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  • Baptiste Lebacq

ODDO BHF SECURITIES Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS – 07/17/2025

Underlyings
Acerinox SA

Acerinox is the parent company of a group engaged in the manufacture and sale of flat and long stainless steel products, and stainless steel wires. Co.'s major products include slabs, billets, black coils, plates, hot-rolled coils, hot-rolled sheets, flat bars, hot-rolled re-bars, hot-rolled black bars, engraved sheets, cold-rolled coils, cold-rolled sheets and circles. Co. also provides long stainless steel products, such as wire rods, angles, hot rolled flat bars, hot rolled re-bars, reinforced bars in coils, cold rolled re-bars, hot rolled black bars, cold drawn bars, and smooth turned bars. In addition, Co. offers wires, welding wire bars, and bars for electrodes.

ADTRAN HOLDINGS INC

AMAG Austria Metall AG

AMAG Austria Metall is a holding company, engaged in the production of primary aluminum, as well as cast and rolled aluminum products. The metal division is responsible for the risk management and steering of the metal flows. The casting division recycles aluminum scrap to produce foundry alloys. Its product portfolio covers aluminum materials tailored to customer requirements in the form of ingots, sows and liquid aluminum. The rolling division is responsible for the production and sale of rolled products, and precision cast and rolled plates. The service division include facility management, energy supplies, waste disposal, and purchasing and materials management.

AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V.

AMG Advanced Metaurgical Group NV is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries Co. creates and applies metallurgical solutions to the global trend of sustainable development of natural resources and CO2 reduction. Co. operates in three business segments: the Advanced Materials segment is engaged in the production of specialty metals and alloys; the Engineering Systems segement consists of proprietary technologies for the design and engineering of vacuum furnaces and related equipment used in the production and treatment of metals and alloys; and the Graphit Kropfmuhl's segment extracts, processes and refines natural crystalline graphite

ANGLO AMERICAN PLC

Aperam SA

APERAM is a stainless and specialty steel producer. Co. produces a range of stainless steel products and products including electrical steel (grain oriented, non-grain oriented, and non-grain oriented semi-processed steel), nickel alloys and specialties. Co. sells its products to customers on three continents in over 40 countries, including aerospace, automotive, catering, construction, household appliances and electrical engineering, industrial processes, medical, and oil & gas industries. Co. manages its business according to three operating segments: Stainless and Electrical Steel; Services and Solutions; and Alloys and Specialties.

ArcelorMittal SA

ArcelorMittal is a steel company, based in Luxembourg, with operations in more than 60 countries. Co. is active in all major global steel markets, including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging, as well as activities in Research & Development and technology, with captive supplies of raw materials and its own distribution network. Co. has an industrial presence in over 20 countries spanning four continents, covering key steel markets, from emerging to mature. Co. offers a complete spectrum of steel products from commodity steel to value-added products, from long products to flat, from standard to specialty products, from carbon steel to stainless steel and alloys.

Aurubis AG

Norddeutsche Steingut is a Germany-based manufacturer and distributor of tiles, concentrating on wall and floor tiles for the residential and commercial sector. As of December 31, 2011, Co. was operational through its two wholly owned subsidiaries Nord Ceram Fliesenproduktions und -vertriebs GmbH & Co. KG, which mass produces standard- and large-size floor tiles under the Pro brand for its own sale and for partners of the parent company; as well as Bremer Wandplatten GmbH, which produces floor and wall tiles under the BW brand. Co.concentrates on business activities in Germany

Bekaert SA

Bekaert is a global technological and market company engaged in advanced solutions based in steel wire transformation and coatings as well as an independent manufacturer of drawn steel wire products. In addition, Co. teams up with customers and suppliers globally to develop, implement, upgrade, and protect both current and future technologies. Co.'s business activities are put in practice along two main axes: Product Innovation and Process Innovation. Product Innovation helps Co. better serve its customers, while Process innovation enables Co. to increase operational effectiveness, minimizing its impact on the environment.

