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  • Michael B. Schäfer

ODDO BHF Small & MIDCAP MORNING NEWS - 10/31/2024

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AIXTRON SE

Aixtron is a provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. Co.'s technology solutions are used by customers to build components for electronic and opto-electronic applications based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials. The components are used in displays, signaling, lighting, fiber optic communication systems, wireless and mobile telephony applications, optical and electronic storage devices, computing, as well and other technologies. Co. supplies to customers both full production-scale chemical vapor deposition systems and small scale systems for research and development use.

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.

Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings

AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft

AT&S Austria Technologie und Systemtechnik is engaged in the production of printed circuit boards. Co. has three core printed circuit board businesses: Mobile Devices, Automotive and Industrial. Co.'s product assortment ranges from single and double-sided printed circuit boards to multilayer, flexible and rigid, insulated metallic substrate, nucleus, to laser drilled circuit boards. Co.'s products are used as electromechanical linking elements, mainly in the telecommunication sector, automobile industry and medical technology applications, defense and aerospace.

Befesa SA

Befesa is a services company principally engaged in the collection and recycling of steel dust and aluminum residues and other related industrial services and logistics. Co. also offers industrial recycling services to hazardous waste markets. Co. organizes its activities into three business segments: steel dust recycling services, salt slags recycling services and secondary aluminum production.

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.

De'Longhi S.p.A.

De Longhi is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. operates three divisions: Household, Professional and Corporate. The Household division operates in the domestic appliances market with products for air cooling and treatment, heating, food preparation and cooking, domestic cleaning and ironing. The Professional division operates in the market for large thermo-cooling systems, hydronic terminals, heat pumps and wall-mounted air-conditioning units. The Corporate division which mainly provides corporate services to the group with the functions of setting strategy, of control, co-ordination and management of centralized activities and resources.

Dufry AG

Dufry is a travel retail company. Co. operates over 1,650 shops worldwide. Co.'s shops are either duty free or duty paid shops, located in airports. Co.'s product categories include: Perfumes and Cosmetics; Confectionery, Food and Catering; Wine and Spirits; Watches, Jewelry and Accessories; Tobacco goods; Fashion, Leather and Baggage; Literature and Publications; Electronics; and Toys, Souvenirs and other goods.

Ebro Foods SA

Ebro Puleva is a food manufacturing group based in Spain. Co. is engaged in the manufacture and marketing, export and import of sugar, rice, dairy products, and products destined for agriculture development and human and animal consumption. Co.'s brand names include: Panzani®, Ronzoni®, American Beauty®, Skinner®, Lancia®, Catelli®, Healthy Harvest®, etc. in pastas and sauces, Mahatma®, Sucess®, Carolina®, Lustucru®, Taureau Aile®, Oryza®, Bosto®, Reis-Fit®, Riceland®, Danrice®, Risella®, Brillante®, Nomen®, La Cigala® and La Fallera® in the rice sector, Puleva®, Ram® and El Castillo® in the dairy sector, and Azucarera® and Sucran® in the sugar sector.

Elis SA

Elis is a multi-service group in the rental, laundry and maintenance of textile, hygiene and well-being items in Europe and Latin America. Co. serves hundreds of thousands of customers of all sizes, belonging to various professional customer segments: hospitality, healthcare, industry, trade and services. Co. also has a manufacturing business carried out by two entities, Le Jacquard FranASSais and Kennedy Hygiene Products which together form one of the company's operating segments.

FLOW TRADERS LTD

Fluidra S.A.

Fluidra is engaged in the manufacture and commercialization of accessories and specific products for swimming pools, irrigation, and water treatment and purification systems.

FUCHS PETROLUB SE

Galapagos NV

Galapagos is a clinical-stage biotechnology company specialized in the discovery and development of small molecule medicines with novel modes of action, addressing disease areas of high unmet medical need. Execution on its proprietary drug target discovery platform has delivered a pipeline that consists of three Phase 2, three Phase 1, five pre-clinical, and 20 discovery programs in inflammation, cystic fibrosis, or CF, osteoarthritis, and other indications. Co.'s highly flexible platform offers applicability across a broad set of therapeutic areas. Co.'s programs include filgotinib, GLPG1837, GLPG1690, GLPG2222, GLPG1972.

