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Remote Bell Ceremony opens 3rd Pan-European IR Conference in Brussels

On 24 September 2014, Roeland Haanen, President of NEVIR opened the European stock markets with a Bell Ceremony at the Brussels Marriott to celebrate the kickoff of this 3 day-conference.

The Investor Relation Associations of Belgium (BIRA), France (CLIFF), the Netherlands (NEVIR), and Portugal (FIR) organised this third paneuropean conference which is meant for IR professionals who want to share insights with IR thought leaders and who want to connect with european leaders from across the continent.

If you would like to find out more : www.european-ir-conference.com

SNS Securities sounds gong to mark Fund Seminar

SNS Securities External Asset Managers Services sounds the gong to mark the fifth Fund Seminar that takes place on 25 September.

At this event a total of 26 Fund Managers present themselves and highlight a few of their mutual funds. One of the special guests is Euronext who will join the Fund Managers and give a presentation as well. SNS Securities is a Dutch securities specialist, internationally active in securities brokerage and capital markets transactions. The Business Unit External Asset Manager Services celebrates its fifth anniversary this year and services over 50 asset managers and (over 25000 of) their clients. Director external Asset Manager services, Rob de Haas, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.snssecurities.nl

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CEO Red Cross sounds gong for ‘Forgotten songs for forgotten children’ campaign

CEO of the Red Cross, Gijs de Vries, sounds the gong for the campaign; ‘forgotten songs for forgotten children’.

Monday 22 September a new album is released, with the special title ‘Forgotten songs for forgotten children’. Eighteen Dutch musicians cooperated with the Red Cross and donated one of their own singles, to raise funds for emergency aid for children in conflict areas. Bands and singer songwriters like BLØF, Niels Geusebroek and Ilse de Lange & JB Meijers specifically chose a song they had never published before, others participated by offering a new edit of an existing song.

The funds raised by selling this album will be directed towards emergency response activities of the Red Cross in South Sudan, Syria and Central African Republic. These are conflict areas with an ongoing explosion of violence and loss, where specially children are among the hardest hit, are suffering a severe lack of food and are often hardly able to survive. By distributing food parcels and acute medical care where needed, the Red Cross provides help. Furthermore, more sustainable aid is organized by handing out seeds and agricultural tools to enable families with children to support in their livelihood.

For more information: www.rodekruis.nl

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Gong marks World Alzheimer’s Day

With regards to World Alzheimer’s Day, VUmc Alzheimercenter opens trading. CEO and neurologist Philip Scheltens sounds the gong in the presence of doctors and researchers working at the center.

Dementia affects every 1 out of 5 people and 70% of the cases are caused by Alzheimer’s. Dementia is the disease that entails the highest costs for our society and is currently still incurable. In the Netherlands, dementia is the fastest increasing disease, adding a new patient every 15 minutes. Only scientific research can bring us closer to a solution. At VUmc Alzheimercenter research is conducted on Alzheimer’s Disease and other types of dementia, particularly at a young age, in order to find a cure for this future epidemic.

For more information: www.alzheimercentrum.nl 

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Global Be(er) Responsible Day on Euronext Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris

Every September, Anheuser-Busch celebrates Global Be(er) Responsible Day to share responsible drinking messages with adults in meaningful ways. On Sept. 19, employees and wholesalers will commemorate Global Be(er) Responsible Day by visiting restaurants and businesses across the country to remind adults of Budweiser’s message in every bottle: Designate a driver and enjoy the great times.

On the occasion of this day, Eric Lauwers, General Manager AB InBev Benelux and France rang the Opening Bell at Euronext Brussels.  At the same time Harm van Esterik, Country Manager AB InBev Netherlands and José Lafuente, Country Director AB InBev France, rang the bell at Euronext Amsterdam and Paris.

The listing symbol of AB InBev at Euronext is “ABI”. Known beers at the AB InBev brands are : Stella Artois, Leffe, Hoegaarden, Budweiser, etc.

