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Gong marks 15th anniversary Valid Express

Valid Express courier service celebrates its 15th anniversary. To mark that moment, CEO Sanne Beekhuis-Van Huijstee sounds the gong and donates 15% of its total daily revenues to the Liliane Fonds, a foundation that helps children and youth with a disability in developing countries, offering opportunities for education and employment.

Long before sustainable employability became a hot topic on the political agenda, Valid Express was founded in 1999 as a courier service that employed couriers with a physical disability. The company rapidly grew and became part of the PostNL family. PostNL is listed on Euronext Amsterdam (ticker symbol: PNL).

The growth Valid Express has shown over the years proves that employees with a disability are extremely valuable to a company. “Our colleagues may have a physical disability, but their minds are as sharp as ever and they are proud and responsible in their job,” says Sanne Beekhuis-Van Huijstee, managing director of Valid Express. “The Valid Express ambition is to employ at least 120 drivers with uncooperative bodies or a chronic illness by 2020.” The Valid Express couriers help clients who have an important consignment that has to be delivered quickly and with a 100% guarantee. The shipment is not part of the overall flow of parcels; instead, it is tracked individually. Valid Express also handles urgent courier jobs, like ‘Room Shopping’ services for hotels near the 9 Straatjes district in Amsterdam, and regular courier runs with confidential documents.

For more information: www.validexpress.nl

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Bell Ceremony pour accueillir la semaine européenne de la biotechnologie 2014 à Bruxelles

Le 8 Octobre2014, Nathalie Moll, secretary general d'EuropaBio et Karin Baudin, Vice-présidente Technology Transfer InsermTransfert de ENTENTE PROJECTont ouvert les marchés européens d'Euronext avec une Bell Ceremony.

Les partenaires duprojet ENTENTE, de la Commission Européenne et d’EuropaBio ont annoncé les 2 événements qui ont lieu pendant la semaine européenne de la biotechnologie notamment  la 5^ème édition de  l’Award « Most Innovative European Biotech SME Award » et« ENTENTE Life Sciences Investment Forum ».

Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, Directrice, Direction Santé, DG Recherche et Innovation,de la CommissionEuropéenne a clôturé la Bell Ceremony avec un discours.

Pour en savoir plus : www.biotechweek.org

Nyenrode Business University sounds gong for Private Investor Program

Nyenrode Business University and Oxyor sound the gong for the Private Investor Program.

Participants actively learn to analyse and manage their own investment portfolios according to the latest insights in the field of investing. Participants are being taught by top experts who assist them in every step making the right investment decisions. After successful completion of the program, the graduates are able to independently take control of their own portfolio and are at least at the same level as a professional investor with several years of experience. Jan Willem Bloemen, participant of the Program, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.executiveeducation.nl

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Wealth Management Partners celebrates 10th anniversary

Wealth Management Partners visits Euronext Amsterdam to attend an Exchange Meeting and to celebrate the 10^th anniversary.

Wealth Management Partners, located in Amstelveen, is specialized in the structured management of substantial assets. The company manages over € 1.3 billion for a limited number of clients. Managing partner, Albert van Dedem, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.wmpartners.nl

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New CIO Delta Lloyd Asset Management, Jacco Maters, visits Beursplein 5

New Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and Managing Director of Delta Lloyd Asset Management, Jacco Maters, visits Beursplein 5. As a fitting way to mark the start of his new responsibilities he sounds the gong.

As Maters says, "I’m really excited about this new challenge. Delta Lloyd is known for being an innovative investor with an independent and distinctive investment policy. I’m honoured to have the opportunity to lead Delta Lloyd Asset Management, where a strong, committed team is achieving good investment returns. I see sounding the gong as a bit like my joining Delta Lloyd: a new beginning that builds on many years of history and continuity. And with that in mind I’m going to do everything I can to ensure we continue achieving the best possible results for our clients."

Maters was previously Group Head of Equity and Group Head of Derivatives at Allianz  Investment Management in Germany, where he was responsible for Allianz’s global equity and derivatives investment strategy. He also served as a member of the Allianz Investments Supervisory Board for several years.

For more information: www.deltalloydassetmanagement.nl

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EY Master Entrepreneur Of The Year 2014 opens trading

Winners of the EY Master Entrepreneur Of The Year 2014 awardare Bert Meulman and Willem Blijdorp from B&S international.Bert Meulman opens trading by sounding the gong in the presence of winner of the Accelerating Entrepreneur Of The Year Paul Koppert from Koppert Biological Systems and Emerging Entrepreneur Of The Year Janneke Niessen from Improve Digital.

The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year is the largest competition for successful entrepreneurs in the world. The awards are presented in over 50 countries across the globe. This will be EY’s 19^th Entrepreneur Of The Year competition in the Netherlands for the encouragement and acknowledgement of successful entrepreneurship.

