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Kesko to acquire Volkswagen and SEAT businesses from Huittisten Laatuauto

Kesko Group company K Caara Oy has agreed to acquire Huittisten Laatuauto Oy’s Volkswagen and SEAT business operations in Forssa and Huittinen. The transaction includes new and used car sales, servicing and after-sales services. Kesko’s car trade targets growing its business in cooperation with the Volkswagen Group. K-Auto’s retail company K-Caara is the biggest dealer of brands represented by the Volkswagen Group in Finland, and it strives to strengthen its market position in the retailing of Volkswagen, Audi and SEAT by expanding its business area.   ”This acquisition supports our

Epiroc completes acquisition of Canadian exploration tools manufacturer

Stockholm, Sweden: Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining, infrastructure and natural resources industries, has completed the acquisition of Fordia Group Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of exploration drilling tools.Fordia Group is based in Montreal, Canada, and has sales in more than 70 countries. It provides exploration drilling tools such as diamond bits, down-the-hole tools, drill rods and drill casings, as well as water treatment systems and pumps, used by mining houses and drilling contractors. Its high-quality solutions are known in the industry to benefit customers by

December: Monthly statistics

The number of customers at Avanza has during 2018 increased by 126,500, amounting to 7,460 new customers in December. This resulted in 837,100 customers at the end of the year. Net inflow in December was SEK 900*m, amounting to SEK 27,600*m during 2018.December November Change December Change 2018  2018  month % 2017  year % No. customers 837,100  829,700  1  710,600  18 Net inflow, SEKm 900* 2,730 –67 1,300 –31 Savings capital, SEKm 300,000 314,900 –5 282,900 6

Fondia continues its growth and internationalization, opens a new Baltic office in Lithuania

In the beginning of 2019, Finnish law firm Fondia Plc opens a new office in Vilnius, Lithuania, to speed up firm’s growth and to strengthen its position in the Baltic market. ”Fondia keeps growing and internationalizing in accordance with our strategy. The model of continuous legal support, LDaaS, has reached a significant interest in the Baltics. Opening an office in the market already covered by our Baltic operations team, we are able to answer the growing interest for legal department services and offer them in full scale to our customers in Lithuania. We are able to take the

Key personnel subscribe for shares through warrants within the company's incentive program

Key personnel subscribe for 16,000 shares and the company will receive a total of SEK 259 200. The series 2016/2018 is completed with this last subscription.“It is positive that key employees invest in the company and utilize their warrants even when the difference in subscription price and market price is small. It adds cash but primarily sends a clear signal that the team has confidence in the long-term positive development of our projects”, comments Patrik Dahlqvist, CEO at Insplorion. Series 2016/2018 had a total of 90,000 warrants with the right to subscribe a share for SEK 16.20.

Change in Keliber Oy's Management Group

Olle Sirén, Chief Operating Officer of Keliber Oy (the “company") will gradually retire.The company's founding member, long-term CEO and current Chief Operating Officer Mr. Olle Sirén will retire on June 30, 2019. He will withdraw from the company's day-to-day management and operative activities from the beginning of 2019, and he will no longer be in the company's management team. "Olle has worked tirelessly to initiate and develop the company's lithium project. Already at the beginning of the millennium, and in a visionary manner, he recognized business opportunities for lithium, based

Fortum aims for global bioproduct markets by refining agro and woody biomass

FORTUM PRESS RELEASE 3.1.2019 Fortum is launching a significant development project that aims to manufacture high-value products from agro residues and woody biomass to replace the use of fossil and other environmentally taxing raw materials. The project received significant support from Business Finland for a 14.4 million-euro, two-year project in which Fortum and technology and refining partners will conduct research with the aim to create an industrial ecosystem in which biomass is refined in biovillages through collaboration between the companies. Demand for bio-based raw materials

Ripasso Energy delivers its first PWR BLOK units

Today Ripasso Energy AB ships the first PWR BLOK 400-F of the seven ordered by South African ferrochrome producer Afarak Mogale. Installation and commissioning will take place in Q1 as planned. Today Swedish cleantech company Ripasso Energy AB ships the first PWR BLOK 400-F unit out of the Port of Gothenburg. Installation and commissioning at ferrochrome producer Afarak Mogale’s South African plant is expected to take place in the latter part of Q1. The delivery is the first of seven PWR BLOK units ordered by Afarak in December 2017. The PWR BLOK 400-F is a unique Swedish

