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Sven Edelfelt

ODDO BHF SECURITIES MORNING NEWS – DETAILED COMMENTS 05/12/2021

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Underlyings
Aedifica SA

Aedifica is a property company, which is specialized in residential real estate. Co.'s portfolio has a superstructure of more than 225,911 sq. m as of June 30 2010. It owns: residential or mixed buildings in Belgian cities with classical leases; buildings with furnished apartments buildings in the heart of Brussels with shorter term leases; senior houses and serviceflats with very long term and triple net leases; and hotels. Co. invests: in existing and already leased buildings; and in projects with future completion. Co.'s activities can be divided into four segments: Residential or mixed buildings; Furnished apartments buildings; Senior houses; and Hotels and others.

Aegon NV

AEGON is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. provides life insurance and pensions operations in more than 20 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia and is also active in savings and asset management operations, accident and health insurance, general insurance and to a limited extent banking operations. Co. operates through the following segments: the Americas (which includes the U.S.A., Mexico and Brazil); the Netherlands; the United Kingdom; Central & Eastern Europe; Spain and Portugal; Asia and Aegon Asset Management.

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.

Alstom SA

Alstom serves the power generation and transmission markets, and rail transport market. Co.'s activities are divided into four sectors: the Thermal Power Sector (Co. offers power generation solutions using gas or coal to services including plant modernization, maintenance and operational support); the Renewable Power sector offers EPC solutions, turbines and generators, control equipment and maintenance for Hydropower and Wind power activities; the Grid Sector designs and manufactures equipment and turnkey solutions to manage power grids and transmit electricity from the power plant to the large end-user; and the Transport Sector provides rail transport products, systems and services.

Baywa AG A

BayWa is a trading and service company. Co. operates in six business units: Agricultural Trade, which comprises trading in agricultural produce and operating resources; Fruit, which includes activities of fruit growing and trading; Agricultural Equipment, which provides agricultural equipment and services; Energy, which supplies heating oil, fuels, lubricants and wood pellets to customers; Renewable Energies, which provides customers services geared to project planning for wind power, biogas facilities and solar power plants; and Building Materials, which comprises building materials sales activities as well as the operation of DIY and garden centres of Co.'s Austrian group companies.

Befimmo SA

Befimmo is engaged in real estate investments. Co.'s activities are dedicated solely to the ownership and management of a real-estate portfolio. As of Dec. 30, 2012, the portfolio consisted principally of office buildings located in Brussels and let to public authorities or private businesses, and office buildings in various town centres in Flanders and Wallonia, let long-term to public authorities, and a building located in the city of Luxembourg.

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.

Beter Bed Holding N.V.

Beter Bed Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. operates in the European bedroom furnishings market and offers mattresses, box springs, bed bases, bedroom furniture, bed textiles and other related items. Co.'s activities include retail trade through 1,159 stores that operate via the chains Beter Bed (active in the Netherlands), Matratzen Concord (active in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Poland), El Gigante del Colchon (active in Spain), BeddenREUS, Dormaeel and Slaapgenoten (all three active in the Netherlands) and MAV (active in Germany). Co. is also active in developing and selling branded products in the bedroom furnishings sector.

Compagnie d'Entreprises CFE SA

CFE is engaged in civil engineering, buildings and industrial construction, dredging works and electrical installations. Co. is also engaged in property development, environmental protection and building management. Co.'s works carried on by Co.'s civil engineering group includes the following: hydraulic engineering, harbor works, bridges, and other engineering works, tunnels, road construction, dams, storage tanks, piping and drainage and caissons sunken soft soil. Co.'s buildings and industrial construction sector is active in the following fields: administrative buildings, industrial construction, public utility buildings, redevelopment, and residential buildings.

Compass Group PLC

Compass Group is engaged in providing outsourced food and support services. The five sectors in which Co. operates are: Business & Industry, which provides food for employees during their working day; Healthcare & Seniors, which helps hospitals in the public and private sectors manage and enhance quality of food and support services; Education, which provides dining solutions from kindergarten to college; Sports & Leisure, which provides hospitality and service at sporting and leisure venues, exhibition centers, visitor attractions and events; and Defence, Offshore & Remote, which provides food and support services to companies in the oil and gas and mining and construction industries.