For more information on AB InBev: www.ab-inbev.com
or the Global Beer Responsible Day  : www.ab-inbev.com/go/social_responsibility/Responsible_Drinking/GBRD.cfm.

AB InBev celebrates Be(er) Responsible Day

By opening trading in Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris, AB InBev celebrates its Global Beer Responsible Day for the fifth time. This day is dedicated to promoting the importance of responsible drinking among its employees, customers and consumers.

In the Netherlands AB InBev (ticker symbol: ABI) is known for its brands Jupiler, Hertog Jan, Leffe, Hoegaarden and Dommelsch. The activities of AB InBev related to promoting responsible consumption are this year focused on responsible serving. On Be(er) Responsible Day, teams will hit the streets in nine Dutch cities to train as many servers of alcoholic beverages as possible to serve responsibly. Similar activities will take place in other countries. AB InBev’s goal is to provide training to at least 10.000 servers in Europe and 1 million worldwide. AB InBev developed an online training for this purpose which provides people with information on relevant rules and regulations, give them practical pointers on properly checking someone’s age and teaching them how to deal with delicate situations such as a refusal to serve an alcoholic beverage.

On the occasion of this day, Harm van Esterik, Country Director AB InBev Netherlands, sounds the gong in Amsterdam. At the same time Eric Lauwers, President AB InBev Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Luxemburg and José Lafuente, Country Director AB InBev France, ring the bell at Euronext Brussels and Paris.

For more information: www.ab-inbev.com

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AB InBev célèbre pour la 5ième année consécutive Be(er) Responsible Day dans le monde entier

José Lafuente, Country Manager France d'AB InBev sonne la cloche

Global Be(er) Responsible Day à Euronext Bruxelles, Amsterdam et Paris.
Le vendredi 19 septembre, AB InBev a célébré pour la 5ième année consécutive Be(er) Responsible Day dans le monde entier. AB InBev demande, en tant que brasseur leader, une attention particulière pour une consommation d’alcool responsable. Cet engagement fait partie de leur rêve d’être la Meilleure Entreprise Brassicole qui Unit les Gens pour un Monde Meilleur.

À l’occasion de Be(er) Responsible Day, les collaborateurs d’AB InBev descendront dans la rue afin de sensibiliser le personnel dans les bars et de les inciter à participer à la Formation de Serveur Responsable en ligne. Cette formation a été développée par AB InBev dans le but de fournir des conseils pratiques au personnel des bars et restaurants concernant la vente et le service d’alcool.

Pour fêter cet événement, Eric Lauwers, Directeur Général d’AB InBev Benelux et France, a ouvert les marchés européens avec une Bell Ceremony à Euronext Bruxelles. A cette même occasion, Harm van Esterik, Country Manager AB InBev Netherlands et José Lafuente, Country Manager Ab InBev France ont sonné également la cloche à respectivement Amsterdam et Paris.

Pour en savoir plus sur AB InBev : www.ab-inbev.com
Ou concernant le Global Be(Er) Responsible Day :  www.ab-inbev.com/go/social_responsibility/Responsible_Drinking/GBRD.cfm

DOCDATA N.V. visits Beursplein 5

Docdata (ticker symbol: DOCD) sounds the gong to mark the successful completion of the state-of-the-art e-fulfilment center in Waalwijk. Docdata now has 125.000 square feet available to store the goods and handle the orders of customers in the Benelux.

Docdata specializes in e-fulfillment, reverse logistics and online payment services. From operations in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Poland and France Docdata processes 125,000 to 250,000 orders every day for among others bol.com, De Bijenkorf, V&D, Brands4Friends, Zalando, ASOS, Toys "R" Us, HP and House of Fraser. Member of the DOCDATA N.V. Supervisory Board, Dirk Lindenbergh, sounds the gong. Docdata is listed on Euronext Amsterdam since 1997 and is included in the AScX-index®.