BHP Group Ltd

BHP Billiton is a global resources company. Co. operates under a Dual Listed Company (DLC) structure, which consists of the BHP Billiton Limited Group and the BHP Billiton Plc Group, operating as a single economic entity. As of June 30 2017, Co. operated four reportable segments: Petroleum, which is involved in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas; Copper, which is involved in the mining of copper, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium and gold; Iron ore, which is involved in the mining of iron ore; and Coal, which is involved in the mining of metallurgical coal and thermal (energy) coal.

DKSH Holding AG

DKSH Holding is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. provides market expansion services from four units. The Consumer goods business unit provides in Asia with a focus on fast moving consumer goods, food services, and luxury and lifestyle products. The Healthcare business unit provides services including product registration, marketing and sales, and physical distribution. The Performance Materials business unit offers instant access to the raw materials all around the world, serving the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, beverage and personal care industries. The Technology business unit provides marketing and sales as well as application engineering and after-sales services.

Eramet SA

Eramet is a mining and metallurgical group, which specializes in the extraction, production and marketing of non-ferrous metals, their chemical derivatives, alloys and superalloys, and parts. Co.'s operations are divided into three divisions: Nickel division which focuses on nickel and its derivative applications; Manganese division which focuses on manganese alloys, manganese chemical derivatives and provides recovery and recycling services of metals contained in oil-industry catalysts, electric batteries and acid solutions; and Alloys division which produces and sells special high-performance steels, superalloys and pre-machined parts based on these materials or aluminium and titanium.

Etablissements Maurel & Prom SA

Etablissements Maurel et Prom is engaged in the oil and gas industry. Co. is engaged in mainly two activities: exploration and production of oil and gas; and oil drilling. The goal of the exploration business is to discover exploitable accumulations of hydrocarbons. It includes geological and geophysical studies, acquisition and seismic processing as well as exploratory drilling. Co. operates in 12 countries and 4 continents, including Colombia, Peru, France, Italy, Congo, Tanzania, Gabon, Namibia, and Mozambique. Co. is also engaged in a project of gold exploration in Mali. As of Dec. 31 2013 Co. had close to 100,000 sq. km of exploration areas in 12 countries on 4 continents.

Focus Home Interactive SA

Focus Home Interactive SA is France-based company principally engaged in the video games industry. The Company publishes interactive video games. The Company produces the catalogue, Focus, which publishes and distributes original titles, such as Blood Bowl, the strategy games Wargames, Sherlock Holmes, TrackMania, Runaway, Cities XL, Cycling Manager and Farming Simulator, among others. The Company has also games under development, such as The Technomancer, Act of Aggression, Vampyr, Call of Cthulhu, as well as several games based on Games Workshop Warhammer and Warhammer licenses: Blood Bowl 2, Space Hulk, Mordheim, and Battlefleet Gothic. The Company operates in France and overseas.

FORSEE POWER SA

Galenica AG

Galenica AG, previously Galenica Sante Ltd, is a Switzerland-based healthcare services and products provider. The Company's business i divided into three business sectors: Retail, Products & Brands, and Services. The Company manages a locally established pharmacies network in Switzerland. It develops and distributes its own product portfolio, as well as cooperates with a range of business partners, such as Pierre Fabre, Ales Groupe and Vitor Consumer Health for marketing and distribution of such brands as Perskindol, Triofan, A-Derma, Lierac, Phyto, Anti-Brumm and Algifor. Galenica Sante's Services business sector is responsible for management of such logistics sector companies as Galexis, Unione Farmaceutica Distribuzione, Alloga and Medifilm.

Heijmans N.V. Cert,

Heijmans is a property development, infrastructure and services company. Co. provides full-service solutions from concept and design through to maintenance and management. Co. focuses its activities on three market areas: residential, non-residential and infrastructure. Within these areas, Co. is engaged in five sectors: Property Development, Residential Building, Non-Residential, Roads and Civil Engineering (infrastructure). Co's activities in Belgium include property development, building and infrastructure. In Germany, Co. is active in the infrastructure business. In Belgium, Co. specialises in service and new-build infrastructure contracts in relation to energy, water and electricity.

Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi S.A.

Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi is engaged in the sale of its own pharmaceutical products and the distribution of other products for which it holds licenses granted by other laboratories for specific periods, in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the agreements entered into with said laboratories.

Leifheit AG

Leifheit is engaged in the development and distribution of household products. Co. supplies household items in the cleaning, laundry care, kitchen and wellbeing sectors. Co.'s operating business is divided into two segments: Brand Business and Volume Business. In the brand business segment, Co. develops, produces and distributes household goods and appliances under the Leifheit brand, as well as scales and relaxation products under the Soehnle brand. The volume business of Co. comprises the activities of Birambeau and Herby, as well as Project business. Co.'s products are distributed mostly in Germany and Europe as well as in the U.S., the Middle East and the Far East.

LISI SA

LISI manufactures multifunctional fasteners and assembly and structural components for three business sectors: aerospace, automotive, and perfurmery. Co.'s activities are also split into three divisions: LISI Aerospace division, LISI Medical division and LISI Automotive division. LISI Aerospace division produces fasteners and assembly components for the aerospace and motor racing markets. LISI Medical division produces medical implants and is a sub-contractor of auxiliary parts. LISI Automotive division produces automotive fasteners and assembly components.

Outokumpu Oyj

Outokumpu is organized into the following five business areas: Coil Europe, Middle East and Africa, which consists of stainless operations as well as ferrochrome production in Europe; Coil Americas, which produces standard austenitic and ferritic grades as well as tailored products; APAC, which includes cold rolling facility and coil and plate service center in China, as well as a coil service center in Australia; Quarto Plate, which is comprised of the quarto plate production facilities in Sweden and in the U.S.; as well as Long Products, in which its products are used in a range of applications such as springs, wires, surgical equipment, automotive parts and construction.

Rio Tinto plc

Rio Tinto is engaged in finding, mining and processing mineral resources. Co. has four product groups: iron ore, which supplies the global seaborne iron ore trade; aluminium, which includes bauxite mines, alumina refineries, and aluminium smelters; Copper and Diamonds, which has managed operations in Australia, Canada, Mongolia and the U.S., and non-managed operations in Chile and Indonesia, with by-product including gold, silver, molybdenum and others such as sulphuric acid, rhenium, and lead carbonate; and Energy and Minerals, which comprises mining, refining and marketing operations across borates, coal, iron ore concentrate and pellets, salt, titanium dioxide and uranium sectors.

Salzgitter AG

Salzgitter is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. organized its businesses into five divisions. The Steel Division manufactures steel and special steels. The Tubes Division is involved with the manufacture of line pipes, HFI-welded pipes, precision tubes and stainless steel tubes. The Trading Division operates a European sales network as well as trading companies and agencies worldwide. The companies in the Services Division provide services such as data processing, telecommunications services, scrap dealing, the handling and storage of bulk cargo, transportation, and other services. The Technology Division operates in the filling and packaging technology segment.

SFS Group AG

SFS Group AG is a global provider of mechanical fastening systems and precision formed components. Co. operates in the three segments Engineered Components, Fastening Systems and Distribution & Logistics, which represent Co.'s differing business models. Engineered Components develops, manufactures and sells precision components and special screws in four divisions. Fastening Systems combines the principles of threaded fastening and riveting technologies and consists of two divisions. Distribution & Logistics is a national supply partner for fasteners, tools and architectural hardware in Switzerland and neighboring countries.

Sidetrade SA

Sidetrade Sa. Sidetrade SA is a France-based software publishing company. It supplies companies with predictive analytics for managing the Business-to-Cash cycle. The Company's Cloud technology, complementary to enterprise resource planning (ERP) provides Finance Departments with a management console, offering visibility of the customer relationship and control and forecasting of financial flows. The Company offers four technology solutions: Sidetrade Network (Intelligent Credit Management Software), Sidetrade Mobile (Financial Management Mobile Application), Digital Collection (Interactive Digital Invoice Dunning) and Euler Hermes Intelligence (Customer risk management application). In addition, Sidetrade SA offers such services as consultancy, outsourcing, audit, and litigation recovery. With customers of all sizes and from all sectors from around 65 countries, it enables approximately 100,000 users to collaborate via its Cloud and accelerate cash-flow generation. It operates through C-Radar.

