Additional European Equity News

Aegon (AGN NA) - Co. appoints Jennifer Palmieri as Chief Human Resources Officer. (Aegon)     

AstraZeneca (AZN LN) - Co. to showcase Phase III data in liver, breast and bladder cancers and potential first-in-class rare disease therapy at ASCO 2026. EMERALD-3 late-breaking presentation will showcase benefit of Imfinzi and Imjudo in early liver cancer. (AstraZeneca)     

BT (BT/ LN) - Bharti Enterprises is reportedly mulling increasing its stake into BT, to just under 30% (vs current 24.95%), Reuters reports citing sources. One source suggested that it does not plan to launch a full take-over of the company. (Reuters)   

BASF (BAS GY) - Co. said Weidmüller is using its Ultramid Advanced N3U41 G6 polyphthalamide in OMNIMATE 4.0 PCB connectors and terminals, citing colourability, chemical resistance, dimensional stability and high temperature resistance for reflow soldering. (BASF) 

Bayer (BAYN GY) - The Chinese National Medical Products Administration granted approval for a label update to extend the indication of Kerendia™ to adult patients with heart failure with LVEF ≥ 40%. (Bayer)

Bouygues (EN FP) -  Equans announces completion of the sale of its EV charging concessions in the Netherlands. (Bouygues)     

Games Workshop (GAW LN) - FY26 Trading Update (GBP): Estimates core revenue not less than 625mln (prev. 565mln Y/Y), licensing revenue not less than 30mln (prev. 52.5mln Y/Y), PBT not less than 265mln (prev. 262.8mln Y/Y). (Games Workshop)

Inchcape (INCH LN) - Co. agrees to buy Silver Star in Bulgaria, expected to be completed in Q3'26; terms not disclosed. (Inchcape)

Richemont (CFR SW) - Chairman says tariff exposure is about EUR 300mln. Demand is substantially above supply, and he is relatively certain about the future. China market is quiet stable. (Richemont) 

SBB (SBBB SS), Humana (HUM SS) - SBB and Humana divests elderly care property in Strängnäs; transaction exp. to complete in June 2026. (SBB)

Softcat (SCT LN) - Q3 Trading Update: Guides FY underlying operating profit in the "mid-teens" (prev. guided "high single-digit"). (Softcat)

Natwest (NWG LN), Barclays (BARC LN), Lloyds (LLOY LN), Standard Chartered (STAN LN), HSBC (HSBA LN) - Banks are set to save over GBP 1bln from red tape-cutting. (POLITICO)

UBS Group (UBSG SW) - UBS accused the ombudsman overseeing a probe into Credit Suisse's handling of Nazi-linked accounts of bias and exceeding his mandate, deepening a standoff with the Senate Judiciary Committee, Bloomberg reports. The bank said it has provided more than 48mln pages of documents, and spent over USD 250mln on the probes, but is withholding more than 27,000 pages it deems legally privileged. The ombudsman countered that UBS was making false and misleading statements, and that his investigation cannot be considered complete until he sees the withheld materials. (Bloomberg)