a modern and efficient warehouse. "This is a very interesting project for us at

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