FRANKFURT, Feb 29 (Reuters) - The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Monday:
UTILITIES
Germany's opposition Greens have softened their stance towards utility companies, agreeing with powerful trade union IG BCE that they should not have to bear alone the costs of the country's exit from nuclear power.
Separately, EnBW said it hoped to keep paying a dividend but there could be no guarantee.
VOLKSWAGEN
Volkswagen's former chief executive Martin Winterkorn was informed that the carmaker had told regulators it was using defeat devices two weeks before the scandal became public, German tabloid Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday.
FRAPORT
Fraport's contract to lease and manage 14 Greek regional airports will boost its EBITDA by 100 million euros ($109 million) in the first full year after the deal's closing, Chief Financial Officer Matthias Zieschang told daily Boersen-Zeitung in an interview published on Saturday.
QSC
Q4 results due.
RIB SOFTWARE
Q4 results due.
SIXT
Sixt's carsharing service DriveNow won 190,000 new members in 2015, taking its total to 580,000 and 4,000 vehicles by the end of the year, CEO Erich Sixt told the Euro am Sonntag.
MANZ
Chinese power and electrical group Shanghai Electric has agreed to buy at least a quarter of German technology group Manz in a deal that could lead to a full takeover offer, Manz said on Sunday.
GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA
German January import prices due at 0700 GMT. Seen -1.1 pct m/m, -3.4 pct y/y.
German January retail sales due at 0700 GMT. Seen +0.1 pct m/m, +0.8 pct yy.
EUROPEAN FACTORS TO WATCH
DIARIES
REUTERS TOP NEWS ($1 = 0.9147 euros) (Reporting by Jonathan Gould, Georgina Prodhan and Ludwig Burger)