All Bell ceremonies

EnterNext celebrates launching of Tech 40 label in Lisbon, with a closing bell

Following the announcement on April 27 regarding the launching of Tech 40 label, Eric Forest was in Lisbon on May, 6 to promote this initiative next to the Portuguese partners.

The two Portuguese companies that were selected to be part of this initiative (Impresa and Novabase) as well as Carlos Oliveira, former Secretary of State for Innovation and a member of the expert committee, joined Eric Forest on a Closing Bell, with the presence of media.

Tech 40 is a label recognising innovative European SMEs listed on the markets it covers. Each year Tech 40 will allow 40 top-performing European companies to benefit from premium services. It is one of a series of measures adopted by EnterNext since 2014 to boost the visibility of tech companies on financial markets and provide special assistance to them. 

Galapagos celebrates 10-year listing anniversary by sounding gong

Galapagos NV (ticker symbol: GLPG) sounds the gong to celebrate 10 years as a listed company.

Ten years ago, on 5 May 2005, Galapagos completed its initial public offering with a dual listing in Amsterdam and Brussels. Since then, Galapagos has grown from 70 to over 400 employees and to €1.2 billion in market capitalization.

Galapagos is a clinical-stage biotechnology company specialized in the discovery and development of small molecule medicines with novel modes of action. The Galapagos Group, including fee-for-service subsidiary Fidelta, has approximately 400 employees, operating from its Mechelen, Belgium headquarters and facilities in The Netherlands, France, and Croatia.

Galapagos forms part of the Amsterdam Midcap Index and Brussels BelMid Index. Galapagos recently reported positive results with its JAK1 inhibitor filgotinib in the DARWIN 1 and DARWIN 2 trials in nearly 900 rheumatoid arthritis patients worldwide; this was one of the research programs co-funded by the IPO in 2005.

For more information: www.glpg.com

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Foundation Stofwisselkracht open trading

Foundation Stofwisselkracht and Team Axel open trading to call attention to the Stofwisseltour 2015. Axel Driëenhuizen sounds the gong.

From 19 – 21 June, bicycle racing teams participate in the Stofwisseltour through the Netherlands. Each team will cycle on behalf of a sick or deceased child. The purpose of the tour is to call attention to metabolic disorders and raises money for research.

Each year, around 800 children are diagnosed with a metabolic disorder in The Netherlands. There is currently no treatment for many of these metabolic disorders, leaving many children developing severe mental and physical disabilities. More than half of the children dies before they are 18 years old.

Foundation Stofwisselkracht joins forces with parents, patients, doctors, researchers and volunteers to fight against metabolic diseases. Through sports and social events and activities, the foundation raises funds for research.

For more information: www.stofwisselkracht.nl

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Gong for national commemoration of Remembrance Day

The National Committee 4 and 5 May sounds the gong for national commemoration of Remembrance Day.

On May 4 at 8 PM, a two-minute silence is observed. This is made possible by a strong involvement of the business community, who widely respect the national commemoration of Remembrance Day.  No airplanes will land at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport between 7:45 PM and 8:15 PM, public transport operators will come to a standstill and hotels and restaurants observe the silence.

"The National Committee 4 and 5 May is delighted that 70 years after the end of World War II, business proves itself so involved," said Ms Leemhuis, chairman of the National Committee 4 and 5th.

The 4 and 5 May torch is the national symbol of remembrance and celebration in the Netherlands. The torch, as a sticker or broche, can be worn from 28 April to 5 May to show commemoration and celebration. For the occasion of 70 years after the end of World War II, young designers collective MOAM has developed special items; a tie, sweater and silver chain. Like the torch stickers and broches, these limited editions are offered at cost price and are available in the web shop of the committee.

For more information: www.4en5mei.nl

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Neways

Renewed Neways board of directors visits Euronext Amsterdam

The renewed Neways board of directors (ticker symbol: NEWAY), led by CEO Mr. Huub van der Vrande, opens trading on Euronext Amsterdam by sounding the gong. 

Neways is an international one-stop provider for advanced and integrated electronic components, compounds and complete operating systems. Neways is active in the Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) market and has a top 5 market position in Europe. Neways products are used in sectors such as the semiconductor, medical, automotive, telecom and defence industries.

In addition to Mr. Van der Vrande, the board consists of Mr. Adrie van Bragt (COO) who was appointed member of the Board of Directors of Neways at the beginning of the 2015. Mr. Van Bragt has been employed at Neways since 1992 in various roles.  On 17 April of this year, Mr. Paul de Koning was appointed as member of the board of directors and CFO of Neways.

For more information:  www.neways.nl

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Solairedirect

Enternext accueille Solairedirect sur Euronext à Paris

Thierry Lepercq, Président Directeur Général de Solairedirect, sonne l'ouverture des marchés boursiers.

