Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on April 13

Schlatter Industries AG

13/04/2015 06:21

ZURICH, April 13 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
main factors expected to affect Swiss stocks on Monday: 
     
    JULIUS BAER  BAER.VX  
    Julius Baer  BAER.VX  has not held talks with larger rival 
Credit Suisse  CSGN.VX  about merging, the Swiss private bank's 
chief executive said in comments made in the weekly Schweiz am 
Sonntag. 
    For more, click on  BAER.VX  
       
    NESTLE  NESN.VX  
    Nestle  NESN.VX  said on Monday it is cutting the added 
sugar in its Nesquik flavored milk products, the latest in a 
series of moves by the Swiss food company to reduce sugar and 
salt in its offerings amid growing public health concerns. 
    For more click on  NESN.VX  
     
    COMPANY STATEMENTS  CPR-CH  
    * Holcim  HOLN.VX  chairman Wolfgang Reitzle says major 
shareholder Eurocement has left open whether it will approve the 
merger of the Swiss company with French rival Lafarge  LAFP.PA , 
and that he hopes U.S. mutual fund Harris Associates will also 
back the deal after meeting incoming Chief Executive Eric Olsen, 
in an interview with Sunday's edition of Swiss newspaper 
Sonntagszeitung. Reitzle says the combined Lafarge Holcim will 
eventually change its name after closing the deal.  HOLN.VX  
    * Novartis  NOVN.VX  said new Gilenya analyses will be 
presented at the 67th American Academy of Neurology Annual 
Meeting in Washington DC from April 18-25, showing how the 
drugmaker is advancing methods assessing the impact of relapsing 
multiple sclerosis for patients and physicians.  NOVN.VX  
    * Schlatter  STRN.S  gave further details on its planned 
capital increase of at least 10 million Swiss francs. 
Shareholders will vote on the capital increase at its 
shareholder meeting next month. The nominal value of a Schlatter 
share will be reduced from to 16.00 francs and the share capital 
will be increased through the emission of between 415,328 and 
639,375 registered shares.  STRN.S  
    * Galenica  GALN.VX  said it will propose to shareholders at 
next month's annual general meeting the election of two new 
Board members: Marc de Garidel, chairman of the board of 
directors and CEO of Ipsen  IPN.PA , France, and Romeo Cerutti, 
member of the executive board and general counsel of Credit 
Suisse Group Ltd.  CSGN.VX , Switzerland.  GALN.VX  
    * Interroll  INRN.S  said it had signed a framework contract 
with NPI (National Presort LP) to supply four additional 
crossbelt sorters including the respective conveyor technology 
to the Brazil Post.  INRN.S  
    * Bossard Holding  BOS.S  said it expects to see substantial 
sales growth for 2015, after posting an 8.2 percent rise in 
first-quarter sales in local currency compared to the same 
period last year.  BOS.S  
    * Implenia  IMPN.S  said Rene Zahnd, who has been in charge 
of its Business Unit Modernisation and Development since 
February 2014, has been appointed chief executive of Swiss Prime 
Site  SPSN.S .  IMPN.S  
    * Burkhalter  BRKN.S  said earnings per share for 2014 came 
to 5.25 Swiss francs compared to 4.48 francs the year before. 
Its objective for 2015 is to increase earnings per share, but 
said the rise is unlikely to be quite as high as in 2014. 
 BRKN.S  
    * Cytos Biotechnology  CYTN.S  said the last day of trading 
of the convertible bond at the SIX Exchange was moved to April 
30.  CYTN.S  
     
    ECONOMY  M-CH  
    Swiss National Bank sight deposits due at 0700 GMT  
 
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