Sligro Food Group N.V.

Sligro Food Group NV is a company engaged in the food distribution industry, based in the Netherlands. It divides its business into two segments: Food Retail activities comprise around 130 full-service EMTE supermarkets with 30 operated by independent retailers; Food Service offers nationwide network of cash and carry and delivery service outlets serving large and small-scale hospitality, establishments, leisure facilities, volume users, company and other caterers, forecourt retailers, small and medium-sized enterprises, smaller retail businesses and the institutional market. The Company serves the institutional market trading under the name Van Hoeckel and the other segments of the market as Sligro. The Company's subsidiaries include CaterTechBV and Bejaco NV, including its subsidiaries JAVA BVBA and Freshtrans BVBA, jointly known as JAVA Foodservice.

SSAB AB Class A

SSAB is a supplier of high strength steels with products comprising various qualities and dimensions within wear steels and structural steels. Co.'s solutions also include services, from concept to finished delivery. SSAB Wear Services also provides advice, repairs, and sales of spare parts to the aftermarket. The business is organized into three business areas; SSAB Americas, SSAB EMEA and SSAB APAC as well as the subsidiary, Tibnor, which is a steel distributor in the Nordic region. SSAB EMEA consist of Europe, the Middle East and Africa; SSAB Americas of North and Latin America; SSAB APAC of Asia, Australia and New Zealand and Tibnor of steel and metal distribution in northern Europe.

Thyssenkrupp AG

ThyssenKrupp is the parent company of the ThyssenKrupp Group. Co. has six business areas: Components Technology, which provides components for the automotive and machinery sectors; Elevator Technology, which supplies passenger and freight elevators, escalators and moving walks, passenger boarding bridges, stair and platform lifts; Industrial Solutions, which comprises the System Engineering and Marine Systems units; Materials Services, which focuses on materials distribution and technical services; Steel Europe, which develops, produces and markets flat carbon steel in the European market; and Steel Americas, which produces, processes and markets steel products in North and South America.

Virbac SA

Virbac is an independent veterinary pharmaceutical laboratory. Co. develops and provides veterinarians and farmers with medicines and vaccines that improve the health of food producing animals. Co. markets a range of products designed for pets and livestock. It offers seven types of products for companion animals (Parasiticides, Immunology, Antibiotics/dermatology, Specialties, Equine, Specialized pet food and Other products), and four types of products for food producing animals (Bovine parasiticides, Bovine products (excluding parasiticides), Pig/poultry antibiotics and Other products). Co. markets its products in the ethical (veterinarian) and OTC markets.

Voestalpine AG

voestalpine is engaged in the production, processing, and distribution of materials made of steel and in research and development in the areas of metallurgy, metal processing, and materials technology. Co.'s steel division focuses on the production and processing of flat steel products. Co.'s special steel division is involve in tool steel and high-speed steel. Co.'s metal engineering division is engaged in turnout technology, rails and treated wire, and tubes. Co.'s metal forming division is involve in tube products and precision strip steel as well as pre-finished system components. Co.'s other activities include heavy plate production, a foundry, and a number of downstream processes.

Vulcan Energy Resources

Xilam Animation SA

Xilam Animation SA is a France-based audiovisual and multimedia production company. The Company is engaged in the production and distribution of content, both two-dimensional (2D) and Common Gateway Interface (CGI), for television (TV), film and new platform formats. The Company's television production credits include: Rahan, Oggy and the Cockroaches, Mr BaBy, A Kind of Magic, Rintindumb, Shuriken School, Space Goofs, The New Adventures of Lucky Luke, Tupu and Ratz. Its feature film credits include Kaena - The Prophecy and Go West! A New Adventure of Lucky Luke. The Company's wholly owned subsidiaries include Vietnam-based Armada TMT, Germany-based Igloo Productions GmbH, and France-based Xilam Films SAS and Xilam Multimedia SAS.

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