E.ON SE

E.ON is an investor-owned energy company. The Generation global unit consists of all Co.'s existing (fossil and nuclear) generation assets in Europe. The Renewables unit is engaged in managing Co.'s carbonsourcing and renewables businesses. The Global Commodities unit buys and sells electricity, natural gas, liquefied natural gas, oil, coal, freight, biomass, and carbon allowances. The Exploration & Production unit is a active in the focus regions of the North Sea (U.K., Norway), Russia and North Africa. The New Build & Technology unit include Co.'s project-management and engineering operations to support the construction of new power plants and the operation of existing plants.

Eiffage SA

Eiffage is a construction and concessions group. Co.'s operations are organized into five divisions. The Concessions and PPPs division is engaged in construction and operating of infrastructures under concessions and public private partnerships. Through the Construction division, Co. is engaged in building design and construction, property development and building maintenance. Through the Public works division, Co. is engaged in civil engineering, road construction, infrastructure maintenance and material production. The Energy division specializes in electrical contracting and air conditioning. Through the Metal division, Co. is engaged in metallic construction and services to industry.

Electricite de France SA

Electricite de France is an integrated energy company with a presence in a range of electricity-related businesses: nuclear, renewable and fossil-fuel fired energy production, transmission, distribution, marketing as well as energy management and efficiency services, along with energy trading. Co. is an integrated energy company engaged in all aspects of the energy business: generation, transmission, distribution, supply and trading of energies. Co. is an electricity operator in France and abroad. The breakdown used by Co. for its activities is as follows: France; United Kingdom; Italy; Other International; and Other activities.

Fortum Oyj

Fortum is an energy company. Co.'s operations are organised in five divisions: Hydro Power and Technology and Nuclear and Thermal Power, which are engaged in its hydro, nuclear and thermal power generation, services, portfolio management and trading as well as technology and research and development functions; Heat, Electricity Sales and Solutions, which consists of Co.'s combined heat and power production, district heating and business-to-business heating solutions, solar business, electricity sales and related customer offering; Russia, which consists of power and heat generation as well as heat distribution in Russia; and Distribution, which focuses on distribution activities in Sweden.

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.

KBC Group N.V.

KBC Group is a bank-insurance group engaged in providing products and services mainly to retail, private banking, SME and mid-cap clients. Co. focuses on its primary markets of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. Co. is also present in Ireland and, to a limited extent, in several other countries to support corporate clients from its primary markets. Co.'s main brands are KBC and CBC in Belgium, CSOB in Czech Republic and Slovakia, K&H in Hungary, CIBANK and DZI Insurance in Bulgaria, and KBC Bank Ireland in Ireland. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had 1,601 bank branches. In addition, Co. had total assets of Euro245.17 billion.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize is an international group of supermarket and foodservice operators based in Europe and the U.S. Co. operates supermarkets and convenience stores. In addition, Co. provides online food retailing services. Co. also finances, develops and manages store sites and shopping centers. Ahold Europe comprises Albert Heijn in the Netherlands and Belgium; Etos, Gall & Gall, and albert.nl in the Netherlands; and Albert / Hypernova in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Ahold USA is organized into four retail divisions: Giant Carlisle, Giant Landover, Stop & Shop New England, and Stop & Shop New York Metro. The Peapod online business is also part of Ahold USA.

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.

Neoen S.A.

Neoen SA Formerly known as Neoen Sas. Neoen SAS is a France-based company specialized in the renewable energy sector. The Company operates, finances and develops a number of power plants from a variety of energy sources, including Solar, wind and Biomass. Its portfolio of power plants includes providencia, ombrineo, degrussa, cestas, ygos, luxey, geloux, seixal, cabrela, coruche, hornsdale I, bussy-lettree, raucourt II, villacerf, bais et trans, reclainville, chapelle vallon and la montagne. Apart from France, the Company is present in many other countries such as Portugal, Australia, Australia, Jordan, Zambia, Mozambique, Argentina, Jamaica, Mexico, Egypt and El Salvador, among others.

