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ODDO BHF Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS - 02/10/2022

Following the ECB's hawkish pivot, the yield on the BTP stayed on an uptrend for seven consecutive trading sessions. This trend may kindle fears of a repeat of the 2011-2012 sovereign crisis. Whilst the widening of the BTP-Bund spread has been particularly brutal, its level is still far from the highs reached at that time. The financial sector unsurprisingly remains the most sensitive to changes in Stoxx sector/spread correlations. It is to be preferred if one believes in a tightenin...
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AEDAS Homes SA

Aedas Homes is engaged in the housing development business in Spain. The company has a portfolio of approximately 1.5 million square meters of land that it develops for residential purpose. Co. develops multifamily homes for the housing market in Madrid, Catalonia, Levante and Majorca, Costa del Sol and Seville.

ALD SA

ALD is a service leasing and vehicle fleet management group with a fleet of more than 1,375,000 vehicles in 41 countries. Under a full-service lease, the client pays the leasing company a regular monthly lease payment to cover financing, depreciation of the vehicle and the cost of various services provided in relation to the use of the vehicle (such as maintenance, replacement car, tyre management, fuel cards and insurance). Fleet management services include the provision of outsourcing contracts to clients under which the vehicle is not owned by Co., but is managed by Co. and for which the client pays fees for the various fleet management services provided.

Alfen NV

Alfen NV (Alfen) is a company based in the Netherlands, engaged in the design, development and production of electric grid equipment. The Company is active in three business lines: Smart Grids, which supplies standardized electricity grid connection systems, secondary transformer substations, local power grids, devices for grid automation, as well as software and back-end systems for remote management and grid control; Energy Storage, responsible for development and installation of modular energy storage systems under the brand TheBattery, which are used by utilities, grid operators, energy traders and industrial companies, among others, and Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging, which supplies EV charge points in a variety of capacities and functionalities for use at home, work and in public areas. In addition, Alfen offers service, management and maintenance activities, including remote support and monitoring, as well as an in-house technological know-how center.

Assystem SA

Assystem SA is a France-based company that is principally engaged in engineering and innovation consultancy. The Company offers solutions within a number of sectors, such as Aerospace, Defence, Energy, Nuclear, Life Sciences, Infrastructure, Automotive and Transport. The Company develops the infrastructural engineering and externalized R&D services. It's activities include managing infrastructural investments, from conception to dismantling; aerospace mechanical engineering, providing technical services to aerospace, engine and automotive manufacturers and technology & product engineering, providing services in transport, defense, product hardware and software development. The Company is present Europe, North America and Asia. The main shareholder of the Company is HDL Developpement SAS. It operates through Onyx Promavi, Batir Group, Edison Technical Recruitment Ltd, Radicon Gulf Consult, Engineering Partner Automotive Nordic AB and The Biotech Quality Group, among others.

Claranova SE

Claranova SA, formerly Avanquest SA, is a France-based holding company engaged in the technology industry. The Company operates through three businesses including Avanquest Software, that develops, publishes and markets Personal Computer (PC) software products in several categories, including system utilities, home graphics, digital imaging and small business solutions; the PlanetArt business operates a print-on-demand platform, which features five brands covering both Website and mobile application technologies. Among its applications is FreePrints, a mobile photo printing solution for iOS and Android. The Company also operates through myDevices business, which enables enterprises to design, prototype and commercialize Internet of Things (IoT) solutions through Cayenne, a drag-and-drop IoT project builder. Claranova SA offers its products and services in approximately 100 countries worldwide.

DIC Asset AG

DIC Asset along with its subsidiaries invests directly or indirectly in German commercial real estate and operates in the area of portfolio, asset and property management. Co.'s business segments include: commercial portfolio, which comprises portfolio properties owned by Co., which are leased long-term and offer attractive rental yields; and co-Investments, which comprises fund investments, investments in project developments and joint venture investments. As of Dec 31 2013, Co. had six branches located in the Hamburg, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt Am Main, Mannheim, and Munich.

ERG S.p.A.

