Additional European Equity News

Aegon (AGN NA) - Aegon to propose extension of the term of Lard Friese as CEO. The proposed extension will run until 2030. (Aegon)

Babcock (BAB LN) - Co. announces a six month briding deal with the UK MoD. (Babcock) 

Bayer (BAYN GY) - Names Nelson Ambrogio to lead US Pharma bizz, effective 1st May,. (Bayer) 

Berkeley (BKG LN) - Trading Update: Affirms guidance. Berkeley expects to deliver pre-tax profit for FY26 of GBP 450mln, in line with guidance put in place two years ago, with around GBP 300mln of net cash. Notes: In this environment, Berkeley does not believe it can make its required rate of return on investment in new land acquisitions. This is due to the continuous increase in the tax and regulatory burden on residential development, which other land uses do not experience, allowing them to pay higher land values. Where residential transactions have been taking place, land prices have been overheated. Berkeley is therefore not proposing to acquire new land while these conditions prevail, except through joint venture arrangements, and will focus on its existing land holdings. (Berkeley) 

Diageo (DGE LN) - Appoints John O'Keeffe North America CEO. (Newswires) 

Evotec (EVT GY) - Co. appoints Dr. Ashiq H. Khan as Chief Commercial Officer. (Evotec) 

Electrolux (ELUXB SS) - Co. to close Chile factory, impact 400 jobs , takes restructuring charge of SEK 500mln in Q1. (Electrolux) 

GSK (GSK LN) - GSK, Pfizer (PFE) and Shionogi complete changes to ViiV Healthcare shareholding. Completion of Pfizer's exit of its investment in ViiV Healthcare. Increase of Shionogi's holding to 21.7%, with GSK maintaining 78.3% majority share. (GSK) 

Legrand (LR FP) - Co. announces two Acquisitions in Datacenters, with Keydak in China and TES in the United Kingdom. (Legrand) 

Lufthansa (LHA GY) - Co. is reportedly considering grounding around 40 planes amidst the jet fuel crisis. (politico) 

SoftwareOne (SWON SW) - Curti holders, which holds a 20.8% stake in the Co., is to offer around 7mn shares. (Newswires) 

Airbus (AIR FP) removed from Goldman Sachs European conviction list. 

HSBC (HSBA LN) added to Goldman Sachs European conviction list. 

Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP IM) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Kepler Cheuvreux

Nordex (NDX1 GY) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Bank of America

01 Apr 2026 - 07:40- EquitiesEU Research- Source: Newsquawk