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Citroën launches DS

Gong sounding Citroën marks launch of new car brand

Peter Spelt, General Manager Citroen / DS in the Netherlands, sounds the gong to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Citroën DS and the launch of the new luxury French car brand DS in the Netherlands.

DS, part of Euronext listed PSA Peugeot Citroën (ticker symbol: UG) has officially started as an independent car manufacturer with the aim to revamp the tradition of French premium cars.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the iconic DS; a car that instantly became world famous. The classic DS still enjoys great popularity among the Dutch, judging by many DS owners who still use the car for everyday transport.

For more information: www.citroen.nl/ds

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Entrepreneurship Summer School

Entrepreneurship Summer School celebrates 10th anniversary by sounding the gong

The 10^th edition of the yearly Entrepreneurship Summer School, organized by Rabobank Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE), will kick off by sounding the gong. Prof. dr. Enno Masurel, Scientific Director at Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship and initiator of the Entrepreneurship Summer School, opens trading together with (future) student-entrepreneurs, the team of ACE and Rabobank Amsterdam.

The Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship encourages entrepreneurship by providing a broad education and research program and contributes to the development of entrepreneurship skills and knowledge.

The Entrepreneurship Summer School provides 35 students the opportunity to develop their business idea into a solid business plan in one week. By following workshops and attending the entrepreneurship helpdesk. During the finals, five finalists pitch their idea to a professional jury. The student entrepreneurs can win entrepreneurship consultation from Rabobank Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship when starting their business. During the forthcoming final on July 10^th, the results of a research that has been done under the 256 participants in the Summer school Entrepreneurship over the past 9 years will be announced.

For more information: www.ace-amsterdam.org/summerschool-ondernemerschap/

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Euro Medium Term Notes Ghelamco Invest

Bell Ceremony pour célébrer la cotation des obligations (Euro Medium Term Notes) émises par Ghelamco Invest

Ce vendredi 3 juillet 2015, Paul Gheysens, CEO de Ghelamco Group, a ouvert les marchés financiers à Euronext Bruxelles en sonnant la cloche afin de célébrer la cotation des obligations émises par Ghelamco Invest pour une valeur de 77.1 millions d’euros. Le taux d’intérêt fixe s’élève à 4.5% brut par an.

Belfius Bank, BNP Paribas Fortis et KBC Bank étaient les Lead Managers de cette opération. 

GhelamcoGroup est l’un des principaux investisseurs européens dans le domaine immobilier et un développeur actif dans les secteurs des bureaux, du résidentiel, de la vente au détail, de la logistique et des loisirs. Ses projets de haute qualité sur les marchés belge, néerlandais, français, polonais, russe et ukrainien allient des emplacements stratégiques à des conceptions performantes.

Pour en savoir plus sur la société Ghelamco, rendez-vous sur : www.ghelamco.be

27th edition Robeco SummerNights

Summer Gong Ceremony to celebrate the 27th edition of Robeco SummerNights

Robeco and the Royal Concertgebouw have extended their 27-year Robeco SummerNights partnership by another three years. To mark this occasion both parties open trading at the Amsterdam exchange. Hester Borrie, a member of the Group Management Board, Marketing & Sales at Robeco sounds the gong accompanied by Simon Reinink,General Manager of the Concertgebouw. Saxophonist Benjamin Herman will provide a suitably summery performance prior to the ceremony.

More than eighty concerts from genres like classical, pop, jazz and world music can be heard this summer in The Concertgebouw, with the final concert taking place on 30 August. Robeco SummerNights is entering its 27^th year, and aims to bring high-quality music in an accessible manner to the attention of a large public during the summer months.

For more information: www.robecosummernights.nl

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Junior Achievement Portugal

Junior Achievement Portugal rings the opening bell – 2nd of July

Junior Achievement Portugal rang the opening bell to promote Junior Achievement Europe Enterprise Challenge, the Fair of the best business ideas generated over StartUp Programme across Europe that happens in Lisbon.

Kiadis Pharma

Kiadis Pharma celebrates IPO by sounding gong

By sounding the gong, Kiadis Pharma celebrates its IPO on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Brussels. CEO of Kiadis Pharma, Manfred Rüdiger, sounds the gong to open trading.

Kiadis Pharma is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on research, development and future commercialisation of cell-based immunotherapy products for the treatment of blood cancers and inherited blood disorders.

Rüdiger: “We are delighted to have joined Euronext today. Kiadis Pharma's IPO received significant interest from local, European and US investors and now we intend to advance our pipeline of products that will potentially save the lives of thousands of blood cancer and inherited blood disorder patients.”