ERG is engaged in the generation of energy from renewable sources and from thermoelectric plants, in the marketing of electricity, steam and gas, in the refining, marketing and distribution of petroleum products both in Italy and abroad. Co., also through its own subsidiaries and joint ventures with primary international operators, operates in the following segments: renewable energy sources, under which Co. operates through its ERG Renew S.p.A. subsidiary in the wind power generation business; power and gas, which includes the production and marketing of electric energy, steam and gas; and refining and marketing, which includes the results of Coastal Refining and Integrated Downstream.

Fagron SA

Fagron supplies products, services to professionals and institutions in the healthcare sector in Europe, the U.S.A. and Brazil. Co.'s activities are subdivided into four divisions. Through Fagron, Co. offers products and concepts for pharmaceutical compounding. Through Arseus Dental, Co. supplies dental products and concepts to dentists and dental laboratories in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Switzerland. Through Arseus Medical, Co. supplies medical and surgical products to specialists, elderly homes, homecare nurses and hospitals in Belgium and the Netherlands. Through Corilus, Co. supplies ICT total solutions for medical specialists in Belgium, the Netherlands and France.

Flow Traders NV

Flow Traders Cooperatief UA is a global technology-enabled liquidity provider, which specializes in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs). As a technology company operating in a financial services industry, Co. uses its proprietary technology platform to quote, bid and ask prices in thousands of ETP listings, as well as similar financial products. Co. also provides liquidity to institutional counterparties off-exchange across all regions. Liquidity provision makes markets more efficient and transparent, promoting better execution quality and lower overall trading costs for market participants.

Hochtief AG

Hochtief is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. operates as a construction company engaged in projects in the transportation, energy, and social and urban infrastructure sectors as well as contract mining. Co. provides its services through three divisions: HOCHTIEF Americas, which encompasses the construction activities of operational units in the U.S and Canada; HOCHTIEF Asia Pacific, which includes the construction activities and contract mining in the Asia-Pacific region; and HOCHTIEF Europe, which designs, develops, builds, operates, and manages real estate and infrastructure, with primary business in Europe as well as selected other regions.

K+S AG

K+S is engaged in the chemical sector. Co. has three business segments. The Potash and Magnesium Products segment combines the production and marketing of potash fertilizers and fertilizer specialities as well as potash and magnesium compounds for technical, industrial and pharmaceutical applications. The Salt segment encompasses the production and marketing of food grade salt, industrial salt and salt for chemical use, de-icing salt and sodium chloride brine. The Complementary Activities segment bundles together recycling activities and waste disposal or reutilisation in potash and rock salt mines as well as catsan® granulation.

Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster N.V.

Royal Boskalis Westminster is a service provider operating in the dredging, dry and maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors. Co. is involved in dredging activities and provides a range of maritime services for the offshore energy sector. In addition, Co. provides towage services as well as emergency response and salvage related services. Co.'s main clients are oil, gas and power companies, port operators, governments, shipping companies, international project developers, insurance companies and mining companies. Co. operates on behalf of its clients in over 75 countries across six continents.

Lectra SA

Lectra markets full-line solutions comprising the sale of software, CAD/CAM equipment and associated services (technical maintenance, support, training, consulting, sales of consumables and spare parts). Co. addresses an array of global markets, including fashion (apparel, accessories, and footwear), automotive (car seats and interiors, airbags), and furniture, as well as other industries, such as the aeronautical and marine industries. Its technology enables its customers to design, develop and manufacture their products (garments, seats, airbags, etc.). For the fashion industry, Co.'s software applications also enable the management of collections and cover the entire product lifecycle.

Melia Hotels International S.A.

Melia Hotels International is the parent company of a group engaged in the acquisition, management and operation of hotels. Co. operates its hotel network in Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, Spain, United States, France, Greece, Netherlands, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, Dominican Republic, Singapore, Switzerland, Tunisia, Uruguay, Venezuela and Vietnam under the followings brandnames: Paradisus Resorts®, Melia Hotels & Resorts®, TRYP Hoteles® and Sol Hotels & Resorts®.

SBM Offshore NV

SBM Offshore is a holding company. Co. provides floating production solutions to the offshore energy industry, over the full product life-cycle. Co.'s main activities are the design, supply, installation, operation and life extension of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. Other products include semi-submersibles, tension-leg platforms, floating production storage and offloading liquefied natural gas, turret mooring systems, brownfield and offshore (off) loading terminals. As of Dec 31 2015, Co.'s fleet consisted of 10 FPSOs, two floating storage and offloadings, one mobile offshore production unit, one semisubmersible in operation worldwide.

