United Kingdom

Cairn Homes Plc: Commencement of €35m Extended Share Buyback Programme

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Dublin / London, 6 December 2023: Further to its Interim Results announcement on 7 September 2023, Cairn Homes plc (“Cairn”, “the Company” or “the Group”) (Euronext Dublin: C5H / LSE: CRN) today announces the commencement of the €35 million extension to its ongoing share buyback programme increasing the total size of its share buyback programme to €75 million.

Key Points: 
  • Dublin / London, 6 December 2023: Further to its Interim Results announcement on 7 September 2023, Cairn Homes plc (“Cairn”, “the Company” or “the Group”) (Euronext Dublin: C5H / LSE: CRN) today announces the commencement of the €35 million extension to its ongoing share buyback programme increasing the total size of its share buyback programme to €75 million.
  • The Company has extended its irrevocable, non-discretionary arrangements with Goodbody Stockbrokers UC (“Goodbody”) and Numis Securities Limited (“Numis”) to repurchase ordinary shares on the Company’s behalf up to a maximum consideration of €35 million (the “Share Buyback Programme”).
  • The purpose of the Share Buyback Programme is to reduce the Company's share capital and it is intended that shares repurchased will be cancelled.
  • Cairn Homes plc (“Cairn”) is an Irish homebuilder committed to building high-quality, competitively priced, sustainable new homes and communities in great locations.

Transaction in Own Shares

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

The repurchase of own shares is executed in public trading in accordance with Regulation No.

Key Points: 
  • The repurchase of own shares is executed in public trading in accordance with Regulation No.
  • 596/2014 of the European Parliament and Council of 16 April 2014 (MAR) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052.
  • After the disclosed transactions, Nordea holds 6,613,258 treasury shares for capital optimisation purposes and 4,787,315 treasury shares for remuneration purposes.
  • Details of each transaction are included as an appendix to this announcement.

Nordea Bank Abp: Transaction in Own Shares

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

The repurchase of own shares is executed in public trading in accordance with Regulation No.

Key Points: 
  • The repurchase of own shares is executed in public trading in accordance with Regulation No.
  • 596/2014 of the European Parliament and Council of 16 April 2014 (MAR) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052.
  • After the disclosed transactions, Nordea holds 4,553,954 treasury shares for capital optimisation purposes and 4,787,315 treasury shares for remuneration purposes.
  • On behalf of Nordea Bank Abp,
    Ilkka Ottoila, Acting Head of Investor Relations, +358 9 5300 7058
    This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange.

Nordea Bank Abp: Repurchase of own shares on 01.12.2023

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

The repurchase of own shares is executed in public trading in accordance with Regulation No.

Key Points: 
  • The repurchase of own shares is executed in public trading in accordance with Regulation No.
  • 596/2014 of the European Parliament and Council of 16 April 2014 (MAR) and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052.
  • After the disclosed transactions, Nordea holds 5,184,923 treasury shares for capital optimisation purposes and 4,787,315 treasury shares for remuneration purposes.
  • On behalf of Nordea Bank Abp,
    Ilkka Ottoila, Acting Head of Investor Relations, +358 9 5300 7058
    This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange.

EQS-News: Offer Update Announcement

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Sunday, December 10, 2023

Shareholders should refer to the offer restrictions included in the section titled "Important information" at the end of this announcement and in the offer document which will be published shortly before the commencement of the acceptance period under the Offer.

Key Points: 
  • Shareholders should refer to the offer restrictions included in the section titled "Important information" at the end of this announcement and in the offer document which will be published shortly before the commencement of the acceptance period under the Offer.
  • This announcement constitutes the Final Results Announcement for the purposes of the Offer Document.
  • In accordance with Section 5.5 of the Offer Document, Settlement of the Offer will take place on or around 10 Trading Days after the date of this announcement.
  • Capitalised terms in this announcement, unless otherwise defined, have the same meanings as set out in the Offer Document.

Transaction in Own Shares

Retrieved on: 
Sunday, December 10, 2023

The repurchase of own shares is executed in public trading in accordance with Regulation No.

Key Points: 
  • The repurchase of own shares is executed in public trading in accordance with Regulation No.
  • After the disclosed transactions, Nordea holds 1,274,407 treasury shares for capital optimisation purposes and 4,787,315 treasury shares for remuneration purposes.
  • Details of each transaction are included as an appendix to this announcement.
  • Because of a technical error, the amount of own shares repurchased on 20 November 2023 was included in the total number of treasury shares held for remuneration purposes instead of in the total number of treasury shares held for capital optimisation purposes in the body text of the stock exchange release regarding the completed repurchases of own shares on 20 November 2023.