For more information: www.kiadis.com 

HiPay

Enternext accueille HiPay  sur Euronext à Paris

Cyril Zimmermann, Président de HiPay, sonne la clôture des marchés boursiers.

HiPay Group est spécialisé dans le développement de solutions de paiement en ligne. La société met à la disposition des e-commerçants et des éditeurs de contenus numériques une plate-forme de paiement bancaire en ligne (HiPay Fullservice) répondant aux exigences monétiques et sécuritaires du commerce en ligne transfrontalier. En outre, HiPay Group propose une solution de micropaiement permettant la monétisation des biens digitaux de faibles montants sur Internet (HiPay Mobile).

Mota Engil

Mota Engil rings the closing bell – 1st of July

To celebrate the listing of €95 million in bonds, Mota Engil CEO rang the Closing Bell. He was accompanied by management team, along with the Euronext team

ICBC Group CCB

Jianqing Jiang, CEO of ICBC Group CCB, opens the European trading day in Paris

Euronext and ICBC celebrate the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding.

The MOU (Memorandum of Understanding ), signed in Paris in the presence of the Prime Minister of France, Mr. Manuel Valls and the Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China,

Mr. LI Keqiang will aim to enhance ICBC’s access to European capital markets, by exploring the bank’s application for becoming a trading member of the markets operated by Euronext; facilitating access to Euronext products and markets and enabling payment and settlement in RMB.

Through its continuous endeavor and stable development, the Bank has developed into the top large listed bank in the world, possessing an excellent customer base, a diversified business structure, strong innovation capabilities and market competitiveness. The Bank has its presence in six continents, and its overseas network has expanded to 41 countries and regions.The Bank provides comprehensive financial products and services to 5,090 thousand corporate customers and 465 million personal customers by virtue of the distribution channels consisting of 17,122 domestic institutions, 338 overseas institutions and 2,007 correspondent banks worldwide, as well as through its E-banking network comprising a range of Internet and telephone banking services and self-service banking centers, forming a diversified and internationalized operating structure focusing on commercial banking business and maintaining a leading position in the domestic market in the commercial banking sector.In 2014, the Bank was named the “Global Bank of the Year” by The Banker, ranked the first place among the Top 1000 World Banks by the Banker and the largest enterprise in the world among the Global 2000 listed by the US magazine Forbes for the second consecutive year.

RELX

CFO marks name change from Reed Elsevier to RELX by sounding gong

Nick Luff, CFO of RELX NV (ticker symbol: RELX), opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange to mark the official name change of the company’s Amsterdam listed shareholding vehicle from Reed Elsevier NV to RELX NV. This shorter and more modern name reflects the transformation of the company to a technology, content and analytics driven business while maintaining the link with its proud heritage. 

The name change is part of an effort to simplify the corporate structure of the company, helping clarify the economic interests of parent company shareholders, and increase share price transparency. 

Luff sounds the gong in the company of among others Jans van der Woude, Company Secretary, and Colin Tennant, Head of Investor Relations.

For more information: www.relxgroup.com

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Amplitude Surgical

Enternext accueille Amplitude Surgical sur Euronext à Paris

Olivier Jallabert, Président-directeur général d'Amplitude Surgical, sonne la clôture des marchés boursiers.

Amplitude Surgical est spécialisé dans la conception, la fabrication et la commercialisation d'implants dédiés à la chirurgie des articulations du genou et de la hanche. En outre, le groupe propose des instruments orthopédiques, des prestations de support technique et de services logistiques.

Mithra Pharmaceuticals

Entrée en Bourse de Mithra Pharmaceuticals sur Euronext Bruxelles

Depuis le 30 juin 2015, Mithra Pharmaceuticals est cotée sur Euronext Bruxelles. Pour célébrer cet événement , François Fornieri, CEO de Mithra, a ouvert les marchés européens en sonnant la cloche et a eu l’honneur d’inscrire le premier cours sur le tableau des cours.

Mithra Pharmaceuticals est spécialisée dans le développement, la fabrication et la commercialisation de produits de santé féminine. Le groupe propose des pilules, des médicaments pour le traitement du dérèglement hormonal, des vitamines de grossesse, des compléments alimentaires, des produits d'hygiène intime, des dispositifs de contraception, etc.

L’action est cotée avec le code mnémo : MITRA

Pour en savoir plus, consulter : www.mithra.com

CBK-CCBI RQFII Money Market UCITS ETF

CBK-CCBI RQFII Money Market UCITS ETF, Le premier ETF libellé en RMB admis sur Euronext

Hongzhang WANG, Chairman of the Boards of Directors, CCB, ouvre les marchés européens à Paris

Euronext est honoré d'acceuillir China Construction Bank Corporation International  - CCBI - en tant que nouvel émetteur ETF.