For more information: www.docdata.nl

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Société Générale launches the first 100% certificate based on the Euronext® Medtech Equal Weight Index

Aurélien Réquillart from Société Générale opens the European trading day in Paris.

Société Générale innovates with the launch of the first certificate indexed on the Euronext® Medtech Equal Weight Index. This index, calculated by Euronext, allows investors, fund managers and issuers to follow the performance on a European scale of medtechnologies and innovative sectors with huge growth potential. The annual commission of the 100% Certificate Medtech, issued by Société Générale, is (1% ) . It is continously listed on Euronext Paris from 09h05 to 17h30 and is traded as a simple share with the help of an online broker or their bank.

Winners of the Export Award “Export Lion 2014” ring Brussels Opening Bell

On 18 September 2014, Jon Heylen Export Manager of Agristo and andLiesbeth Schwartz, Qualtiy Assurance Manager of HTMS rang the Opening Bell on Euronext Brussels in the presence of Claire Tillekaert, CEO of Flanders Investment and Trade. The “Export Lion” is the annual prize awarded by Flanders Investment & Trade to Flemish companies that have been most successful in terms of export during the previous year. The “Export Lions” are awarded in 2 categories : one for companies with less than 50 employees, and one for companies with more than 50 staff.

To know more : www.leeuwvandeexport.be
More about the winning companies : www.htms.be and www.agristo.be

Euronext shares start trading on Lisbon market

On September, 17, Dominique Cerutti joined the Portuguese team to ring the closing bell to celebrate the admission to trading of 70,000,000 ordinary shares of Euronext on Euronext’s regulated market in Lisbon.

JINC celebrates tenth anniversary by sounding the gong

Director of JINC, DaniëlRoos,and the 150,000^th student will perform the gong ceremony to underline that every child in The Netherlands deserves a fair chance in the labour market.

Children fromneighborhoods with high unemployment and low education rates often lack role models and examples to make the right choices in terms of study or drop out of school. JINC provides children from 8 to 16 years with the opportunity to have a better start when they start working through vocational orientation in the workplace, teaching (social) skills and entrepreneurship. A total of 150,000 students from primary school to the vocational secondary level have now experienced how the labour market works. The goal: to make the right choices in terms of study, to reduce the likelihood of students dropping out and to offer them better prospects for work.  JINC is a not for profit organization with six offices throughout the country and is supported by over 800 companies, including Euronext.

For more information:www.jinc.nl

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Mike Niedermeyer and Karla Rabusch of Wells Fargo Asset Management open trading day in Paris

Wells Fargo Asset Management, part of the  Wells Fargo & Company bank, today celebrates the opening of a new Paris office and the appointment of Alexandre Dussaucy as sales director.

Wells Fargo Asset Management offers institutional separate accounts as well as UCITS funds for institutional and retail investors and currently manages $490 billion (€380 billion) globally. Although Wells Fargo has had a presence in France since 1852, this is the first continental European office for the asset management group. The Paris office will bring Wells Fargo Asset Management closer to customers based in France and will enable the company to build capacity to provide more services in the long term.
Alexandre Dussaucy (pictured) is responsible for business development and sales throughout France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco and French–speaking Switzerland and will focus on expanding the institutional and wholesale client base and creating sub-advisory opportunities.

Ludger Peters, managing director, international business development, Wells Fargo Asset Management: “As Europe’s largest market for investment funds, France has always been an important destination for Wells Fargo Asset Management. For almost 10 years we have successfully managed assets for global financial institutions based in France; in fact, our largest international client is a French business. We also registered our UCITS IV-compliant Luxembourg funds in France in January 2013, making our investment strategies available to retail investors in France.
Alexandre has a deep knowledge of investment processes and strong international business development skills. His experience will be invaluable to the development and execution of Wells Fargo Asset Management’s institutional strategy in France, and we look forward to offering investors in France the right products and strategies in what is a highly competitive market."

Breaking Financial Barriers launches conference by sounding gong

Director Enterprise Department at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Pieter Waasdorp, sounds the gong to mark the start of the Breaking Financial Barriers conference that takes place at Beursplein 5.