BILENDI: Revenues for 3rd quarter 2023 up +1.8% (+2.0% at constant exchange rates)

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Sunday, December 10, 2023

In the third quarter of 2023, Bilendi recorded consolidated revenues of €14.2 million, an increase of +1,8%.

Key Points: 
  • In the third quarter of 2023, Bilendi recorded consolidated revenues of €14.2 million, an increase of +1,8%.
  • In France (20% of sales), Bilendi recorded revenues growth of +12.0% to €2.9 million, accelerating sharply after a second quarter already up +5.4%.
  • Over the first nine months, Bilendi posted revenues of €43.8 million, up +1.1% (+2.0% at constant exchange rates).
  • On the strength of this 3rd quarter growth, Bilendi is confident of achieving in the second half of 2023:
    - sales growth exceeding that of H1 2023;
    - an improvement in operating profitability compared with H1 2023.

EQS-News: Mainz Biomed Reports Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

ColoAlert® Revenue Increases 102% Year Over Year for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023

Key Points: 
  • ColoAlert® Revenue Increases 102% Year Over Year for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
    BERKELEY, US – MAINZ, Germany – November 16, 2023 — Mainz Biomed N.V. (NASDAQ:MYNZ) (“Mainz Biomed” or the “Company”), a molecular genetics diagnostic company specializing in the early detection of cancer, announced today financial results of the third quarter ending September 30, 2023 and provided a corporate update.
  • “This past quarter was an important period of progress for the Company highlighted by ColoFuture’s spectacular readout of results.
  • During the quarter, Mainz Biomed established a strategic partnership with Ärztliches Labor Dr. Buhlmann, a respected player in PCR-based analysis.
  • Throughout the third quarter, Mainz Biomed continued to prepare for commencing patient enrollment in the ReconAAsense clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05636085).

It's hard to find a surrogate in Australia. But heading overseas comes with risks

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

In a surrogacy arrangement, a surrogate gives birth to a baby for the intended parents to raise.

Key Points: 
  • In a surrogacy arrangement, a surrogate gives birth to a baby for the intended parents to raise.
  • Most intended parents are heterosexual or gay couples, but single people can also use surrogacy to have a child.
  • In the 2021–2022 financial year, 213 Australian babies were born through international surrogacy – an arrangement between Australian intended parents and a foreign surrogate.

How does international surrogacy impact children?

  • We surveyed more than 300 Australians who were parents through surrogacy, or were planning on having a child via surrogacy.
  • We asked if they had picked international or domestic surrogacy and why, and we asked about the fertility treatment they and their surrogate received.
  • Respondents who had a child through international surrogacy commonly reported using two fertility treatments currently banned in Australia: multiple embryo transfer and anonymous egg donation.
  • Some 27% of parents through international surrogacy had a preterm baby and 11% had twins or triplets.
  • Of the respondents who used donor eggs in international surrogacy, 47% said the identity of the donor was anonymous.
  • Australians born through international surrogacy with anonymous egg donors may never know who their genetic mother is.

Why choose international surrogacy?

  • The most popular reasons for picking international surrogacy were that surrogacy in Australia is long and complicated and it is difficult to find an Australian surrogate.
  • For those lucky to find an Australian surrogate, they must complete a series of legal requirements as part of the arrangement.
  • With international surrogacy, commercial agencies or brokers can match intended parents to a surrogate and the various Australian legal requirements may not be needed.

How can the risks of international surrogacy be reduced?

  • Most respondents said they would prefer to complete surrogacy in Australia if it were possible.
  • To make surrogacy more accessible, surrogacy laws should be reviewed by an inquiry by the Australian Law Reform Commission.
  • The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission recently published recommendations for surrogacy law reform in the United Kingdom.
  • Law reform in Australia must address all barriers for domestic surrogacy, including the shortage of surrogates, to protect the welfare of children born through surrogacy.


Ezra Kneebone receives funding from the Australian Government Department of Education. Karin Hammarberg works for the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority. Kiri Beilby does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Canva Launches Popular Music Library to Supercharge Content Creation in Partnership with Warner Music Group, Merlin and More

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Canva is the first visual communication platform to add commercially released music at the point of creation, for content that can be shared across multiple platforms.

Key Points: 
  • Canva is the first visual communication platform to add commercially released music at the point of creation, for content that can be shared across multiple platforms.
  • Free Canva users can browse the new music library, but will need to upgrade their subscription to use it in designs.
  • The popular music library cannot be used in content created for commercial purposes, across all Canva account types.
  • Canva partners with Warner Music Group, Merlin and more
    Earlier this year, Warner Music Group and Merlin announced first-of-their-kind partnerships with Canva , and now, those partnerships come to life with hundreds of thousands of songs available in Canva’s popular music library.