Program director, Andrea Vogel: "This year a lot of outstanding entrepreneurship was shown in the Entrepreneur Of The Year program. Good entrepreneurs are the trendsetters of the economy and it is simply true that entrepreneurs, more than average, contribute to innovation, job creation and prosperity. We congratulate the winners and all the finalists and thank them for their cooperation."

For more information: www.entrepreneuroftheyear.nl

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New CFO Wereldhave, Robert Bolier, visits Euronext

New CFO and statutory director of Wereldhave N.V., Robert Bolier, sounds the opening gong at Euronext Amsterdam to celebrate his appointment.

Wereldhave focuses on shopping centres in Northwest Europe and sustainable offices in Paris. In line with the retail structures in the core countries Belgium, the Netherlands and Finland, Wereldhave focuses on convenient shopping with shopping centres that are top-of-mind in catchment areas of at least 100,000 inhabitants within 10 minutes travel time. The shopping centres offer consumers 'convenient shopping': 90% of shopping needs, strong (inter) national tenants, fully embedded food and beverage functions and easy accessibility. In addition, Wereldhave is active in the Paris office market with a focus on sustainable offices. Robert Bolier is a seasoned CFO with extensive international experience in real estate. Bolier held the position of CFO ad interim at Wereldhave since April 10, 2014 succeeding Pieter Roozenboom who left the company as per April 15.Wereldhave has been listed on Euronext since September 1946 (ticker symbol: WHA).

For more information: www.wereldhave.com

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Chocolatemakers, winner DAM Award 2014, visits Amsterdam Exchange

The winner of the DAM Award 2014, Chocolatemakers of Amsterdam district North, sounds the gong and visits Euronext Amsterdam together with all the district winners, Bettina Bakt (winner district South), De Groene Paal (winner district Centre), Eco-logisch (winner district West), Goodbrandz (winner district New West) and RAU (winner district East).

The DAM Award is a business award that helps make sustainable entrepreneurs visible in Amsterdam. In this context corporate sustainability means: business with heart for people, environment and economy (People, Planet and Profit).

For more information: www.amsterdam.nl/damprijs

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Gong marks Dutch Fire Prevention Weeks

The fire department and the Dutch Burns Foundation sound the gong to raise awareness for the yearly Dutch Fire Prevention Weeks.

During the month October the Fire department organises public information meetings and useful tips to the Dutch public are given on how they can implement fire prevention at home. This year special attention is given to a very vulnerable group: senior citizens. The credo “what do you do when there’s a fire? Practice your escape!” underlines that it is extremely important to practice escape route. The Fire department and other volunteers will visit senior citizens that still live independently to ensure that they practice their escape route. Ambassador, Mariana Ngombo Zinga, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.watdoejijbijbrand.nl

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United States Ambassador sounds gong for International Breast Health Month

His Excellency Timothy Broas, United States Ambassador to the Netherlandsand A Sister's Hope visit Euronext Amsterdam to sound the gong for the launch of International Breast Health Month.

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. The organization is dedicated to raising significant funding for breast cancer research, and is committed to helping individuals realize their own power to make the world what we dream it can be. More than 4.3 million euro has been given to researchers since 2007.

For more information: www.asistershope.org

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Nienke Meijer named Top Woman of 2014

The winner of the 2014 Top Woman of the Year award, Nienke Meijer, chair of the Managing Board of the school organisation Fontys Hogescholen, visits Beursplein 5 and sounds the opening gong. She is accompanied by Sophia Kerkhof Schneider, Senior Board manager at Vrumona (Heineken) and the winner of the 2014 Young Talent Award.

The purpose of the selection process sponsored by the Top Woman Foundation is to highlight the accomplishments of women. The 5-member jury, chaired by Gerdi Verbeet, had the difficult task of choosing this year’s winner. One of the most important criteria for selection is the extent to which the finalists have worked to promote diversity in their own organisation, but also the span of control, the scope of the position held and results achieved are taken into account. Ten women were nominated for the award this year. The other finalists are Sigrid van Aken, member of the Managing Board of Novamedia and Joanne Kellerman, member of the management of the Dutch Central Bank. Partners of the award are among others, ABN AMRO, Heineken and the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

For more information: www.topvrouwvanhetjaar.nl

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20 ans de cotation de M6 sur la place parisienne

M. de Tavernost, Président du Directoire de M6, ouvre les marchés européens. Il commémore 20 ans de cotation. M6 a depuis développé de nombreuses activités autour de son métier, la télévision.

Le Groupe M6 s’est patiemment construit grâce à une succession de belles histoires... L'atout majeur du Groupe M6 : la transversalité. L’innovation, l’audace et la proximité, restent les clés de sa stratégie et, en conséquence, de son succès.