All Paulig coffees are verified sustainable: all coffee is sourced from certified sources or through sustainable partnership programmes

In 2014, Paulig made a promise that all of the coffee beans used by the company would come from verified sustainable sources by the end of 2018. This promise was kept and today, as one of the first large roasteries in the world to exclusively use sustainable coffee beans, Paulig is a coffee industry forerunner in terms of its sourcing principles. Paulig has a long-term commitment to sustainability. The company’s sourcing and sustainability efforts are based on profound knowledge of the origin of coffee. Paulig’s ethical principles for sourcing have guided our operations for a long

IRRAS Enters into Global Partnership with HealthLink to Support Distributors of IRRAS’ Medical Products

Stockholm, January 3, 2019 – IRRAS AB (Nasdaq First North Premier: IRRAS) today announced that it has entered into a partnership with HealthLink Europe & International to serve as IRRAS’ global logistics and customer service partner.  Through this partnership, the companies will provide IRRAS’ worldwide customer base with rapid access to the company’s full range of medical products, led by its first commercial product, IRRAflow®, and industry-leading customer service support.Under the terms of the agreement, HealthLink will be responsible for receiving customer orders, processing customer

Directed share issue to the European High Growth Opportunities Securitization Fund

The Board of Directors of QuickCool AB (publ) ("QuickCool"), supported by the authorization from the annual general meeting on May 3, 2018, decided and implemented a directed share issue, with exemption from the shareholders ' preferential rights. The new share issue has been addressed to the European High Growth opportunities Securitization Fund.The purpose of the directed share issue has been to fulfil one of the terms of the financing agreement that Quickcool entered with the European High Growth Opportunities Securitization Fund. Information about the financing agreement was provided

Targovax ASA issues options to employees

On the basis of the approval by the Annual General Meeting on 11 April 2018 to authorize the Board of Targovax ASA to issue new shares to employees under the Company long-term incentive program, the Board has resolved to issue new options to employees of the Company. A total of 600,000 options for shares of the Company were distributed amongst the members of the executive management and a total of 349,000 options for shares of the Company were distributed amongst other employees. Each option, when exercised, will give the right to acquire one share in the Company. The options are granted

BAKKAFROST: Q4 2018 Trading Update

Harvest volumes in Q4 2018 are Farming North 4.0 thousand tonnesFarming West 8.3 thousand tonnesTotal Q4 2018 12.3 thousand tonnes The harvest volumes are provided in head on gutted (HOG) equivalents. Bakkafrost’s guidance for harvest in 2019 is increased by 1,500 tonnes gutted weight, from 53,000 to 54,500 tonnes gutted weight. Feed sales in Q4 2018 are 24.7 thousand tonnes. Havsbrún sourced 46.5 thousand tonnes of raw materials in Q4 2018. The full Q4 2018 report will be released on 19 February 2019 at 06:00 CET. Contacts: Regin Jacobsen, CEO of P/F Bakkafrost:

Enea signs agreement worth 5.3 MUSD for traffic acceleration for a leading network operator

Stockholm, Sweden, January 2, 2019 Enea® (Nasdaq Stockholm: ENEA) Enea has signed a new significant agreement with a total value of 5.3 MUSD covering software for mobile traffic management (specifically acceleration of what is known as “TCP” traffic) for a leading network operator in North America. The software was delivered during the fourth quarter 2018, and Enea has now finalized the agreement with terms that closes the deal. The deal which is part of Enea’s expected business volume for 2018 includes both software licenses as well as associated support and maintenance, of which the

Quarterly notification of Directors’ Interests

02 January 2019  Faroe Petroleum plc  ("Faroe Petroleum" or the "Company")  Quarterly notification of Directors' Interests and conditional award of shares  Graham Stewart (Chief Executive), Jonathan Cooper (Chief Financial Officer) and Helge Hammer (Chief Operating Officer), have notified the Company that on 31 December 2018 they acquired the following ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ('Partnership Shares') and have been awarded the following conditional shares ('Matching Shares') under the Faroe Petroleum Share Investment Plan (the "SIP") at a price of £1.454 each:

