ZURICH, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The following are some of the
main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Thursday:
GATEGROUP
The Swiss Takeover Board has asked China's HNA Group to
clarify its ownership structure by early next month given
apparent changes since its $1.5 billion takeover last year of
Swiss aviation services company Gategroup. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1M14RF
COMPANY STATEMENTS CPR-CH
* Givaudan GIVN.S said it will acquire the nutrition
division of Centroflora Group, without disclosing the terms of
deal. Centroflora's Nutra business would have represented around
17 million Swiss francs of incremental sales to Givaudan's
results in 2017 on a proforma basis, the company said. GIVN.S
* BKW BKWB.S said it is selling its Italian distribution
business and stake in Casa delle Nuove Energie. BKWB.S
* Groupe Minoteries GMI.S said first-half net profit was
up at 2.5 million Swiss francs versus 2.3 million a year ago.
GMI.S
* Sonova SOON.S announced the appointment of Claudio
Bartesaghi, currently head of corporate human resources
management for North America, to the position of group vice
president corporate HRM and member of the Sonova management
board, effective Oct. 1. SOON.S
ECONOMY M-CH
* The Swiss government updates its economic forecasts at
0545 GMT.
* Swiss trade data CHTBAL=ECI for August due at 0600 GMT.
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