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AMX-Index

Sounding gong marks 20th anniversary AMX-Index

Today Euronext celebrates the 20th anniversary of the AMX-Index.

The AMX is the index for mid cap companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam and was launched on 4 October 1995. The index was created to give the mid cap companies more visibility and to help investors to gain better insight in the overall performance of the Dutch mid cap companies. The AMX contains the 25 second most largest and actively traded companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam, and is the most widely used mid cap indicator of the Dutch stock market. The index is tracked by an ETF and leveraged products. Since the beginning of this year the number of outstanding products linked to the AMX-Index has grown with 133%* to 84* and the ETF had an Inflow of assets under management of 3.5* million.

The AMX is calculated in a price and a gross (total) return version as of the start and a net return versions was added to the family in 2010.  All indices were calculated back to 1983 and in this 32 year period the AMX (price) had a yearly performance of 8.6%* and the AMX GR of 12%*.

_{*Percentage and numbers as of end of august 2015}

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SME Innovation top 100

Winner SME Innovation top 100 opens trading

The winner of the SME Innovation top 100, LUXeXcel, visits Beursplein 5 and opens trading.

The Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the Financiële Telegraaf, has published the ranking of one hundred specific innovations of  Dutch SME’s. Hundred SME’s have been implementing innovative concepts in their products, services or business. With these innovations, entrepreneurs have raised their turnover, have secured their continuity of business or have improved their existing products.  

LUXeXcel was ranked first for its innovational concept of producing optical lenses through 3D printing. The concept of LUXeXcel is  found revolutionary by scientists worldwide. The lenses are not traditionally produced in layers, but with UV light.

For more information: www.mkbinnovatietop100.nl

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Haitong Bank

Euronext assina MOU com Haitong Bank S.A.

A Euronext assinou um Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) com o Haitong Bank S.A. com o objectivo de reforçar o papel e a actividade do banco enquanto membro do mercado português e, de forma mais ampla, nos restantes mercados Euronext. Com este protocolo, as duas partes irão identificar, em particular, oportunidades na área de admissões e de desenvolvimento conjunto de produtos e serviços.

Done Hedge Fund

Done Hedge Fund celebrates 3 year anniversary

Done Hedge Fund celebrates its 3 year anniversary by sounding the gong. The fund has achieved a performance of +43.8% net of fees since its inception in October 2012. This corresponds to an annualized net performance of +12.6%. Iain Somers sounds the gong accompanied by the Done Hedge Fund team.

Done Hedge Fund is a creative market neutral arbitrage fund with a main focus on European stock markets. The fund aims for double digit positive returns with single digit volatility, regardless the direction of the markets. Since the start of the fund, 90% of the months have been positive. This is the consequence of the strong interaction between solid risk management and the extensive experience of the management team.

For more information: www.done.nl

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Hovione

Hovione rings the closing bell to celebrate the listing of €40 million in Bonds

To celebrate the listing of €40 million in bonds, Hovione rang the Closing Bell. He was accompanied by management team, along with the Euronext team. Hovione is a Pharmaceutical Company dedicated to helping Pharmaceutical Customers bring new and off-patent drugs to market.

Proximus

Proximus successfully lists a €500 million bond issue on Euronext Brussels

Euronext Brussels today welcomed the listing of an institutional bond issue by Proximus, the largest telecommunication group in Belgium. To celebrate the new listing, Sandrine Dufour, Chief Financial Officer of Proximus, rang the bell to open trading on Euronext’s markets.

The 10-year Proximus institutional bonds are admitted to listing on Euronext Brussels with a total issued amount of €500 million. The issue was very well received with an order book in excess of €2.2 billion (more than four times oversubscribed) and was placed with more than 125 European institutional investors. The coupon stands at 1.875%, and is the lowest coupon ever paid by Proximus. The operation was jointly conducted by BNP Paribas, ING Bank, J.P. Morgan, Crédit Agricole CIB and Lloyds Bank.

Formerly known as Belgacom, Proximus is a telecommunications company operating in the Belgian and international markets. With brands such as Proximus, Skynet, Scarlet and Telindus, Proximus Group is the leading national provider of telephony, internet, television and network-based ICT services.

Proximus is listed on Euronext with the trading symbol “PROX”.