Prosus N.V. Class N

Prosus NV Formerly known as Myriad International Holdings NV. Prosus NV, formerly Myriad International Holdings NV, is a Netherland-based global consumer Internet group. The Company is organized into six business areas: Classifieds, Payments & Fintech, Food delivery, Etail, Ventures and Travel. It also holds investments in listed Social & Internet assets. The Classifieds business area manages mobile and digital marketplaces. The Payments & Fintech business area includes PayU, a Payment Service Platform. The Food delivery business area manages food delivery companies. The Travel business area operates a travel online platform. The Etail business area includes business to consumer e-commerce companies. The Venture business area looks for and invests in early stage companies.

RWE AG

RWE is an electricity and gas company. The Conventional Power Generation segment consists of the activities of RWE Power, Essent and RWE npower. The Supply/Distribution Networks Germany segment supplies electricity, gas and heat. The Supply Netherlands/Belgium segment comprises the activities of Essent in the Netherlands. The Supply United Kingdom segment comprises the operations of RWE npower. The Central Eastern and South Eastern European segment contains activities in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey and Croatia. The Renewables, Upstream Gas & Oil and Trading/Gas Midstream segments include the activities of RWE Innogy, RWE Dea and RWE Supply & Trading, respectively.

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.

SIF HOLDING NV

Sif Holding NV is a company based in the Netherlands, which provides steel foundations to the offshore wind, oil and gas markets. The Company operates in two segments: the Offshore Wind segment focuses on manufacturing monopiles for offshore wind farms. Monopiles consist of a tubular structure, typically with conical, and are hammered into the seabed. The Oil and Gas segment specializes in the production of steel tubular parts for the offshore oil and gas industries, with focus on jackets and related structures. The Company focuses on the North Sea region and also manufactures parts for machines and civil engineering projects, such as tubulars used in the Maeslant storm surge barrier, tubular structures used in the London Eye, and foundations for jetties, which are mooring platforms for ships.

TUI AG

TUI is engaged in the tourism business, operating in some 180 countries. Co.'s segments include Hotels & Resorts, Cruises and Other Tourism. The Hotels & Resorts segment comprises all Group-owned hotels and hotel companies in TUI Group. The segment comprises majority participations in hotels, joint ventures with local partners, stakes in companies. The Cruises segment consists of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises and the joint venture TUI Cruises. Other Tourism segment comprises central functions such as destination services, IT, aviation control and the French airline Corsair.

Ubisoft Entertainment SA

Ubisoft Entertainment is an international independent developer, publisher & distributor of video games. Co. centers its business activities on developing, publishing & distributing video games for portable & home consoles, the PC, smartphones & tablets in both physical & online formats: high-definition with games for Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 & PC; casual with games for Nintendo®, KINECT & PlayStation®3 Move; and online for on-line games. Co.'s catalogue includes various types of games: Action/Adventure, Shooters, Sports, Strategy, Simulation, TV and Movie licenses, Games for everyone and Driving. Co.'s trademarks include Assassin's Creed®, Rainbow Six® Vegas 2, and Rayman Raving Rabids®.

VERBUND AG Class A

Verbund is a public utility company engaged in the generation and transmission of electricity from subsidiaries' hydro and thermal power stations located throughout Austria. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is involved in the planning and construction of water systems, hydroelectric power plants, river structures, sewage disposal systems, and high voltage transmission towers and lines. Co. generates, trades and sells electrical energy to power exchange buyers, traders, energy supply companies and industrial companies as well as households and commercial customers.

Warehouses De Pauw SCA

Warehouses De Pauw and its subsidiaries are engaged in investment in the Belgian semi-industrial property market. Co. is a closed-end property investment company which specializes in: development of storage and distribution premises; customized projects in line with the user's request; acquiring premises for customers who wish to engage in sale and leaseback transactions.

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