Euronext est très fiers d’accueillir son 19ème Emetteur d'ETF, China Construction Bank International CCBI, sur ses marchés ainsi que le premier ETF traité en Renminbi sur Euronext: Commerzbank-CCBI RQFII Money Market UCITS ETF.
Cet ETF est disponible en Euro et en Renminbi.
CCBI et Euronext ont également l'honneur de vous annoncer la signature d'un Memorandum of Understanding visant a promouvoir l'internationalisation du Renminbi sur les marches de capitaux Europeens.

New Venture

Winners New Venture open trading

Start-ups Active Cues, Bedrijfsoorcheck en PowerWindow were crowned ‘most innovative start-up of the Netherlands’ by a jury made up of investors and serial entrepreneurs on Thursday 25 June. New Venture’s final award ceremony was the conclusion of a nine month program in which the winners were selected from nearly 300 entries. In addition, these winners have been awarded with a total amount of € 35.000,-.

For over 16 years, New Venture is a leading program that encourages innovative entrepreneurs to transform innovative ideas into valuable businesses. New Venture is initiated and supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the top of the Dutch industry.

Pieter Waasdorp, director Entrepreneurship at the Ministery of Economic Affairs, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.newventure.nl

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Executive Masters in Financial Management

Students Executive Masters in Financial Management visit Beursplein 5

Students of the Executive Masters in Financial Management Program (XFM), a partnership between Rotterdam School of Business (RSM), Erasmus University and ESA business school in Beirut, visit the Amsterdam Exchange and open trading. XFM is a part-time academic program tailored-made for professionals involved in positions where financial information is crucial to excellent performance.

The program combines financial theory with its application in practice. By understanding the theory behind financial tools, the program enables its participants to make better, more well-informed decisions to financial problems. By mastering these tools and techniques, graduates will be able to enhance the competitiveness of their firms in today’s highly competitive financial industry.

For more information: www.rsm.nl

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Greenyard Foods

Nouvelle combinaison d’entreprises de Greenyard Foods avec Univeg et Peatinvest

Le 29 juin 2015, Hein Deprez, Président du Conseil d’administration de Greenyard Foods, a ouvert les marchés Européens d’Euronext en sonnant la cloche pour célébrer la combinaison d’entreprise de Greenyard Foods avec Univeg et Peatinvest. Une importante augmentation de capital résulte de cette opération.

Grâce à cette opération un leader global en fruits et légumes a été créé. La société cotée Greenyard Foods reste la société mère du nouveau groupe.

Pour en savoir plus sur Greenyard Foods, consultez la page : www.greenyardfoods.com

Greenyard Foods est cotée sur Euronext Brussels avec le code mnémo : GRYFO.

Abivax

Enternext accueille Abivax sur Euronext à Paris

Professeur Hartmut Ehrlich, Directeur Général d'Abivax, sonne la clôture des marchés boursiers.

Abivax est spécialisé dans la recherche, le développement et la commercialisation de médicaments antiviraux et de vaccins thérapeutiques destinés au traitement des maladies infectieuses sévères.
A fin 2014, le groupe dispose d'un portefeuille de 3 produits en phase de développement clinique : ABX203 (vaccin thérapeutique contre l'hépatite B chronique), ABX464 (nouvelle molécule contre le VIH) et ABX196 (adjuvant vaccin contre l'hépatite B).

Europcar

Philippe Germond, Président du Directoire d’Europcar, sonne la cloche pour ouvrir les marchés européens chez Euronext à Paris à l'occasion de l'introduction en bourse d'Europcar.

Europcar Groupe est le leader européen de la location de véhicules. Le groupe propose aux particuliers et aux entreprises, pour des courtes et des moyennes durées, des véhicules de tourisme et utilitaires sous les marques Europcar et InterRent (prestations à moindre coût). Le CA par activité se répartit comme suit : location de véhicules (92,1%) : activité assurée à travers des agences de location exploitées directement ou par des agents ; prestations de services (5,2%). Le solde du CA (2,7%) concerne les redevances perçues des franchisés.A fin 2014, Europcar Groupe dispose d'une flotte de 189 269 véhicules et d'un réseau de 3 653 agences réparties entre agences exploitées en propre (1 007), agences exploitées par des agents (612) et franchises (2 034).La répartition géographique du CA est la suivante : France (16,4%), Allemagne (26,1%), Royaume Uni (20,7%), Europe (29,3%) et autres (7,5%).