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S&T: On 27 December 2019, technology group S&T AG completed the share buyback program announced on 22 July 2019. In total, S&T AG bought back 788.245 shares at a weighted average price of Euro 18,5822. This corresponds to 1,193% of the company's share capital. The total price without incidental expenses of the repurchased shares was Euro 14.647.351,95. S&T AG plans to use the repurchased shares for future acquisitions and to service the stock option programs.
S&T: weekly performance: 2.62%

ams: ams, a worldwide supplier of high-performance sensor solutions, has been recognized through major industry awards around the globe during 2019. ams was named Outstanding EMEA Semiconductor Company by the Global Semiconductor Alliance in recognition of its vision, technology and market leadership, while CEO Alexander Everke was recognized as Executive of the Year, Global at the recent AspenCore Global CEO Summit in Shenzhen. The entire ams global design engineering team – spanning 18 design centers across Europe, Asia and the US – took top honors winning the coveted Design & Engineering Team of the Year at Sensors Expo. 
“Our teams are focused on the next solution, driving innovation and building differentiated products for our increasingly connected world,” says Alexander Everke, CEO at ams. “Earning these important awards is an exciting recognition of our employee’s dedication and hard work. The honor belongs to them and we are proud to leverage the experience of our highly skilled worldwide staff for our customer’s success.” The Best of Sensors Expo ‘Innovation of the Year’ Award went to the ams TMF8701 true direct ToF sensor makes highly accurate distance measurements at very high speed.  AspenCore’s Global Electronic Achievement Award – Sensor Product of the Year celebrated the ams AS7341, a lab-grade, multi-channel color analysis in a tiny package for color analysis, automatic white balancing and color matching. In addition, ams won several technology awards in different regions including China, recognizing ams’ outstanding portfolio. These include Innovation Product and Technology from Elecfans China for the ams TMF8801 true direct time-of-flight (ToF) sensor system in a single modular package, the Smart Manufacturing Solution of the Year from EEPW for the ams CMV50000 CMOS image sensor and the Automotive Technology Innovation Award from Vogel AI media in China for the ams AS8579 steering wheel hand-on/off detection system.
AMS: weekly performance: -0.14%

S Immo: The Management Board of S Immo AG has decided to potentially increase the company's share capital by up to 6,691,717 new shares under exclusion of the shareholders´ subscription rights for the purpose of potential growth financing by making partial use of the authorized capital; this corresponds to a possible increase of the share capital by up to Euro 24,314,353.72 (10% of the total share capital). In the event the capital increase against cash contributions takes place, the issue price of the new shares shall be determined by an accelerated bookbuilding procedure ("ABB"). The effective execution of the capital increase, the timing of a possible placement of shares as well as the conditions thereof will depend in particular on the capital market environment, the buying interest of investors and the approval of the Supervisory Board of the Company.
S Immo: weekly performance: -0.88%

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI): The Austrian Supreme Administrative Court (VwGH) has annulled the administrative fine relating to the Panama Papers case in the last instance, which had been imposed by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). The fine totaling Euro 2.7 mn will thus be refunded to RBI. The VwGH confirms RBI’s legal opinion: “RBI has always maintained the position that it fulfills all legal obligations to prevent money laundering and that the requirements of the FMA were excessive. The decision by the Supreme Administrative Court on the illegality of the FMA’s penalty has confirmed RBI’s view” said Christoph Lehner, Head of Compliance at RBI.
RBI: weekly performance: 0.53%

European Lithium: The Board of European Lithium Limited (ASX: EUR, FRA: PF8, VSE: ELI, NEX: EUR) announced that it has agreed a long-term debt facility of Euro 7,500,000 with a Swiss based sophisticated investor introduced by Helvetican International AG (Helvetican). The Debt Facility will allow the Company to complete the DFS at the Wolfsberg Lithium Project in Austria and repay the residual amount owing under the existing convertible note facility. TheCompany’s Chairman has met with Helvetican and the lender on two difference occasions in Zurich over the last 6 weeks as part of its due diligence on the Debt Facility. Tony Sage, Chairman, commented “This is a significant milestone in the development of the Wolfsberg project as it allows us to finalise the DFS without further dilution to existing shareholders. We believe the repayment and extinguishment of the existing convertible facility will greatly benefit all shareholders by eliminating the issue of new shares and subsequent selling into the market. EUR looks forward to a mutually beneficial and long-term relationship with Helvetican International AG.” The Austrian Mining Authority has extended the 11 mining licenses and 54 exploration licenses the Company has over the Wolfsberg Lithium Project.
European Lithium: weekly performance: 29.17%

(From the 21st Austria weekly https://www.boerse-social.com/21staustria (30/12/2019)

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