To know more about the issuer: www.proximus.com

Arcadis

Arcadis celebrates 20-year listing anniversary

Arcadis (ticker symbol: ARCAD) sounds the opening gong at Euronext Amsterdam. This marks 20 years of trading and the launch of its new single brand, signaling strengthened global positioning in response to changing client needs.

The leading Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets, recently unveiled their new, refreshed brand identity with which it will now go to market globally under one brand.  This brand launch follows two years of investment in joining up 28,000 people in a single operating model which enables Arcadis to bring its very best knowledge and technical expertise to clients wherever they need help. The new brand will be adopted across the 70 countries in which Arcadis operates.

For more information: www.arcadis.com  

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A Sister’s Hope

A Sister’s Hope opens trading to mark breast cancer month

A Sister’s Hope opens trading by sounding the gong to mark the start of October breast cancer month. Throughout October, several activities aim to raise awareness around breast cancer. 

A Sister's Hope was the first non-profit organization in The Netherlands dedicated solely to raising money for breast cancer research and remains the only organization in The Netherlands with that pure focus. More than 4.5 million euro has been given to researchers since 2007.

For more information: www.asistershope.org

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ACI Belgium 60th anniversary

ACI Belgium celebrates 60th anniversary

To celebrate the 60^th anniversary of ACI Belgium, Franck Goethals, Consultant Social Events at ACI Belgium, rang the opening Bell on Euronext Brussels in the presence of its members.

ACI Belgium is part of ACI The Financial Market Association,  covering the world’s wholesale financial markets.

For more information on ACI Belgium: www.acibelgium.be

Top Woman of the Year

Top Woman of the Year sounds gong

Annemieke Nijhof, CEO of Tauw Group, has been named Top Woman of the Year 2015 and celebrates the title by sounding the gong.

With the election, The Top Woman of the Year Foundation wants to give female talent the attention they deserve. It offers successful women a platform to be visible and to be able to act as role models for other women.

Annemieke Nijhof is praised by the jury because of her choice for challenges, her courage and connective leadership style steered her organization through difficult crisis years. It has convinced the jury she is a role model and inspiring example for young women - and men - and not just within her own organization, says jury president Pamela Boumeester.

For more information: www.topvrouwvanhetjaar.nl

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Zenitel 50th anniversary

Zenitel celebrates 50th anniversary on Euronext Brussels

To celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Zenitel, Eugene Beckers, Chairman of the Board of Directors rang the Opening Bell on Euronext Brussels on 29 September 2015 in the presence of the management of Zenitel. Zenitel specializes in the development, manufacturing and marketing of audio and data communication systems and networks.

Zenitelis listed on Euronext Brussels with the trading symbol : ZENT

Pan-European IR Conference

Gong marks start fourth Pan-European IR Conference

The start of the fourth Pan-European IR Conference is marked by the traditional sounding of the gong.

The event is organised by the Investor Relations Associations of Belgium (BIRA), France (CLIFF), the Netherlands (NEVIR) and Portugal (FIR) and takes place at Beursplein 5.

This event is meant for IR professionals who want to share insights with IR thought leaders and who want to connect with European IR professionals from across the continent. Roeland Haanen, chairman of the NEVIR, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.european-ir-conference.com

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Week against Loneliness

Sounding of gong for Week against Loneliness

The National Foundation for the Elderly and partner Sligro (ticker symbol: SLIGR) open trading in the Week against Loneliness.

More than a million elderly people in the Netherlands are lonely. Out of them, 200,000 are extremely lonely. Of the elderly who live in a care home, around 10,000 are never visited. One in five residents of a nursing home go outside less than once a month. Some elderly even less than once a year for lack of family, friends and volunteers.

The National Foundation for the Elderly hopes to raise awareness on the issue with various initiatives, including a knitting campaign, bleachers for the elderly during a football match of FC Utrecht, the BoodschappenPlusBus and the National Day for the Elderly on 2 October.

For more information:  www.ouderenfonds.nl

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Bicentenary Kingdom Netherlands

Bicentenary Kingdom Netherlands celebrated by sounding gong

Ank Bijleveld-Schouten, chairperson of the National Committee for the Bicentenary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands sounds the gong at the Amsterdam exchange to open trading.