New insights into how genes are activated

[PRESS RELEASE 2019-01-02] In a study in Nature, researchers at Karolinska Institutet present a new method for analysing how instructions in the genome control how our genes are activated in individual cells. The results give new insights into how the genome encodes for its own use, which increases our basic understanding of how genes are activated in different types of cell in the body in both good and ill health.Almost all cells in the body have the same set of DNA and can in principle become any kind of cell at all. What distinguishes the cells is the way in which the genes in our DNA

Finnair Plc – Acquisition of own shares on 2 Jan 2019

At Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd: Date  02.01.2019 Exchange transaction   BuyShare trading code   FIA1SAmount, shares   15,000Total cost, EUR   105,967.50Average price/share, EUR      7.0645Highest price/share, EUR   7.17Lowest price/share, EUR   7.00  The company holds a total of 741,008 of its own shares (FIA1S) including the shares acquired on 2 Jan 2019. Detailed information concerning the acquisition is attached to this stock exchange release.On behalf of Finnair PlcDANSKE BANK AS, SUOMEN

BAKKAFROST: Bakkafrost’s Share Savings Plan Allocates Shares

Bakkafrost has a share savings plan for employees of the Group. The purpose of the plan is to strengthen the company culture and encourage loyalty through employees becoming shareholders of Bakkafrost. After a lock-in period of two calendar years, one free share will be awarded by Bakkafrost for each share purchased according to the share savings plan. The lock-in period for the share savings plan in 2016 ended on 31 December 2018 and Bakkafrost has on 2 January 2019 allocated Bakkafrost shares to the Group’s employees in accordance with their savings in the share savings plan in 2016.

FISKARS CORPORATION: ACQUISITION OF OWN SHARES 02.01.2019

Fiskars Corporation  NOTIFICATION 02.01.2019 at 18:30 EEST FISKARS CORPORATION: ACQUISITION OF OWN SHARES 02.01.2019 Date 02.01.2019Exchange transaction BuyShare class FSKRSAmount       1 500Average price/share 15.4195 EUR  Highest price/share 15.5000 EUR Lowest price/share 15.3200 EUR Total price 23,129.25  EUR  The shares held by Fiskars Corporation on 02.01.2019: FSKRS 334,060  On behalf of Fiskars Corporation Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Publ) Antti Salakka   Janne Tiihonen

Lehto Group Plc: Correction: Flagging notification in accordance with Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act

Lehto Group PlcStock Exchange Release2 January 2019 at 5.45 p.m.Lehto Group Plc has received from OP Fund Management Company Ltd. a correction to flagging notification published on December 28, 2018. According to the corrected notification the total ownership of investment funds managed by OP Fund Management Ltd. is 5,29%. In the stock exchange release published on December 28, 2018 total ownership was incorrectly said to be 5,23%.   The corrected stock exchange release: Lehto Group Plc ("Lehto") has received a notification pursuant to Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities

Total Voting Rights

2 January 2019 15:00 GMT Transparency Directive Voting Rights and Capital The following notification is made in accordance with the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1. As at 31 December 2018 the issued share capital of AstraZeneca PLC with voting rights is 1,267,039,436 ordinary shares of US$0.25. No shares are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in AstraZeneca PLC is 1,267,039,436. The above figure for the total number of voting rights may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which

New Managing Director for Ro-Ro International

Ro-Ro International, part of Axel Johnson International’s Transport Solutions business group, has appointed Pär Johansson as new Managing Director, effective January 2, 2019. Pär will succeed Thor Maugesten, who served as Managing Director of Ro-Ro International for 31 years.Pär Johansson is 31 years old and has a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Chalmers University. Five years ago, he joined the Axel Johnson International group as a trainee and has had various positions within sales, business controlling and business development in Trailereffekter, Forankra and Axel Johnson

RayStation selected as treatment planning system at Isala Oncologisch Centrum, Netherlands

Isala Oncologisch Centrum, one of the largest hospitals in Netherlands, has chosen RayStation as its treatment planning system (TPS) for their radiation therapy department located in Zwolle. RayStation was selected as the best solution following an extensive evaluation of the available treatment planning systems on the market. RayStation will replace the existing system currently in use at the clinic for photons, and later for electrons.RayStation’s ability to provide an all-in-one solution for all steps in the treatment planning process was a key factor in determining its selection. The

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