Day: May 12, 2022

Today, the Board of Directors of The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S (“Maersk Drilling”) has adopted the trading statement for the first quarter of 2022 (Q1 2022): Financial performance for Q1 2022 (Q4 2021 in brackets)Revenue of USD 248m (USD 320m) impacted by lower utilisation, partially offset by higher financial uptime Contracted days were 1,158 (1,376) resulting in a utilisation of 68% (78%) Average day rate of USD 214k (USD 233k) Continued strong operational performance with financial uptime of 98.8% (96.9%) Secured contracts with a total contract value of USD 357m (USD 1,111m) Revenue backlog of USD 2.1bn at 31 March 2022 (USD 1.9bn at 31 December 2021). As of 31 March 2022, the forward contract coverage for the remaining part of 2022 was 68%.Guidance 2022The full-year guidance for 2022 as published on 11 February 2022 is maintained:Profit...

Press Release Outside trading hours – Regulated information* Brussels, 12 May 2022 (07.00 a.m. CEST)          KBC Group: First-quarter result of 458 million euros ‘Just when the pandemic-related concerns had started to ease in some countries thanks to the gradual abolishment of precautionary measures, Russia invaded Ukraine in February. The tragedy unfolding in Ukraine has caused immense human suffering and we express our heartfelt solidarity with all the victims of the conflict, both those in the region itself and the large number of refugees in various guest countries in Europe. The brutal invasion is sending shockwaves throughout the global economy. Our direct exposure to Ukraine, Belarus and Russia (a mainly commercial exposure of some 55 million euros) is quite limited, but we are keeping a very close eye on the indirect macroeconomic...

  PRESS RELEASEParis, May 12, 2022, 7am CET2022 FIRST-QUARTER BUSINESS In the first quarter of 2022, the Parrot Group recorded consolidated revenues of €14.4m, up 60% year-on-year based on its reference scope, presented with the 2021 full-year earnings. Focused exclusively on the design, development and marketing of professional civil drone solutions, combining microdrones and image analysis software, the Group is seeing the benefits of its strategy rolled out since the end of 2018, against a backdrop of increased demand for its technologies.  Revenues (€m and % of revenues) Q1 2022 Q1 2021 Change FY 2021A Parrot Drones 7.7 54% 4.8 39% +60% 20.9 38%B Of which, consumer products(2) 0 0% 1.2 9% – 6.2 11%C Pix4D 6.7 46% 5.6 45% +20% 26.2 48%D Parrot SA 0.1 1% 0.1 1% – 0.3 1%E Intragroup eliminations -0.1 -1% -0.2 -2% – -0.8 -2%F SenseFly...

Helsinki, 12 May 2022 – Multitude SE (ISIN: FI4000106299, WKN: A1W9NS) (“Multitude” or the “Group”) announces unaudited results for the first three months ended 31 March 2022 (“Q1 2022”). Financial HighlightsRevenue from continuing operations increased by EUR 1.5m compared to Q1 2021 Doubling of revenue compared to Q1 2021 in SweepBank EBIT, PBT, and after-tax profit amounted to EUR 5.6m, EUR 2.5m, and EUR 2.0mKey Figures, EUR million Q1 2022 Q1 2021Revenue 53.5 52.0Profit before interests and taxes (EBIT) 5.6 6.3Profit before tax 2.5 1.5Net profit from continuing operations 2.0 0.6Net Profit (loss) 2.0 (0.3)Earnings per share, basic, continuing operations (EUR)       0.09 0.03Earnings per share, basic (EUR)       0.09 (0.01)Progressive growth in portfolio size and quality The Group continues...

Oslo, 12 May 2022 – DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today reported an 84 percent jump in operating profit in the first quarter of 2022 to USD 236 million on the back of high oil and gas prices and solid production performance. Net debt dropped USD 126 million quarter-on-quarter to USD 27 million. “Oil and gas are back,” said DNO’s Executive Chairman Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani, “and of course, DNO never left.” Operations have continued uninterrupted across the portfolio, notwithstanding the challenges faced by the industry in the past two years. “We’ve remained true to our commitment to develop oil and gas in a cost-effective and responsible way,” he added. In addition to raising investments in its core business with the additional financial firepower, the Company will now step up to pay down debt and return cash to shareholders,...

RECORD QUARTER – EXTRAORDINARY DIVIDEND AND POSITIVE MARKET OUTLOOK HIGHLIGHTS Operating income of USD 229.5m (USD 76.4m)   EBITDA of USD 60.5m (USD 14.7m) including USD 22.6m from Lighthouse Navigation  Net result of USD 59.5m (USD 16.5m)  Declared ordinary dividend of USD 26.2m (NOK 1.00 per share)  Declared extraordinary dividend of USD 32.7m (NOK 1.25 per share)  TCE of USD 25 466 gross per day for owned fleet  Secured long term lease agreements for four vessels at competitive terms  90 per cent of ship days in Q2 are booked at about USD 24 700 gross per day. 70 per cent of ship days in the next four quarters are booked at about USD 24 000 gross per day.  Modern fleet of 29 vessels with an average age of 3.5 years and daily cash breakeven for 2022 of about USD 10 000 per vesselSubsequent eventsBelships has entered into agreements...

Oslo, Norway – 12 May 2022- IDEX Biometrics ASA, a leading provider of advanced fingerprint authentication solutions for payment cards and adjacent applications, today released financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2022. A webcast presentation will be held by Vince Graziani, Chief Executive Officer, at 09:00 CET. The webcast presentation can be viewed at the following link: https://channel.royalcast.com/landingpage/hegnarmedia/20220512_11/ The interim report and the presentation to be used in the webcast are available on the IDEX Biometrics website: www.idexbiometrics.com/investors The interim report is attached to this notice (as .pdf file). IDEX Q1 2022 Interim Report Commercial Update Recent events are indicative of an accelerating uptake of smart cards incorporating fingerprint authentication enabled by IDEX Biometrics. ...

(Figures in brackets refer to the corresponding period of 2021) EBITDA  for the first quarter was USD 4.8 million (negative USD 10.1 million), reflecting a higher activity level and the highest first quarter fleet utilisation rate of 68.1 per cent (25.7 per cent) since 2015. Liquidity at the end of the quarter was USD 64.7 million. In addition, a significant increase in the order backlog was secured just after quarter end. Recent highlights Fleet utilisation and financial resultsFleet utilisation of 68.1 per cent (25.7 per cent), the highest first quarter utilisation rate since 2015 EBITDA of USD 4.8 million for the quarter (negative USD 10.1 million) Cash flow from operations in Q1 was negative 0.4 million (negative USD 7.6 million) as 2 vessels were ramping up for contracts and one vessel was largely on standby in-field between 2...