Scandic Hotels Group

Scandic Hotels Group AB is a Sweden-based company engaged, along with its subsidiaries, in the operation of hotels. The Company's main market in which the Group operates in: Sweden, which includes Swedish hotels that are operated under the Scandic brand; Norway, which includes Norwegian hotels that are operated under the Scandic brand, and Other Nordic countries & segments include hotel operation in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland and Germany, as well as the hotel concept HTL, which is operated by the sub-group HTL Hotels. The Company operates a network of approximately 224 hotels and almost 42,000 hotel rooms in seven countries. Scandic Hotels Group AB is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sunstorm Holding AB.

SFC Energy AG

SFC Energy provides fuel cell generators for off-grid power applications, low and medium voltage electrical machine power products, instrumentation and measurement solutions, gas and flame detection safety systems as well as supervisory control and data acquisition solutions. For the power electronic market, Co. provides high-power electronic components, external and internal converters, switch mode power supplies, and special coils. For the defence and secutiry market, Co. provides portable power solutions that soldiers can use to run the devices they carry while on dismantled deployment. For the consumer market, Co. provides fuel cells used in hybrid operationalong with a solar module.

Telenet Group Holding NV

Telenet Group Holding is a holding company. Through its subsdiairies and its broadband network, Co. is engaged in the provision of cable television, including television services, broadband internet and telephony services to residential subscribers in Flanders and certain communes in Brussels as well as broadband internet, data and voice services in the business market throughout Belgium and parts of Luxembourg. In addition, Co. is engaged in the provision of mobile telephony services through a mobile virtual network operator partnership with Mobistar NV.

Valeo SE

Valeo is an automotive supplier, partner to automakers worldwide. As an industrial and technology company, Co. focuses on designing, manufacturing and selling components, integrated systems and modules for automobiles and heavy goods vehicles, both on the original equipment and the aftermarket segments. In addition, Co. offers innovative products and systems that contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and to the development of intuitive driving to its customers. Co. operates through four business groups: Comfort and Driving Assistance Systems, Powertrain Systems, Thermal Systems, and Visibility Systems.

Vastned Retail NV

VastNed Retail is a property investment company with variable capital, which makes long-term investments in individual retail properties, shopping centers and retail warehouses, primarily in the eurozone. Co. invests in individual retail trade properties at locations in The Netherlands, Spain, France, Belgium and Turkey. VastNed Offices/Industries N.V., specializes in offices, logistics centers and industrial premises at locations in The Netherlands, Belgium and northern France.

Vicat-Ciments Vicat SA

Vicat specializes in the production and marketing of cement, ready-mixed concrete and aggregates. Co. is also engaged in other activities which are: transport brokering (transporting materials and merchandise to large work sites) and contract work, production of prefabricated concrete products, fabrication of building products and paper. Co.'s business is divided into four segments: Cement, Ready-Mixed Concrete, Aggregates and Other Products and Services. Co.'s activities are conducted in eleven countries across Europe, North America Asia, Africa and the Middle East such as: France, U.S.A., Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Egypt, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Kazakhstan and India.

VOGO SA

Vogo SAS is a France-based company, which provides mobile application software. The Company develops, markets and distributes a solution for live broadcasting of audiovisual content based on a video stream processing technology. The Company's solution aims to improve the audience experience through multi-camera content upon-request while providing audio and video analysis tools for fans and professionals. The Company launches VOGO SPORT, which allows spectators within a sport venue or an outdoor event to access live audiovisual content through a mobile or tablet application. Its solution has a number of features, including spectators, which allows users to access instantly and in real time via Smartphone, tablets or computers, as well as services, such as, replay, zoom and slow motion.

Wereldhave N.V.

Wereldhave is an independent international property investment company. Co. is principally involved in leasing out investment property under operating leases. Co.'s activities are spread over four property sectors and across six European countries - the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, France, Spain and the United Kingdom - and three regions in the United States. Co. creates value by actively managing shopping centres, through sound timing in the purchase and sale of offices and residential property, and by developing its own property at cost. Co. is a closed-end investment company with variable capital.

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