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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 lancements premier Certificat 100% indexé sur l’indice Euronext ® Medtech Equal Weight

Aurélien Réquillart de Société Générale ouvre les marchés boursiers à Paris.

L’indice Euronext® Medtech Equal Weight, calculé et diffusé par Euronext, se compose des valeurs du secteur européen de la santé (services et équipements) cotées sur Euronext et Alternext. Cet indice permet aux investisseurs, gestionnaires de fonds et émetteurs, de suivre la performance à l’échelle européenne des valeurs de la santé, un secteur innovant qui enregistre une croissance rapide.
Le Certificat 100% Santé, émis par Société Générale, permet de bénéficier, en une seule transaction et à moindre frais (1% de commission annuelle) de la performance boursière de ce panier diversifié. Il est coté en continu sur Euronext Paris de 9h05 à 17h30, et négociable comme une simple action depuis son courtier en ligne ou sa banque habituelle.

Les meilleures sociétés exportatrices ont sonné la cloche à Bruxelles

Le 18 septembre 2014, Jon Heylen, Export manager d’Agristo et Liesbeth Schwartz, Qualtiy Assurance Manager de HTMS ont sonné la cloche d’ouverture des marchés à Euronext Bruxelles en présence de Claire Tillekaert, CEO of Flanders Investment and Trade.

Le"Lion de l'Exportation» est le prix annuel élu par Flanders Investment & Trade pour les entreprises flamandes qui ont le plus de succès en termes d'exportation au cours de l'année précédente. Les awards existent en deux catégories: un pour les entreprises de moins de 50 salariés, et l’autre pour les entreprises de plus de 50 salariés.

Pour en savoir plus, cliquez ici :  www.leeuwvandeexport.be
Pour en savoir plus concernant HTMS : www.htms.be et Agristo : 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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Emission obligataire de Bank of China Group à Paris

A l'occasion de la 1ère cotation à Euronext d'obligations émises en Yuans par la succursale parisienne du groupe Bank of China, son Président, M. TIAN ouvre les marchés européens.

Le 15 juillet dernier, le groupe Bank of China, par sa succursale parisienne, a émis pour la première fois des obligations libellées en yuans sur la place de Paris. Ces émissions de 2 et 5 ans ont remporté un vif succès et sont à présent cotées sur le marché Euronext. Cette opération renforce la position parisienne en tant que place incontournable du CNY offshore.

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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Hervé Montjotin, Président du Directoire de Norbert Dentressangle, clôture les marchés boursiers européens à Paris.

A l'occasion des 20 ans de cotation de Norbert Dentressangle sur Euronext. Norbert Dentressangle développe des solutions à valeur ajoutée en Logistique, Transport et Air & Sea sur les continents européen, américain et asiatique. Le Groupe est coté sur Euronext Paris et Londres.

Aujourd'hui 10 septembre, date anniversaire de 20 ans de cotation Euronext pour Norbert Dentressangle, Hervé Montjotin, Président du Directoire, sonnait la cloche de clôture des marchés boursiers à Paris. Cet anniversaire, qui intervient au lendemain de la première acquisition majeure du groupe aux Etats-Unis avec l'intégration de la société Jacobson, est symbolique d’un parcours de croissance ambitieux. En s'imposant comme le premier transporteur et un opérateur logistique leader en Europe, en étendant son expertise à l’Air & Sea et en réussissant son déploiement hors d'Europe, Norbert Dentressangle, groupe familial français, est devenu un acteur international de premier rang de la gestion de la chaîne d’approvisionnement. Dans ce contexte, Norbert Dentressangle a également apporté la preuve de sa solidité financière, la valeur créée par les activités du groupe se traduisant en valeur pour ses actionnaires. Sa capitalisation boursière a ainsi été multipliée par 10 depuis 1994, maintenant un cap de croissance soutenue.

Winners investment competition ‘Battle of the Schools’ sound gong

Students from the Farel College in Amersfoort, sound the gong to celebrate their victory in the investment competition for schools.

The Battle of the Schools is an investment game for students in the upper classes of the secondary and advanced secondary school system. Students are divided into groups of three or four. Each group takes on the role of an investment advisor who is responsible for advising a family member, for example a father, mother or grandparent. The students are given a virtual capital of 100,000 Euros to invest in shares and investment funds listed on Euronext Amsterdam.

For more information: www.scholenstrijd.nl 

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CTT rings the closing bell to commemorate the conclusion of privatization

CTT CEO’s, executive committee of Post Company and two Portuguese Secretaries of State rang the closing bell in Lisbon to commemorate the conclusion of companies’ privatization. Portuguese Government sold its remaining 31.5% stake in CTT overnight via an ABB (accelerated book building). CTT is the first listed company (in Portugal) with 100% of free-float. 

Carlo Bozotti, President et CEO de STMicroelectronics, célèbre les 20 ans de cotation du groupe à Paris

Carlo Bozotti, President et CEO de STMicroelectronics, a célébré les 20 ans de cotation du groupe à Paris le 9 septembre 2014. ST, à l'époque SGS-Thomson, est entré en bourse le 8 décembre 1994 à Paris et à New York. ST est le premier fabricant de semiconducteurs européen avec un chiffre d'affaires 2013 de 8.08 milliards de dollars. 

Stichting ONL voor Ondernemers visits Beursplein 5

Stichting ONL voor Ondernemers, a foundation that was set up last year with a view to helping small businesses raise their profile, sounds the gong at Beursplein 5.

Hans Biesheuvel, one of the initiators of ONL, sounds the gong. According to Biesheuvel, “ONL visits Euronext because the exchange stands for progress and entrepreneurship. The ONL shadow cabinet’s objective is to see the Dutch economy return to a 3% annual growth rate in the short term. To accomplish this we intend to invest 43.5 billion euros in the Dutch economy by 2021. We have identified the preconditions that are needed to strengthen the economic earnings model. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of the economy of the Netherlands. They want to increase their turnover, bring in new clients and orders, and they are prepared to take risks. Entrepreneurs are well aware of their responsibilities, in terms of both job creation and the need to increase tax revenue. Entrepreneurs expect something in return for this: a pro-investment agenda, lower taxes, and consistent government policy.” 

After the gong ceremony, Biesheuvel will give his inaugural Entrepreneurial Speech and present the shadow budget, which will focus on how to restore economic growth as soon as possible by enlisting the help of entrepreneurs to promote an economy that provides growth, innovation, jobs, and prosperity.

For more information: www.onl.nl

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