The conference is part of a series of initiatives to reduce barriers that (innovative) companies face in financing their growth. Raising capital is an important prerequisite for innovation and economic growth. Unlisted companies encounter obstacles in obtaining financing, as banks use stricter criteria for the provision of loans. Conversely, institutional investors are keen to invest but have limited opportunities for investing in unlisted companies. Breaking Financial Barriers explores how to close the gap between the two parties to make way for innovation and growth in the SME sector.

During the conference, speakers and participants identify solutions and recommendations to improve access to capital. After the conference the recommendations will be processed and widely shared and published. Speakers include Peter Waasdorp (Ministry of Economic Affairs), Hendrik van der Meulen (KplusV), Cindy van Oorschot (DNB) and Hans Leufkens (Euronext).

For more information: www.kplusv.nl

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Bank of China Group lists bonds in Paris

On the occasion of the 1st quotation on Euronext of Yuan bonds issued by Bank of China through its Paris Branch,  Mr TIAN Guoli, Chaiman of BoC Group, opens european trading day.

On July 15th, Bank of China Group, through its Paris Branch, has issued bonds denominated in yuan for the 1st time on French market. The 2 and 5 years new issues were a real success and are now quoted on Euronext market. This event reinforce Paris as being an important CNY offshore place.

Gong marks Dam tot Dam Weekend

By sounding the gong the alderman of the City of Zaanstad, Jeroen Olthof, launches the Dam tot Dam Weekend, which takes place on 20 and 21 September and starts next to the Euronext Exchange building.

More than 87,000 athletes will enjoy their participation during one of the Dam tot Dam events. Saturday 20 September 17,000 walkers participate in the 12^th Dam tot Dam Hike. In the evening follows a new event: the Damloop by night with 10,000 runners. One day later 6,000 cyclists come to the Dam square in Amsterdam for the 8^th Bicycle Classic. The highlight of the weekend is 30^th Dam tot Damloop with 50,000 participants, the biggest running event of the Netherlands. Over 250,000 spectators come to Amsterdam or Zaandam to soak up the atmosphere of the events.

For more information: www.damloop.nl

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Gong starts new academic year at Duisenberg school of finance

Student of Duisenberg school of finance in the MSc Finance - Corporate Finance & Banking programme, Mendel van Biert, sounds the gong, in the presence of thirteen students, in honour of the opening of the academic year.

The official celebration of the opening of the Academic Year takes place on 12 September with a keynote speech from the Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist, OECD, Rintaro Tamaki. He will discuss how green infrastructure investment decisions play a vital role in tackling climate change. Duisenberg school of finance is committed to shaping a sustainable financial industry that creates economic and societal value by developing talent in finance, advancing new thinking and promoting constructive dialogue.

For more information: www.dsf.nl

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COO of KLM, Pieter Elbers, sounds gong at the KLM Open

COO of KLM, Pieter Elbers, sounds the gong as the official start of the KLM Open 2014. For this special occasion the gong relocates to the Kennemer Golf & Country Club in Zandvoort.

The KLM Open, held between 11 and 14 September, has for many years been a fixed feature on the European Tour’s calendar. The history of the international golf tournament stretches back over one hundred years, and winners include many illustrious names in the world of golf. Last year, the first Dutchman since 2003, Joost Luiten, won the 'Dutch Open’. Luiten defeated the Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez in a playoff. KLM is the lead sponsor of the tournament for the 21st time. Co-sponsors ABN AMRO and Deloitte have also been associated with the event for many years.

Traditionally, the KLM Open is linked to a charity. This year’s tournament will support UNICEF, the organization that helps children around the world overcome poverty, disease, violence and discrimination. An important first step to protect children is birth registration. Worldwide, some 230 million children are not registered. This means that these children do not officially exist and therefore are not able to claim their right to health care and education.

For more information: www.klmopen.nl

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