Month: May 2021

As of 12 May, Karolis Lesickas becomes the CEO of Franmax, a subsidiary of Maxima Grupė, which provides IT development, support and maintenance services to the group companies. He is replacing Karolis Ceizaris who headed Franmax and now joins the team engaged in e-commerce development projects at Vilniaus Prekyba group. “Maxima Group is a group of companies, engaged not only in retail trade, but also in technology and innovation. We implement new technological solutions for the convenience of our buyers and our employees as well. This certainly drives our increasing focus on technology and growing role of Franmax in ensuring the continuity of business processes in our companies. K. Lesickas’ experience, combining knowledge of the retail business with IT expertise, will serve this perfectly”, says Mantas Kuncaitis, Maxima Grupė‘s CEO and...

“In the first quarter of 2021, TORM achieved an EBITDA of USD 19m, in a market which continues to be impacted by the pandemic. Further I am pleased that we have just purchased three LR2 vessels on top of the eight MR vessels acquired earlier this year” says Executive Director Jacob Meldgaard.In the first quarter of 2021, TORM achieved TCE rates of USD/day 13,493 (2020, same period: USD/day 23,642) and an EBITDA of USD 18.9m (2020, same period: USD 101.5m). The loss before tax amounted to USD -21.1m (2020, same period a profit of USD 56.8m), and earnings per share (EPS) was negative by USD -0.29 or DKK -1.8 (2020, same period: USD 0.76 or DKK 5.1). The result includes an unrealized loss from freight derivatives of USD 7m. Cash flow from operating activities was positive at USD 9.8m in the first quarter of 2021 (2020, same period: USD...

May 12, 2021Announcement no. 11Q1 2021 Report Highlights Revenue growth of 33% in Q1 2021 In the first quarter of 2021, BioPorto grew revenue by 33% driven by strong sales of antibodies. Revenue from product sales of The NGAL Test™ was maintained at last year’s high level with solid performance in both the US and Rest of the World (ROW). Enrollment of patients in The NGAL Test US pivotal trial continues, summer completion anticipated All internal studies to support BioPorto’s US application for The NGAL Test for pediatric acute kidney injury (AKI) are being finalized according to schedule, and enrollment continues in the pivotal study of critically ill pediatric patients. Based on the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company continues to expect to complete its pivotal study this summer, after which it will submit a De Novo...

In May SpareBank 1 SMN will begin its formal search for a new chief financial officer to succeed Kjell Fordal who is due to retire in 2022. Mr Fordal heads the business line Group Finance and Governance in the SpareBank 1 SMN group. The aim is to have a new CFO in place in the fourth quarter of the current year. “We have strengthened our economics and finance unit which now has overarching responsibility for corporate governance, and services all SpareBank 1 SMN’s business lines. We are therefore seeking candidates with solid financial experience, preferably from stock exchange listed companies, to head up this unit,” says group CEO Jan-Frode Janson. Kjell Fordal will reach age 65 in 2022, after 40 years with SpareBank 1 SMN – for most of this time as CFO. “It is important for us to ensure good continuity in the top management. Kjell...

Good morning, Please find below the press release issued today. Best regards, ___________________________________________________________________ Marishka MartinsGroup PR Consultant | Marketing & Creative Services Capgemini India | Mumbaiwww.capgemini.com Tel.: +91 9930835325 Email: marishka.martins@capgemini.com_____________________________ Capgemini supports UNICEF in the race to accelerate the COVID-19 response Paris May 12, 2021 – As part of its commitment towards communities around the world, Capgemini has joined UNICEF’s efforts to help ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments around the world. The Capgemini Group, through its Social Response Unit, has committed two million euros to support UNICEF’s work as part of the global Access to COVID19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), with a focus on India and Brazil...

(1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021) Ambu’s revenue increased organically by 6% in Q2 and by 20% in the half year driven by the rapid growth of our Visualization business. The revenue from our portfolio of single-use endoscopes (Visualization) grew 17% on top of 69% growth last year. Full-year outlook maintained. “Halfway into the financial year, we’re in a strong position to reach our full-year expectations. As focus on infection control continues to increase, we’re building our superior ecosystem consisting of the most advanced and comprehensive single use endoscopy portfolio. We’re excited with the progress of our recent launches and we have achieved important milestones to strengthen our infrastructure, including the groundbreaking for our new single-use endoscopy plant in Mexico,” says Juan Jose Gonzalez, CEO of Ambu. Highlights for...

TORONTO, May 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Digihost Technology Inc. (“Digihost” or the “Company”) (TSXV: DGHI; OTCQB: HSSHF) is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a definitive purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) to acquire approximately 10,000 of the most technologically advanced, high-performance Bitcoin (“BTC”) miners (the “Miners”), that will increase the Company’s current hashrate by approximately 925PH to 1.145EH, with delivery of the Miners to occur between August and December of this year. The Miners have been sourced from Northern Data AG (“Northern Data”) (ISIN: DE000A0SMU87; OTC: NDTAF), a leading infrastructure supplier for BTC mining and other high-performance computing (“HPC”) infrastructure solutions. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company has concurrently entered into a...

        PRESS RELEASE 12 May 2021FINANCIAL INFORMATION AT 31 MARCH 2021 SALES OF €21.9BN, UP 6.2% org. (1) 2021 GUIDANCE AND 2022 AMBITIONS CONFIRMEDHighlights Discussions on the Arenh reform and the reorganisation of EDF are ongoing between the French State and the European Commission and they remain difficult. There is still no certainty on the timing and the outcome of these discussions.RenewablesOffshore wind: launch of the construction of the Courseulles-sur-Mer farm (448MW) Solar and storage:Three contracts for solar projects awarded in New York (303MW) Attribution and launch of the construction of a 300MW solar plant in Saudi Arabia (Jeddah) Acceleration of development in Kenya in distributed and off-grid solar power with the acquisition of 50% of Econet Energy Kenya and Bboxx Kenya NuclearASN...

The Board of Directors has reached a unanimous decision, during the regular Board meeting of 11 May 2021, on proposals in relation to (1) the introduction of double voting right and (2) the future Board composition, both of which with intended application in 2022. Double voting right On 6 May 2021, the reference shareholder of NV Bekaert SA, Stichting Administratiekantoor Bekaert, proposed the Board of Directors to consider the introduction of double voting right. After careful deliberation, the Board reached a unanimous decision in support of the introduction of double voting right as an enabler to reward long-term perspective and loyalty in shareholder engagement. Double voting right would be granted to all shares that have been recorded in the share register in the name of the same shareholder for an uninterrupted period of at least...