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Verbund: The results posted by Austrian utility company Verbund for financial year 2020 improved in spite of negative impacts caused by Covid-19. EBITDA increased by 9.2% to Euro 1,292.8 mn. The Group result rose by 13.8% to Euro 631.4 mn compared with the previous year. At 1.01, the hydro coefficient for the run-of-river power plants was on a level with the previous year and 1 percentage point above the long-term average. Generation from our annual storage power plants increased by as much as 14.8% in quarters 1–4/2020. Generation from hydropower therefore increased by 864 GWh compared with the previous reporting period. A dividend of Euro 0.75 per share for financial year 2020 will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting on 20 April 2021.
Verbund: weekly performance: -9.52%

Andritz: International technology Group Andritz has received an order from the Danish energy company Fjernvarme Fyn Produktion A/S to deliver a new biomass boiler plant complete with auxiliary equipment for their "Bio Blok 2" project. The plant will be located on Fjernvarme Fyn's existing combined heat and power plant site in Odense, on the island of Funen in Denmark, some 170 km west of the capital Copenhagen. This new plant will supply district heat to the Odense area and is also prepared for electricity production at a later stage. Start-up of the boiler is scheduled for 2023.
Andritz: weekly performance: -2.73%

SBO: Austrian based Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield (SBO), supplier of key components for the oilfield service industry, announced, that Group sales fell by 34.6% due to the global economic crisis and lower energy consumption, arriving at Euro 291.2 mn. Bookings came to Euro 235.1 mn (2019: 467.2 mn), a decrease of 49.7%. The order backlog was Euro 65.2 mn at the end of 2020 (31 December 2019: Euro 123.0 mn). Profit from operations (EBIT) before one-off items was Euro -5.6 mn (2019: +60.8 mn).
SBO: weekly performance: -6.47%

Raiffeisen Bank International: Despite the challenging market conditions and the ongoing low interest rate environment, Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) posted a consolidated profit of Euro 804 mn (2019: 1,227 mn). In addition to its direct effects, the pandemic also resulted in significant interest rate cuts and currency devaluations in some of RBI’s core markets. "RBI entered the pandemic from a position of strength and therefore achieved a satisfactory result given the very difficult environment,” said Johann Strobl, RBI’s CEO. Taking the ECB’s recommendation on dividend payments into account, the Management Board of RBI will propose to the Annual General Meeting, planned for 22 April 2021, to pay a dividend of € 0.48 per share. "We are well capitalized, which allows us to grow with our customers and at the same time let our shareholders participate in RBI's success,” stated Strobl.
RBI: weekly performance: -0.39%

(From the 21st Austria weekly https://www.boerse-social.com/21staustria (17/03/2021)

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