Imerys SA

Imerys is engaged in the production and the processing of minerals. Co.'s operations can be divided into four business groups: Minerals for Ceramics, Refractories, Abrasives and Foundry (minerals mainly for floor tiles, sanitaryware, porcelain, mobile energy as well as high-temperature and abrasive industries); Performance and Filtration Minerals (plastics, rubber, coatings, sealants and adhesives, health, beauty and filtration of nutrition liquids); Pigments for Paper (filler and coating products for paper) and Materials and Monolithics (construction materials in clay and slate and monolithic products and solutions for high-temperature industries).

Indra Sistemas S.A. Class A

Indra Sistemas is engaged in the design, development, manufacture, assembly, repair, and installation of computer software and applications. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in consulting, graphic design and multimedia, web design and marketing, internet development and electronic trade, systems integration and hosting geared business to business and business to consumer, as well as in internet financing and electronic marketing. Co. serves defense and security, transport and traffic, energy and industry, telecom and media, finance and insurance, and public administration and healthcare markets. Co. operates primarily in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

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.

Marel hf.

Marel hf is an Iceland-based holding company active within the food industry. It is primarily engaged in providing equipment, systems and services for the poultry, meat and fish processing industry. The Company activities are divided into following segments: Poultry, including processing systems for broilers, turkeys and ducks; Fish, providing equipment and system for processing whitefish an salmon; Meat, including systems and services to the red meat industry, such as deboning and trimming, case ready and bacon processing; Further Processing, including portioning and forming, marinating, coating, frying, cooking and sausage making; and More Foods, including systems and services to processing such foods as vegetables, fruit and cheese. The Company's distribution network includes sales and service units in over 30 countries. The Company operates Sulmaq Industrial e Comercial SA as subsidiary.

MBB Industries SE

MBB SE, formerly MBB Industries AG, is a German-based private equity firm specializing in acquisitions of established medium-sized industrial companies. The Company makes investments in entities seeking to sell off a part of their business or the entire operation, perhaps as part of a succession process; selling a subdivision or an affiliated entity that no longer forms part of the organization's core business, and seeking for a management buyout or buy-in. It targets investments in firms with turnovers of 10 million euros and above. Its portfolio consists of Aumann AG, specializing in e-mobility, coil winding and automation, CT Formpolster GmbH, a producer of flexible polyurethane foams, Delignit AG, a supplier of ecological hardwood-based materials, DTS IT AG, a cloud computing and cyber security provider, Hanke Tissue Spolka Z O.O., a producer of tissue paper, and OBO-Werke GmbH, a supplier of products for model construction, toolmaking and mould production, among others.

Melexis NV

Melexis designs, develops, tests and markets advanced integrated circuits primarily for the automotive industry. Co. sells its products to a wide customer base in the automotive, medical and industrial markets in Europe, Asia and North America. Co.'s main products are Hall effect ICs, Pressure and Acceleration Sensors, Sensor Interface ICs, Automotive Systems-on-a-Chip, Embedded Microcontrollers, Bus System Chips, Optical and Infrared sensors. In each case the products are primarily developed for automotive applications and designated lead customers with subsequent use in commercial and industrial applications.

Pharma Mar SA

PLUXEE NV

Royal Vopak NV

Royal Vopak is a holding company. Via its subsidiaries, Co. acts as a tank storage provider for the oil and chemical industry. Co. operates a network of terminals located at locations along trade routes. Co. also provides a range of additional services, from loading and unloading a range of transport modalities to heating, cooling, blending and customs formalities. The customers Co. serves range from global to local clients and include national and global producers, governments, distributors and traders of liquid and gaseous bulk products. Co.'s customers are active in the production, trading and marketing of oil products, chemicals, gases, biofuels, edible oils and liquefied natural gas.

Rubis SCA

Rubis is a holding company based in France. Co., through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the bulk import, production or distribution process, and storage of petroleum products in Europe, the Caribbean, and Africa. Co. operates bulk liquid storage facilities for petroleum products, chemicals, fertilizers, edible oils and molasses, and foodstuffs, as well as distributes butane, propane, and petroleum products in wholesale and retail. Co.'s customers primarily include hypermarkets and supermarkets; oil companies; chemists; and traders and intermediaries of fuel, oil or gas, manures, and other liquids.