Solairedirect est spécialisé dans la production d'énergie solaire. Le CA par activité se répartit comme suit :
Développement et construction de parcs solaires (81,6%) ;
Exploitation et maintenance de parcs solaires (3,2%)                                                                                  
Autres (1%) : gestion du portefeuille de participations dans les parcs construits.
Le solde du CA (14,1%) concerne une activité d'assemblage de panneaux photovoltaïques assurée en Afrique du Sud.
Au 31 janvier 2015, le groupe exploite et gère 37 parcs solaires d'une puissance installée cumulée de 268,1 MW.

World Wish Day

Euronext celebrates the World Wish Day in Lisbon

On Wednesday, April 29, representatives from the Make-A-Wish Foundation rang the bell on Euronext markets in Europe to celebrate the World Wish Day. Lisbon welcomes one child whose wish was granted. And the Director of Make a Wish Portugal rang the closing bell.

World Wish Day

Make a Wish Netherlands sounds the gong for World Wish Day

Karin Wiebenga, member of the Make-A-Wish Bizz Breakfast from the Duin- and Bollenstreek, sounds the gong for World Wish Day together with volunteers of Make-A-Wish The Netherlands.

Every year on 29 April, Make-A-Wish celebrates World Wish Day all over the world. In 1980 the first wish was granted for 7-year old Chris. His dearest wish was being a cop. The whole village showed enthusiasm to fulfil his wish. Make-A-Wish The Netherlands, formerly Doe Een Wens, exists since 1989 and annually fulfills more than 500 dearest wishes of children between 3 and 18 years with a life-threatening illness. A wish fulfillment means the world for these children and provides them and their entire family with strength and energy for the future.

For more information: www.makeawishnederland.org

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World Wish Day

Bell Ceremony pour fêter le World Wish Day

Ce mercredi 29 avril 2015, Euronext mettait à l’honneur le World Wish Day avec l’Association Make-A-Wish sur plusieurs places d’Euronext.

A cette occasion,la Baronne Marie-Christine de Corswarem, président d'honneur et fondateur, a sonné la cloche d’ouverture des marchés à Bruxelles en présence des représentants de Make-A-Wish Belgium.

Make-A-Wish est une association internationale qui, depuis 1980, réalise les vœux des enfants malades. Pour ceux-ci, la réalisation de leur vœu est un moment magique car ils vont vivre leur rêve mais également le partager avec leur famille et leurs amis.

Make-A-Wish est une association sans but lucratif qui est présente dans plus de 35 pays à travers le monde. Cette année, Make-a-Wish Belgium célèbre son 25e anniversaire.

Pour en savoir plus sur cette association, consultez leur site www.makeawish.be.

The Next Entrepreneur 2015

MKB Nederland and Rabobank kick off The Next Entrepreneur 2015

To support and increase the chances of success for (potential) startups, Rabobank and MKB Nederland organize The Next Entrepreneur (TNE) for the fourth consecutive year. New entrepreneurs can register for the TNE Award, TNE Academy and/or TNE Event.

The opening of trading marks the launch of this campaign. Richard van de Merwe, Director businesses of Rabobank Bollenstreek.

For more information: www.thenextentrepreneur.nl

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Biocartis

Depuis le 27 avril 2015, l’entreprise Biocartis est cotée sur Bruxelles. Pour célébrer cet événement, Rudi Pauwels, CEO et fondateur, a ouvert les marchés européens en sonnant la cloche. Hilde Windels, CFO et general manager, a eu l'honneur d'inscrire le premier cours sur le tableau des cours. 

L’IPO de Biocartis sur Euronext Bruxelles est la principale opération "Life Science" de l'année sur les marchés européens et figure parmi les 10 plus grandes introductions en bourse sur le marché Euronext de Bruxelles des 10 dernières années.

Sur la base du prix de l’offre fixé à €11.50 par action, la capitalisation boursière de Biocartis, un provider du secteur Health Care, s’élève à €450.2 millions. Le montant total levé est de €100 millions.

Biocartis est spécialisé dans le développement de systèmes de diagnostic moléculaire. Les produits, utilisés notamment dans les domaines du traitement des cancers et des maladies infectieuses, assurent l'analyse des biomolécules associées aux facteurs de risques, la détection précoce, le choix du traitement ainsi que le suivi de la maladie. Le groupe dispose du système Idylla permettant de délivrer des résultats dans un délai compris entre 35 et 150 minutes.

L’action sera cotée avec le code mnémo :  BCART

Pour en savoir plus, cliquez sur www.biocartis.com

King’s Day

The Amsterdam exchange turns orange as Frank Kuyper, chairman of the “ Amstelveen Oranje” foundation, and Mayor of Amstelveen, Mirjam van ‘t Veld, open trading by sounding the gong.

Amstelveen Orange received the honor of the gong ceremony as a thank you for the organization of King's Day 2014 in Amstelveen, the first King's Day since the succession in 2013, in the presence of the Royal Family. The organization represents the Royal Union of Orange Committees (Koninklijke Bond van Oranjeverenigingen), with independent committees throughout the Netherlands to organize and/or facilitate local street fairs and parties on the widely celebrated national holiday of King's Day.

