Financial statements as of December 31st, 2013 approved; dividend of 0.13 euro per share resolved New Board of Directors appointed for 2014-2016 term Rome, 26-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Enel S.p.A. met today in Rome under … Read the full press release
PARIS, 26-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — GDF SUEZ today issued a second hybrid bond issue following its hybrid issue of July 2013, for an amount of €2 billion, taking advantage of exceptional market conditions for this type of financing. The Group was … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, France, Investment, Management
Tagged GDF SUEZ, Isabelle Kocher, €2 billion hybrid bond issue
Trieste, Italy, 26-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Generali announces the appointment of Isabelle Conner as the new Group Chief Marketing Officer. Mrs. Conner is responsible for developing and coordinating the Generali brand and the customer relationship management strategy across the Group. Mario Greco, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Italy, Management
Tagged Generali, Isabelle Conner, Mario Greco
Once again, high investor demand in refinancing Stuttgart, 23-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Porsche Financial Services, Inc. headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, has issued a new ABS bond in the USA worth approximately 490 million US dollars. Porsche Financial Services is an indirect, wholly … Read the full press release
The Hague, Netherlands, 23-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) announced today it has agreed to sell its 100 percent working interest in approximately 106,000 net acres in Dimmit, LaSalle, and Webb Counties, Texas to Sanchez Energy Corporation for … Read the full press release
The Hague, Netherlands, 23-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) announces the cancellation of its Scrip Dividend Programme (“the Programme”) with effect from the second quarter 2014 Interim Dividend onwards. The cancellation means that the second quarter 2014 Interim Dividend … Read the full press release
Frankfurt am Main, 23-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (May 20, 2014), Deutsche Bank AG (XETRA: DBKGn.DE / NYSE: DB) placed undated Additional Tier 1 Notes with an equivalent value of Euro 3.5 billion. The offering consisted of three tranches: EUR 1.75 billion … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Investment
Tagged Additional Tier 1 Notes, Christian Streckert, Deutsche Bank, Dr. Ronald Weichert
MADRID, 23-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Repsol ha finalizado el proceso de desinversión de sus activos en Argentina con la venta a JP Morgan Securities de los títulos BODEN 2015 que aún mantenía, por valor nominal de 117,36 millones de dólares, y … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Management, Spain
Tagged JP Morgan Securities de los títulos BODEN 2015, Repsol, YPF Gas
TARGET2 processed 91% of the total value settled by large-value euro payment systems Value of transactions decreased by 22.2% on account of new data collection methodology Almost 57,000 credit institutions across the world can be addressed via the system Frankfurt … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Germany, Management
Tagged European Central Bank, Europe’s leading large-value payment system, TARGET2
Strasbourg, France, 22-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, has opened an investigation on her own initiative into respect for fundamental rights in the EU’s “cohesion” policy. The Ombudsman has received many complaints in this area, for example about problems … Read the full press release
LONDON, 22-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing in the modernisation of Egypt’s railway system with funding that will improve journeys for millions of passengers on the country’s busy trains. A €126 million loan … Read the full press release
Belgrade, 22-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti has pledged the Bank’s support to help deal with devastating floods in Serbia as part of a wider response to the disaster that extends to all affected countries. In a meeting with Serbian Prime … Read the full press release
Bălți, Moldova, 22-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Bălți, Moldova’s second biggest city, today celebrated the arrival of a fleet of new trolleybuses financed by a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and a grant from the European Union. Environmentally … Read the full press release
Brussels, 22-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Representatives of 26 EU member states¹ today signed an intergovernmental agreement on the transfer and mutualisation of contributions to a single resolution fund that will be established as part of Europe’s banking union. The agreement will complement … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Management
Tagged bank resolution fund, EU Member States, IGA, intergovernmental agreement, Single Resolution Mechanism, SRM
Brussels, 22-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On the International Day for Biological Diversity today, the Commission is launching a major new initiative to halt biodiversity loss and eradicate poverty in developing countries. The EU Biodiversity for Life (B4Life) flagship initiative is designed to help … Read the full press release
Luxembourg, 22-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The EIB invested an unprecedented EUR 1.37bn in France between 12 and 16 May. Projects supported include the refurbishment of schools, investment in France’s small businesses, a motorway and sustainable public transport initiatives. These will all contribute … Read the full press release
LEMMINKÄINEN HAS AGREED ON AMENDED TERMS OF ITS CREDIT FACILITY AND CONTINUES MEASURES TO STRENGHTEN THE BALANCE SHEET Helsinki, Finland, 21-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Lemminkäinen Corporation agreed on a three-year unsecured syndicated revolving credit facility of EUR 185 million in March 2013. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Financial, Finland, Management, Technology
Tagged Ilkka Salonen, Katri Sundström, Lemminkäinen
Maroussi, Greece, 21-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — 2014-Q1 Highlights: Operational profitability (EBITDA) up 28%. Net profit up 36.5%. Generation of strong cash flows and improvement of the Group’s credit profile. Net borrowing further reduced to €436.9 million, down from €509.7 million in 2013 and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Greece, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Elli Gardiki, Metallurgy & Mining Sector, MYTILINEOS Group
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2014 Mannheim, Germany, 21-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of SAP AG today approved all management proposals for the agenda items. With more than 99% of the votes, the shareholders approved the conversion … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Management, Technology
Tagged and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Ing. E.h. Klaus Wucherer, Bernard Liautaud, Dr. Eberhard Schipporeit, Dr. h.c. Hartmut Mehdorn, European stock corporation, Jim Hagemann Snabe, Pekka Ala-Pietlä, Ph.D., Prof. Anja Feldmann, Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Hasso Plattner, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Haarmann, SAP, SAP shareholders, SE, Societas Europaea
Tübingen: “Further cuts mean shutting down” Tübingen, Germany, 20-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The President, staff council and students at the University of Tübingen are calling on all members to join the statewide day of protest on Wednesday, 21 May, to express their … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Financial, Germany, Government, Society
Tagged Bernd Engler, Chris Borg, Neue Aula, state government funding cuts, University of Tübingen
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