Scout24 AG

Scout24 AG, formerly Asa NewCo GmbH, is a Germany-based holding company engaged in the Internet services industry. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides digital classified advertisement platforms in Germany and other European countries, notably Scout24.com, ImmobilienScout24.de and Autoscout24.com. The Company owns the automotive classifieds Websites AutoScout24.nl and European AutoTrader BV, and the real estate online portals my-next-home.de and immodirekt.at, as well as an online comparison portal for consumer loans FINANZCHECK.de.

Sopra Steria Group SA

Sopra Steria Group is a global player in IT services, with operations in consulting, software development, and integration. In addition to France, Co. operates in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium, assisting its clients in managing the transformation of their businesses and information systems. Co. divides its operation into three categories: Consulting, Systems and Solutions Integration, and Software Development; which it spreads among eight major verticals: Financial Services, Insurance and Social Welfare, Public Sector, Telecom Operators, Aerospace and Defense, Energy, Transport and Courier Services, and Retail.

SPIE SA

Spie is a provider of electrical engineering and IT services and an infrastructure and building contractor. Co. helps to design, finance, manage and implement an array of projects ranging from high-speed TGV and conventional rail lines to metros and light rail systems. In addition, Co. offers telecom and information network services. Through the Commercial Segment, Co. is engaged in construction and renovation projects. Co. also offers wired building services as well as multi-disciplinary industrial maintenance and facilities management solutions.

STABILUS SE

Technip Energies NV

Television Francaise 1 SA

Television Francaise 1 is a French general-interest television channel. Co. is an integrated communications group. Its activities cover the whole of the audiovisual industry: upstream in production, acquisition and sale of audiovisual rights and also in distribution of feature films to cinemas; downstream in sale of advertising space, and publishing and distribution of DVDs and music CDs. Co. is also engaged in home-shopping TV with Teleshopping, and pay-TV market. In addition, Co. produces multimedia content. Its activities can be divided into four sectors: Broadcasting France, Broadcasting International, Audiovisual Rights and Other Activities.

Unicaja Banco S.A.

Unicaja Banco SA is a Spain-based financial institution (the Bank) engaged in the banking sector. The Bank offers services to individual and business customers. Its products and services range includes current and savings accounts, debit and credit cards, consumer and commercial loans, real estate credit, securities brokerage, funds management, leasing, factoring, pension plans, life and non-life insurance, international trade financing, money transfer, as well as treasury, among others. The Bank operates a number of branches in Spain and Morocco. The Bank is controlled by Fundacion Bancaria Unicaja.

Vetoquinol SA

V?toquinol is a global player in the animal health sector, serving both the livestock (cattle and pigs) and pet (dogs and cats) markets. Co. designs, develops, and sells veterinary drugs and non-medicinal products in Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific region, as an independent entity. Co. is also active in the therapeutic fields of anti-infectives, pain-inflammation and cardiology-nephrology treatment. As of Dec 31 2013, Co.'s product portfolio included brands such as Aurizon®, Epiphen®, Ipakitine®, Marbocyl®, Propalin®, Tolf?dine®, Tolfine®, Clavaseptin®, and Vetprofen®. Co.'s brands are V?toquinol, Tomlyn, and Evsco in the U.S.A. and Equistro for the horse range.

Vossloh AG

Vossloh is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. in engaged in the rail technology markets. Co.'s core businesses comprise rail infrastructure products and services, rail vehicles, and components for rail vehicles and buses. Co. conducts its operations through two divisions: Rail Infrastructure and Transportation. The Rail Infrastructure division provides products and services related to the infrastructure through three business units: Fastening Systems, Switch Systems, and Rail Services. The Transportation division consists of the operations related to rail vehicles and vehicle systems/components and has two business units: Transportation Systems and Electrical Systems.

Wavestone SA

Wavestone SA, formerly Solucom SA, is a France-based company active in the information technology (IT) sector. It provides infrastructure consultancy services in the fields of telecommunications and networks, Strategy & management, IT transformation, IT Governance, IT architecture and Security & risk management. The Company operates through subsidiaries: Arcome, which offers marketing and technological innovation services for global companies in the information technology industry; Idesys, offerring consultancy services in the management and governance fields; New'Arch, which provides consultancy services in technical architecture of information systems; KLC, which offers consultancy services in information system and industrial investments for corporate clients; Cosmosbay-Vectis that offers business development and transformation consulting, and Xceed Group Ltd, which provides computer related services, among others.

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Emira Sagaama

Michael B. Schäfer

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