20.03.2022, 4312 Zeichen

Mayr-Melnhof: The MM Group was able to overall successfully close the financial year 2021, which was characterized by historically unprecedented cost increases, in particular for energy, recovered paper and pulp. The Group's consolidated sales reached Euro 3,069.7 mn which is 21.4 % above the previous year's figure (2020: Euro 2,528.4 mn). This increase was mainly acquisition-related from the division Board & Paper.  At Euro 269.6 mn operating profit was 16.5 % above the previous year (2020: Euro 231.4 mn). Around 55 % of this increase is attributable to MM Board & Paper and around 45 % to MM Packaging. Profit for the year rose by 17.5 % to Euro 190.7 mn (2020: Euro 162.2 mn). In line with the solid profit development, a dividend increase to Euro 3.50 per share (2020: Euro 3.20) for the financial year 2021 will be proposed to the 28^th Annual General Meeting on April 27, 2022.
Mayr-Melnhof: weekly performance: 6.84%

Strabag: The publicly listed construction group Strabag SE was informed by its core shareholder, Haselsteiner Familien-Privatstiftung (Haselsteiner Family Private Foundation), that it has terminated the syndicate agreement in place with the Uniqa and Raiffeisen Groups and Rasperia Trading Ltd. after all efforts to acquire the Russian shares have failed. The syndicate agreement had been in effect since 2007 and, in addition to the nomination of Supervisory Board members, also provided for the coordination of voting results at the General Meeting. “The Management Board welcomes the step taken by our core shareholder, the Haselsteiner family foundation, to achieve clarity by terminating the syndicate agreement. On the part of the management, we are prepared to take all legally possible measures to avert any harm to the company. In view of the sanctions currently imposed by the UK and Canada, this refers in particular to the payment of dividends. As far as Strabag’s Russian business is concerned – currently of subordinate importance with 0.3 % of the group’s output volume – the Management Board has decided to wind up the activities in that country,” explains Strabag-CEO Thomas Birtel.
Strabag: weekly performance: 6.69%

Wolftank: Wolftank Group further expands its partner network and concludes a cooperation with the German SFC Energy AG, a leading supplier of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells for stationary and mobile hybrid power solutions. Both partners address applications in the field of emergency power generators for critical infrastructures - including gas utilities, telecom infrastructure and hydrogen refueling stations - in Italy and Austria. The combination of the innovative Wolftank Smart Cartridge, a special hydrogen tank for supplying fuel cell systems, and the EFOY H2Cabinet by SFC Energy as an emission-free grid backup system, is designed to make emergency power supply climate-neutral. "We need to act decisively and rethink the appropriate energy sources across application and industry boundaries. Now both companies are focusing their strengths. We combine SFC Energy's leading position in stationary fuel cell systems with Wolftank's decades of experience in hydrogen refueling systems, environmental engineering and system integration. In this way, we are taking our customers decisively further along the path to a future that is not only climate-neutral, but emission- free," says Peter Werth, CEO of the Wolftank Group.
Wolftank-Adisa: weekly performance: -7.73%

S&T: IT company S&T AG received the report of the auditing firm Deloitte Financial Advisory on the independent forensic audit conducted by Deloitte on the material allegations raised in a publication by short seller Viceroy Research in December 2021. The Deloitte report confirms S&T's detailed statement of December 28, 2021 regarding Viceroy's allegations in all material respects. The allegations made by Viceroy proved to be almost completely inaccurate, as they concerned matters that do not relate to the S&T Group at all, were misrepresented by Viceroy or are immaterial. With regard to a single aspect of the allegations raised by Viceroy ("funworld" topic), the Deloitte report concludes that a notes disclosure made by S&T AG in the past was incomplete.
S&T: weekly performance: 21.12%

(From the 21st Austria weekly https://www.boerse-social.com/21staustria (15/03/2022)

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