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Hunter Group ASA – Sale of Hunter Saga completed - Board of Directors propose distribution of NOK 1 per share

Oslo, 17 December 2020 With reference to the press releases issued by Hunter Tankers AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hunter Group ASA, dated 29 October 2020 and 23 November 2020, the company is pleased to announce that the sale of Hunter Saga has been completed and the vessel has been successfully delivered to her new owners. In line with previous communication, subject to EGM and creditor approvals, the board of directors will propose a shareholder distribution of NOK 1.00 per share through a write-down of paid-in capital. Contact: Erik A.S. Frydendal, CEO, ef@huntergroup.no,

With a global footprint comes big responsibility - Tranter contributes to the society via regional social action programs that create wellbeing for many humans around the world.

Stockholm, Sweden, 17 December, 2020. With a global footprint comes big responsibility. To contribute to the society by investing in social action programs that are not tied to Tranter through our core business are goals that follow us through the business cycle.When we can connect and collaborate with our customers on these initiatives the value to the society becomes even bigger. The 2020 holiday season will not be as we know it, but this also gives us an opportunity to reflect over our regional achievements in terms of how we give back to the society. “Among many initiatives around

Veoneer’s Chief Technology Officer will leave the Company to pursue new career opportunity

Stockholm, Sweden, December 17, 2020: The automotive technology company Veoneer, Inc. (NYSE: VNE and SSE: VNE SDB), today announced that the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, Nishant Batra, has decided to leave the Company to pursue a new career opportunity.Mr. Batra joined Veoneer in November 2018 from Ericsson and will leave in January to return to the telecommunications industry as Chief Strategy & Technology Officer for Nokia Corporation and will relocate to the United States. Giuseppe Rosso, Veoneer’s current Vice President Systems & Software will be appointed Acting Chief Technology

Africa Oil Receives Its Sixth Prime Dividend and CEO’s Message to the Shareholders

VANCOUVER, BC, December 17, 2020 /CNW/ (AOI–TSX, AOI–Nasdaq-Stockholm) – Africa Oil Corp. (“AOI”, “Africa Oil” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received its sixth dividend from Prime Oil and Gas B.V. (“Prime”). Prime has distributed a US$75.0 million dividend with a net payment to Africa Oil of US$37.5 million related to its 50% shareholding. The Company intends to apply US$23.8 million of this dividend to reduce the outstanding balance of the BTG term loan to US$141 million. The Company has received a total dividend amount of US$200 million since the closing of the

Aker Solutions Wins Contracts for Both Onshore Plant and Subsea System for Northern Lights CO2 Storage

December 17, 2020 - Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Equinor for delivering the new CO2 receiving facilities Northern Lights outside Bergen, Norway. The company has also won a contract from Equinor to deliver the subsea equipment for injecting captured CO2 into a reservoir for permanent storage. In total, the new contracts have a value of about NOK 1.3 billion. Work will start in January 2021 and the deliveries will be completed within the first part of 2024.Northern Lights is part of the Norwegian government’s Longship project for establishing full scale CO2 capture, transport

Tiny quantum computer solves real optimisation problem

Quantum computers have already managed to surpass ordinary computers in solving certain tasks – unfortunately, totally useless ones. The next milestone is to get them to do useful things. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now shown that they can solve a small part of a real logistics problem with their small, but well-functioning quantum computer. Interest in building quantum computers has gained considerable momentum in recent years, and feverish work is underway in many parts of the world. In 2019, Google's research team made a major breakthrough

Blue World Technologies closes investment round with great success

The methanol fuel cell developer and manufacturer, Blue World Technologies, has closed an investment round with an investment of more than 6 mEUR and is handed over the keys for a new production site 1 January 2021. Blue World Technologies is happy to announce to have closed a successful investment round with both large and smaller investors. Meanwhile, the investment round was ongoing a leasing agreement was signed on a new production building at the Port of Aalborg. At the beginning of 2020, Blue World Technologies was expected to close an investment round, but COVID-19 threw a

Unleashing the potential of rapeseed press cake as a protein source for food

Press release 17 December, 2020 There is a global challenge to ensure sufficient amount of proteins to feed future generations while utilizing natural resources sustainably. Rapeseed press cake, a byproduct of oil pressing industry, has a high potential as a sustainable source of valuable proteins, dietary fibre and bioactive compounds in our nutrition. VTT has led a project consortium focusing on the valorization of rapeseed press cake into functional food ingredients and food products.Protein is the most challenging macronutrient when it comes to sustainable production. Currently,