Frank Kuyper of Amstelveen Orange: "It has been an honor and privilege to have prepared the royal visit for the country’s nationwide viewers. The collaboration with the municipality was excellent and we are therefore pleased that Mayor Van 't Veld is joining us. We symbolically hand over the baton to the city of Dordrecht, this year’s host of the King’s Day Royal visit. We wish all Orange Associations in the Netherlands and the public a great day. "

For more information: www.oranjebond.nl

Trefi Finance

EnterNext welcomes bond issue for Trefi Finance

EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary designed to promote and grow the market for SMEs, welcomes the bond issue for Trefi Finance, an alternative financier of working capital for small and medium-sized enterprises. This is the first bond issue making use of EnterNext’s initiative specifically designed to simplify SMEs’ access to capital and provide a broader investor base for Belgian and Dutch family businesses and entrepreneurs that was launched last week.  

Trefi Finance celebrates the bond issue by having their Fund Manager Florus van Herpt sound the gong which denotes the opening of trading.

For more information: www.trefi.nl

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World Press Photo

Sounding of the gong marks start of World Press Photo world tour

Winner of World Press Photo 2014, Mads Nissen, opens trading by sounding the gong. He does this in the company of exhibition sponsor Delta Lloyd (ticker symbol: DL). The sounding of the gong marks the start of the World Press Photo world tour, on Saturday 18 April at De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam.

The worldwide tour of the international press photography contest features awe-inspiring press photos by 42 prize winners from 17 countries in eight categories: General News, Daily Life, Spot News, Contemporary Issues, Long-Term Projects, Nature, Portraits and Sports. First, second and third prizes for both single shots and photo series are awarded in each category. The special display system developed in 2014, when the World Press Photo exhibition returned to De Nieuwe Kerk for the first time in 15 years, will be used again this year. The photos appear to be floating in space in the interior of the large Gothic church on Amsterdam’s Dam Square.

World Press Photo receives support from the Dutch Postcode Lottery and is sponsored worldwide by Canon. The exhibition in Amsterdam is sponsored by Delta Lloyd.

For more information:  www.worldpressphoto.org

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Electro Power Systems

Enternext accueille Electro Power Systems sur Euronext à Paris

Carlalberto Guglielminotti, Directeur Général de Electro Power Systems, sonne l'ouverture des marchés boursiers.

Electro Power Systems est spécialisé dans le développement et la fabrication de systèmes à hydrogène destinés au stockage de l'énergie. La capacité de stockage de ces systèmes (de 10 kWh à 100 MWh) offre diverses solutions pour la transition énergétique : alimentation électrique auxiliaire (sauvegarde pour les opérateurs de télécommunications et les centres de données), amélioration de la transmission et de la distribution des réseaux d'électricité (réseaux intelligents et intégration des renouvelables), optimisation d'un générateur considéré comme peu fiable en l'équipant d'une infrastructure complètement hors réseau.

‘Vermogen voor Morgen’

Sounding of the gong is kick-off for online event ‘Vermogen voor Morgen’‘

Vermogen voor Morgen’ is a two-day online event about investing, saving, and pension accrual. On 22 and 23 April, various experts will elaborate to private investors how to secure their financial future during 15 interactive webinars. The gong ceremony is the official opening of the first edition of ‘Vermogen voor Morgen’.

Investors (to be) can participate in the webinars from home for free and choose between the four financial themes that will be at the heart of the event: ‘Golden tips exist’, ‘What do real investors do?, ‘Save or invest? The art of straightforward asset growth’, and ‘Retirement, not a distant reality’.

Vermogen voor Morgen is an initiative of De Financiële Telegraaf, OnlineSeminar and Beleggingsinstituut.

For more information: www.vermogenvoormorgen.nl

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Sensorion

Enternext accueille Sensorion sur Alternext à Paris

Laurent Nguyen, Directeur Général de Sensorion, sonne l'ouverture des marchés boursiers

Sensorion est spécialisé dans la recherche et le développement de médicaments destinés au traitement des pathologies de l'oreille interne (vertiges ou pertes d'équilibre, troubles de l'audition, acouphènes, etc.).
La société dispose d'un portefeuille de 3 produits en phase finale de développement pré-clinique.

AMREF Flying Doctors

ASN Bank and AMREF Flying Doctors open trading

Midwife Esther Madudu opens trading at Beursplein 5 by sounding the gong. Madudu comes from Uganda and is one of the midwives trained by AMREF Flying Doctors. In the investment campaign of ASN Bank, she stresses the importance of obstetric care in Africa.

The campaign gives investors the opportunity to contribute to the training and working conditions of midwives in Uganda and Tanzania. ASN Bank donates 5 euros to AMREF Flying Doctors for any investor deposit of € 2000 or more in the ASN Investment Funds. This donation goes towards the training of midwives. Each newly trained midwife also receives a WakaWaka solar lamp and charger. Along with WakaWaka and AMREF Flying Doctors, the bank wants to finance 25 trainings of midwives in Africa. Investors will also receive a WakaWaka solar lamp as a gift.

For more information: www.asnbank.nl

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