Créé en 1987 autour de la chaîne M6, le Groupe Métropole Télévision est devenu avec les années un groupe multimédia puissant, offrant une large gamme de programmes, de produits et de services disponibles sur les supports les plus divers : télévision, Internet, téléphone mobile… Seconde chaîne commerciale du marché, l’offre de M6 est complétée par W9, chaîne leader de la TNT, et plus récemment 6ter, "la télévision à partager". La famille de chaînes payantes vient enrichir l’offre de programmes du Groupe, avec une large présence sur toutes les plateformes de diffusion.

Fort de ses marques et de ses contenus, le Groupe M6 a étendu progressivement ses activités, ses diversifications représentant aujourd’hui près de la moitié de son chiffre d’affaires. Prenant soin de développer la complémentarité de ses programmes, de répondre et d’anticiper les attentes de ses différents publics ainsi que leurs nouveaux modes de consommation, il apparaît de plus en plus solidement comme un éditeur de contenus résolument ancré dans les nouvelles technologies numériques.

Nederland Cares sounds gong to mark the Week of Encounters

By sounding the gong Nederland Cares Foundation marks the start of the Week of Encounters, which takes place from 29 September through 5 October. During this week the Foundation mobilizes nearly 750 young professionals to engage in volunteering activities.

The Week of Encounters provides an accessible and fun way to become familiar with the volunteering opportunities. For nearly a decennium Nederland Cares offers young professionals the opportunity to engage in community volunteering work on a flexible basis. Based on their availability and preferences, the young professionals can vary the frequency and timing of their volunteering efforts. The activities are offered at different days and times, with a focus on evenings and weekends, so that they can be combined with their professional duties. Nederland Cares cooperates closely with corporates and stimulates people to start giving back to Dutch society at an early stage of their (professional) lives. CEO of the foundation, Karin Schadee, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.nederlandcares.nl

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Gong marks partnership Ajax, Amsterdam ArenA and Huawei

Dutch football club Ajax (ticker symbol: AJAX) and Amsterdam ArenA sound the gong for the partnership with Huawei, a global ICT solutions provider.

Under the agreements, Huawei becomes official partner of Ajax and business partner of Amsterdam ArenA, which is home to football club Ajax. In the 5 year technology agreement Huawei will create the largest open-access wireless LAN infrastructure in the Netherlands at the Amsterdam ArenA. Through this WIFI network both the Amsterdam ArenA and Ajax are enabled to offer new services to fans and other visitors. It is expected that all visitors of events at the ArenA will be able to use this WIFI network optimally from the beginning of 2015. During matches from Ajax the use of WIFI will be for free.

The official partnership with Ajax will last for three years. The sponsorship package includes brand presence during matches of Ajax through LED boarding and visibility in the club’s offline and online media. CEO Huawei Technologies Netherlands B.V., Mr. Wonder Wang, sounds the gong.Ajax has been listed on Euronext since 1998.

For more information: www.ajax.nl

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Dutch Cystic Fibrosis Foundation sounds gong for Run4AIR

The Dutch Cystic Fibrosis Foundation sounds the gong for the Run4AIR foundation to mark the ‘Run with your Kids’ run that takes place on September 28.

Parents run together with their kids through the Vondelpark in Amsterdam (1 km. for children between 4 and 7 years old and 3 km. for children between 8 and 15 years old). The money that will be raised is for the Dutch Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a patient organisation and Charity Fund for people with Cystic Fibrosis. The core business activities are patient advocacy, offering peers contact, information and education,  and promoting and supporting scientific research to make a longer and better life possible for people with Cystic Fibrosis.

For more information: www.ncfs.nl

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RoodMicrotec sounds gong to mark new strategy

RoodMicrotec sounds the gong to mark its new strategy that is focused on three promising growth markets: the automotive industry, the medical industry and the aeronautical and aerospace industries.

A key aspect of the new strategy is that RoodMicrotec will concentrate more on recurring sales and long-term projects that yield stabler, more predictable and less cyclical sales. With 40 years’ experience as an independent service provider in the area of micro and optoelectronics, RoodMicrotec offers fabless companies, OEMs and other companies a one-stop shopping proposition. RoodMicrotec has branches in Germany (Dresden, Nördlingen, Stuttgart), the UK (Bath) and the Netherlands (Zwolle) and is listed on Euronext (ticker symbol: ROOD). CEO, Philip Nijenhuis, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.roodmicrotec.com

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Bell Ceremony pour célébrer l’ouverture de la 3ème Conférence Pan-européenne sur les Relations des Investisseurs à Bruxelles

Le 24 septembre 2014, Roeland Haanen, Président NEVIR a sonné la cloche pour ouvrir les marchés européens d’Euronext lors de la Conférence Annuelle Pan-européenne sur les Relations des Investisseurs.

Des associations de la Belgique (BIRA), la France (CLIFF), Pays-Bas (NEVIR) et le Portugal (FIR) ont organisé pour la 3^ème fois cette conférence conçu pour les professionnels qui veulent partager de l’information et les dirigeants euopéens qui souhaitent faire du networking.

Pour en savoir plus : 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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