Vestas expands its lead in Vietnam with a new order for two projects

News release from Vestas Asia PacificSingapore, 17 December 2020 Leveraging its global experience and extensive project planning capabilities, Vestas will supply and supervise the installation of V150-4.2 MW turbines for the two 50 MW projects Nhon Hoa 1 and 2 Wind Farms in the Gia Lai province of Vietnam. This order takes Vestas’ total order intake in Vietnam past 1 GW in 2020 and reaffirms its leadership position in the market. The order is placed by Phu Dien JSC, one of Vestas’ biggest customers in Vietnam, that earlier in the year signed contracts for two other projects with

Seadrill Limited (SDRL): AOD Cash Utilisation

Hamilton, Bermuda, December 16, 2020 – The Board of Seadrill Limited (“Seadrill” or the "Company") (OSE: SDRL, OTCQX:SDRLF) has been informed that the lenders in the AOD facility (under which Asia Offshore Rig 1 Limited, Asia Offshore Rig 2 Limited and Asia Offshore Rig 3 Limited are borrowers) have utilised $97.2 million of AOD's cash contained in restricted accounts secured against their facility to repay a corresponding amount of the $210 million debt outstanding as of today. This leaves $112.8 million of such debt outstanding going forward. The AOD facility maintains sufficient cash to

EQT Private Equity makes a majority investment in Storable, the leading software & technology provider to the self-storage industry

· Storable is the leading provider of software, payments, insurance, and marketplace solutions to the self-storage industry in the US · EQT Private Equity will support Storable’s continued growth and innovation of its best-in-class product offerings · Storable will benefit from EQT’s demonstrated track record of advancing industry leading technology companies and vast expertise in accelerating digital transformation, leveraging its in-house resources and global EQT advisory network EQT is pleased to announce that EQT Private Equity has made a majority investment in Storable (“the

Stabilization measures taken

Company announcement 17/2020 NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL   This announcement does not constitute an offering circular or a prospectus as defined by Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 and nothing herein shall be construed as an offering of securities.     With reference to the company announcement no. 5/2020 dated 18 November 2020 regarding the

Nordea to follow the updated ECB recommendation on dividend

Nordea Bank AbpStock exchange release – Other information disclosed according to the rules of the Exchange16 December 2020 at 20.45 EET On 15 December 2020 the European Central Bank (ECB) announced its updated dividend recommendation to banks. The ECB in general expects dividends and share buy-backs to remain below 15% of the cumulated profit for 2019 and 2020 and not higher than 20 basis points of the Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio until the end of September 2021. Banks are expected to have a dialogue with the ECB before announcing any dividends or share buy-backs to the

Midsummer appoints nominating committee

Swedish solar technology company Midsummer  has appointed members of the nominating committee for the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) in 2021. The AGM is planned for June 4, 2021.The nominating committee has been appointed in consultation with the five largest shareholders or shareholder groups by voting rights – who have expressed a desire to appoint a member to the nominating committee – according to shareholder data from Euroclear Sweden as per December 2, 2020 and other reliable shareholder information in accordance with the decision by the AGM.

Q-FREE ASA – INFORMATION ABOUT BOND EVENT

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice dated 15 December 2020, disclosing Rieber & Søn AS' shareholding of 41,06 % in Q-Free ASA (the "Company"), and to the attached notice from Nordic Trustee AS dated 16 December 2020 to the holders of bonds in our NOK 80 million subordinated convertible bond loan, regarding the conversion right and put option triggered under the loan agreement as a result of Rieber & Søn AS' share acquisition. As set out in the notice from Nordic Trustee AS, certain additional rights of the bondholders will be triggered if a mandatory offer for the shares in

Director/PDMR Shareholding

16 December 2020 18:15 GMT Transaction by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities Disclosure under Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation AstraZeneca PLC (the Company) announced that, on 16 December 2020, it was notified of transactions in the Company's Ordinary Shares of $0.25 each  by certain Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs) of the Company as set out below. PDMR Position Nature of the transaction Quantity PricePhilip Non Purchase of Ordinary Shares 1,310 GB£76.25Broadley -Executive Director