Mrs. Bijleveld-Schouten is invited to perform this act in relation to next days ending of the festivities of the 2-year celebration of the Bicentenary. On Saturday September 26th the Royal Carré theatre will host a gathering that marks the official closing of the celebrations, while later that evening the Skinny Bridge on the Amstel river will be the stage of a spectacular musical and theatrical show that will end the festivities. The event on the 26th of September is the grand finale of the celebration of the bicentenary of the Kingdom of The Netherlands. It’s the last of six events which are organized between November 2013 and September 2015 by the National Committee.

In addition to Mrs. Bijleveld-Schouten, two members of the National Committee will be present during the ceremony: former CEO of Shell Netherlands, Mr. Rein Willems and Bercan Günel, managing partner of Women Capital.

The celebrations of the Bicentenary which have been organized throughout the Kingdom of the Netherlands wouldn’t have been possible without the cooperation of many sponsors, including several companies that are listed on the Amsterdam exchange. To underline this close cooperation, the ceremony of the ringing of the gong will be attended by delegates of Philips, Heineken, AkzoNobel and Shell.

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Amsterdam Capital Week

Amsterdam Capital Week kicked off by sounding gong

Today the sounding of the gong will be done on the occasion of the first Amsterdam Capital Week. Euronext subsidiary EnterNext is one of the organizations joining forces with StartupAmsterdam during this week filled with events surrounding startups and investment.

Amsterdam Capital Week is a week in which startups from around the world travel to Amsterdam to meet and pitch for over 500+ investors. It has never been done before and it will showcase Amsterdam’s strong points on Startup Capital: abundance in (pre-)seed capital, access to international funding, Europe’s crowd funding capital. There are over 20 events, workshops and (crowd)funding festivals combined in one week. For this reason startups and investors from around the world will be in Amsterdam at Amsterdam Capital Week.

EnterNext is designed to support small- and mid-caps, helping them find the most suitable financing solution and make better use of the exchange. Amsterdam Capital week is initiated and part of the StartupAmsterdam Program.

For more information:  www.amsterdamcapitalweek.com

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Benelux Small Cap Conference

Euronext visits Benelux Small Cap Conference

To celebrate the annual Small Cap Conference at ABN AMRO, the opening of trading on 23 September will take place at the bank’s head office.

During the conference, investors from countries across Europe will meet directors of listed small caps in the Benelux region. Investors can get to know the senior management of these companies and hear first-hand what the relevant developments are for the business and sector in which they are active.

Ferdinand Vaandrager, Head of Equity at ABN AMRO: “This annual conference is symbolic for the intermediary role that we play between Dutch businesses and investors. This year we are welcoming fifteen small caps and dozens of investors from several European countries.”

For more information: www.abnamro.nl

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Viapresse

Viapresse rings the bell at the occasion of their listing on Alternext

Vincent Mareine, CEO, Viapresse closes the European trading day in Paris

Viapresse is the French leader in marketing press publications (magazines, periodicals, newspapers, etc.) on the Internet, by subscription or by selling individual issues. The group's activity is organized around three sectors:

• sales of publications on the Internet: operating through the Viapresse.com site or partner sites (Fnac, Cdiscount, Cultura, etc.). The group also manages and markets subscriptions for publishers;
• sales of subscriptions in stores: operating through Fnac stores;
• other: supply of graphic and computer services.

All net sales are in France.

SAGESS

SAGESS rings the bell at the occasion of a new bond issued on Euronext Paris

François Martin, CEO SAGESS, opens the European trading day.

SAGESS (Société Anonyme de Gestion des Stocks de Sécurité) was created in 1988 on the initiative of oil operators and under the aegis of public authorities. Nominated as the Central Stockholding Entity for France by a 28-Dec-2012 decree, SAGESS is entrusted with the unique mission of stockpiling and managing strategic stocks of crude oil and oil products, the latter being at the disposal of the Government. As of 1st July 2015, SAGESS manages 12.8 MT Eqpf (Equivalent finished products) of oil products representing 74% of France’s reserve obligation.
Thanks to its diversified financing and responsive financial policy, SAGESS is recognized for its high financial stability. With this new benchmark, SAGESS extends and staggers its debt maturity profile up to 2027.
As a Government Related entity, SAGESS is rated AA (S&P, Neg outlook), aligned to French Republic rating and can be considered among the best credits among French issuers.