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Zumtobel: International lighting company Zumtobel Group recorded an improvement in revenue and earnings in the first quarter of the 2019/20 financial year. The company slightly increased Group revenues by 1.1% to Euro 296.4 mn in the first quarter of 2019/20, thus continuing the growth course started in the fourth quarter of the previous financial year. This positive result is primarily attributable to the core markets of the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) with a 5.6% increase in revenues. Group EBIT adjusted for special effects rose by 58.4% compared with the first quarter of 2018/19 and amounted to Euro 15.8 mn. The Zumtobel Group thus increased the adjusted return on sales from 3.4% to 5.3%. The positive development of the Group’s profitability is due to the slight increase in revenues and cost savings. As a result, profit for the period rose from Euro 2.8 mn to Euro 10.9 mn. The Management Board of the Zumtobel Group expects a slight increase in revenues as well as an improvement in the adjusted EBIT margin to between 3 to 5% for the 2019/20 financial year (FY 2018/19: 2.4%) despite a weakening market environment. The medium-term goal to generate an EBIT margin of roughly 6% by the 2020/21 financial year remains intact.
Zumtobel: weekly performance: 4.64%

Andritz:   Mark von Laer, who has been Chief Financial Officer of Andritz AG since March 1, 2017, will leave Andritz at the end of 2019. The Supervisory Board has appointed Norbert Nettesheim as his successor, effective as of December 1, 2019. Norbert Nettesheim was born in 1962 and has a degree in business administration from the University of Cologne. He has extensive experience in project business and spent by far the greater part of his career in managerial positions with increasing responsibility at the Voith Group, including the position of commercial director in various group companies and most recently as head of Group Controlling, Accounting and Investments at Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA.
Andritz: weekly performance: 6.74%

ams: ams, a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, has published the offer document and announces the start of the acceptance period of its offer for all outstanding shares of Osram Licht AG  through its wholly-owned subsidiary Opal BidCo GmbH. The offer document was approved by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht).Osram shareholders are from today able to tender their shares into the Offer at Euro 38.50 until the acceptance period of the Offer expires on 1 October 2019 at midnight (CEST). The Offer represents a premium of 40.6% over the volume-weighted average stock exchange price in the last month until 2 July 2019, i.e. the date prior to that when Osram published an ad-hoc announcement confirming the binding offer it has received from Bain Capital and The Carlyle Group, and a 10% premium to the offer from Bain Capital and The Carlyle Group at Euro 35.00 per share. In case the 70% acceptance threshold is not reached and the Offer fails, ams believes that the stock exchange price for OSRAM shares could show a significant decline. Shareholders, who already have decided to tender into the lower offer from Bain Capital and The Carlyle Group, can secure the premium of Euro 3.50 per share offered by ams by withdrawing and retendering their Osram shares into the Offer. Shareholders should inquire with their custodian banks for any steps required to withdraw and retender their shares and any relevant deadlines that may require action during the offer period. "Our Offer and the combination of Osram and ams represents a better option to all stakeholders than the private equity proposal,” says Alexander Everke, CEO of ams‎. "We intend to leverage Osram’s strong position in optical semiconductors and automotive and create a global leader in sensor solutions and photonics. We are prepared for the integration of both companies, drawing on our in-depth understanding of the industry, due diligence and successful M&A track record. Our strategic vision is to create a technology leader enabling profitable growth in the long-term interest of our combined employee, customer and shareholder base. Compared to private equity ownership, we offer a superior way forward due to our higher growth potential, significant cash flows and lower cost of capital, translating into an expected faster deleveraging and more available investment for the combined business."
AMS: weekly performance: 1.94%

(From the 21st Austria weekly https://www.boerse-social.com/21staustria (03/09/2019)

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