Calmark receives SEK 10.7 million through the redemption of warrants with an exercise rate of 98.1%

Calmark Sweden AB (publ) (“Calmark” or “the Company”) carried out a rights issue of shares and free-of-charge warrants during November 2019. The exercise period of the Series TO 2 B subscription warrants was between December 4, 2020, and December 16, 2020, and thus has ended. In total, 2,408,005 TO 2 B warrants were used to subscribe for shares, corresponding to an exercise rate of approximately 98.1 percent.In total, 2 408 005 subscription warrants, corresponding to approximately 98.1 percent of the total number, were used to subscribe for 2 408 005 B shares at a subscription price of SEK

Citycon decided on a quarterly distribution

CITYCON OYJ     Inside information     16 December 2020 at 19:30 hrsThe Board of Directors of Citycon Oyj has today decided, on the basis of the authorisation by the Annual General Meeting 2020, that an equity repayment of EUR 0.1250 per share will be distributed from the invested unrestricted equity fund of the company. The equity repayment will be paid to a shareholder registered in the company’s shareholders’ register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the record date of the repayment 18 December 2020. The equity repayment will be paid on 30 December 2020.On 28 May 2020 it was

Calliditas announces final outcome of simplified mandatory offer to the shareholders of Genkyotex

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) (“Calliditas”) (Nasdaq OMX - CALTX; NASDAQ - CALT) submitted a simplified public mandatory offer to the shareholders of Genkyotex on 26 November 2020. After the end of the acceptance period on December 11, Calliditas now controls 86.2 percent of the shares in Genkyotex.Calliditas acquired 7,236,515 ordinary shares in Genkyotex SA (“Genkyotex”) (Euronext Paris & Brussels: FR0013399474 - GKTX) on November 3, 2020, corresponding to 62.7 percent of the share capital and voting rights, from Genkyotex's largest shareholders and management group. On November 26,

Staffordshire University set to expand family-friendly campus with new net carbon zero Nursery and Forest School

Staffordshire University has revealed exciting plans for a £4.4m new woodland nursery and forest school that will offer places for the children of students, staff, and the local community.Located close to the University’s nature reserve at the heart of its Leek Road site, the new facilities will meet the high student and staff demand for nursery places whilst also providing additional places for the wider local community.  More than doubling the nursery’s existing capacity, the new provision will see 100 full day-care places for children aged from 0 to five delivered. It will also have

UNITED BANKERS CORPORATION: ACQUISITION OF OWN SHARES 16.12.2020

United Bankers Corporation NOTIFICATION 16.12.2020 at 18:30 UNITED BANKERS CORPORATION: ACQUISITION OF OWN SHARES 16.12.2020 Date 16.12.2020Exchange transaction BuyShare class UNIAVAmount 474Average price/share 9.9378 EURHighest price/share 10.0000 EURLowest price/share 9.9000 EURTotal price 4,710.52 EUR The shares held by United Bankers Corporation on 16.12.2020: UNIAV 35,586   On behalf of United Bankers Corporation  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Publ) Antti

Novel principle for cancer treatment shows promising effect

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report in the journal Nature that they have developed novel first-in-class inhibitors that compromise mitochondrial function in cancer cells. Treatment with the inhibitors stopped cancer cells from proliferating and reduced tumour growth in mice, without significantly affecting healthy cells.“We are excited to have shown that this novel principle for cancer treatment works in animal models and hopefully the inhibitors can now be developed further for anti-cancer treatment in humans,” says Nils-Göran Larsson, professor at the Department of

BERGENBIO TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE ONGOING PHASE II STUDY OF BEMCENTINIB IN COMBINATION WITH PEMBROLIZUMAB IN REFRACTORY NSCLC AT WCLC 2020

Bergen, Norway, 16 December 2020 – BerGenBio ASA (OSE:BGBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel, selective AXL kinase inhibitors for severe unmet medical need, is pleased to announce it has been accepted for an oral presentation at the 2020 World Conference on Lung Cancer Singapore (WCLC), being held from 28-31 January 2021. The oral presentation will provide an update from the Company's Phase II study of bemcentinib in combination with anti-PD-1 therapy pembrolizumab (BGBC008) in refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Abstract titles have been

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