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Semapa lists €150 million Bond on Euronext Lisbon

To celebrate the success of Semapa’s listing of its EUR 150 million bond issuing on Euronext Lisbon, José Paredes, member of the Board of this company, joined the Euronext Lisbon CEO, Luís Laginha de Sousa, at the Closing Bell Ceremony in Lisbon.

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EnterNext accueille Fermentalg sur Euronext à Paris

Pierre Calleja, Président Directeur Général et Fondateur de Fermentalg,  sonne la cloche qui marque l'ouverture des marchés boursiers.

Créée en 2009 par Pierre Calleja, Fermentalg est une société de biotechnologie industrielle spécialisée dans la production d’huiles et de protéines respectueuses de la planète à partir des propriétés exceptionnelles des microalgues. Cette technologie brevetée permet d’adresser des marchés mondiaux en forte croissance : nutrition humaine, cosmétique / santé, alimentation animale, chimie verte et énergie. Fermentalg a d’ores et déjà signé une 1ère joint-venture industrielle et commerciale dans le domaine des oméga-3 (EPA-DHA) et plusieurs autres partenariats avec des industriels de premier plan.

Netherlands Brain Foundation sounds gong for tv-show Care for your brain!

CEO of the Netherlands Brain Foundation, Peter Schoof, sounds the gong for the tv-show Care for your brain! that is broadcasted on 16 April at 9:25 PM Ned 1 for the 25 year old foundation.

Care for your brain!promises to be an inspiring tv-show with topics like the functioning of the brain, patient stories and special performances. At some point in their life, 1 in every 4 people will suffer a brain disorder. The Netherlands Brain Foundation wants to actively contribute to keeping our brains healthy by enabling scientific research and to support innovative projects that seek to help people with a brain disorder.

For more information: www.hersenstichting.nl

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Félicitations à Belgacom pour ses 10 ans de cotation à la Bourse de Bruxelles

Le 16 avril 2014 Dominique Leroy, CEO de Belgacom a sonné la cloche d’ouverture des marchés à Euronext Bruxelles pour fêter le 10e anniversaire de cotation de sa société. A cette occasion, étaient également présents : Ray Stewart, CFO et Stefaan De Clerck, Président du Conseil d’Administration et les autres membres du Conseil d’Administration.

^{Dominique Leroy, PDG de Belgacom à l’occasion de la célébration du 10ème anniversaire de la cotation de l’entreprise sur Euronext.}

Au sein du Groupe, Belgacom S.A. propose une gamme complète de services de téléphonie, télévision et internet via la ligne fixe aux clients résidentiels et professionnels.

Information sur la société:  www.belgacom.com
Trading symbol: BELG

Female Cycling Team Médecins Sans Frontières sounds gong for Tour for Life 2014

Nearly 140 days before the start of Tour for Life 2014, Nicole de Vries-Noah, captain of woman cycling team Médecins Sans Frontières, sounds the gong.

The challenge is to finish the cycling tour and collect money for the life-saving work of Médecins Sans Frontières. Tour for Life is a spectacular 8-day cycling trip from Italy to the Netherlands. The teams, consisting of 6 to 9 riders, bike through five different countries. Along the way they climb Col du Lautaret, Col de la Croix de Fer and Col de Madeleine. The legendary Alpe d'Huez is also on the route. Médecins Sans Frontières is an independent medical relief organization, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

For more information: www.artsenzondergrenzen.nl

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EnterNext accueille TxCell sur le marché Euronext à Paris

Damian Marron, Directeur Général de TxCell, ouvre les marchés européens à Paris.

TxCell est un groupe de biotechnologie spécialisé dans le développement d’immunothérapies cellulaires personnalisées utilisant des cellules T régulatrices spécifiques d’antigène (Ag-Tregs) et destinées au traitement des maladies inflammatoires et auto-immunes chroniques sévères.
A fin 2013, TxCell dispose d’un portefeuille de 4 produits, dont 1 en phase II de développement (Ovasave ; traitement de la maladie de Crohn), 1 en phase I/II de développement (Col-Treg ; traitement de l’uvéite auto-immune), 1 en phase de développement préclinique (Myelin-Treg ; traitement des formes progressives de la sclérose en plaque) et 1 en phase de recherche (HSP60-Treg).

AFS Group sounds gong for AFS Energy launch

AFS Group, a multi-asset wholesale broker, sounds the gong for the launch of the new department called AFS Energy.

AFS Energy emerged from Neutralco, a company taken over by AFS Group last year, and acts as an advisor and intermediary in the European market for the sale of sustainable energy certificates, and is active as a broker in the regulated market for emission rights such CERs and EUAs. In addition, AFS energy is an intermediary in the voluntary sustainable energy and CO2 market, where products are traded such as Guarantees of Origin, Green Gas and Voluntary Emission Reduction Certificates. AFS Energy provides advice in the area of innovative financing constructions for sustainable building, for example via Energy Services Companies (ESCOs).

The CEO of AFS Group, Mr Siemerink, has expressed his enthusiasm for the new division. “Taking over Neutralco has provided us with the professional expertise we needed to get off to a flying start.” Laurens Zonneveld, director of AFS Energy, says: “We are very satisfied with the progress that AFS Energy is making. We see that customers welcome our transparency and professionalism.” AFS Group is an independent intermediary which employs approximately 70 FTEs in its headquarters on the Euronext trading floor in Amsterdam, and also has offices in London and Zurich. It acts as an intermediary in the commercial market for interest rate products, fixed-interest securities, currencies, equity derivatives and exotic products. Managing Director AFS Energy, Laurens Zonneveld, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.afsgroup.nl

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Beto Perez, the creative behind the Zumba® program

Beto Perez, the creative behind the Zumba® program, as joined the President of the Portuguese stock exchange to rang the closing bell, after sharing with Portuguese Media his inspiring history of entrepreneurship and perseverance.

Interview with Founder of Zumba Fitness, Beto Perez

FMO and Amsterdam Institute of Finance sound gong for The Future of Banking Academy

The Future of Banking Academy is an invitation-only program held from the 7th till the 11th of April in Amsterdam, co-created by FMO and Amsterdam Institute of Finance.

Executive financial sector professionals from around the world are invited to take part in this interactive 5-day journey, educating professionals that will shape the future of banking and preparing them for new levels of leadership within their organizations. The global financial landscape, its emerging risks, sustainability and innovation will be examined in the context of leadership and strategy that is needed for the future.

FMO (the Netherlands Development Finance Company) is the Dutch development bank. FMO supports sustainable private sector growth in developing and emerging markets by investing in ambitious entrepreneurs. FMO believes a strong private sector leads to economic and social development, empowering people to employ their skills and improve their quality of life. FMO focuses on three sectors that have high development impact: financial institutions, energy, and agribusiness, food & water. Amsterdam Institute of Finance (AIF) is a self-supporting, not-for-profit foundation, specialized in providing high-level financial training for finance professionals.

For more information: www.fmo.nl and www.aif.nl

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Lyxor lance le premier ETF sur PEA-PME en Bourse de Paris

Lyxor lance le premier ETF sur PEA-PME. Cet ETF s’adresse à la fois aux investisseurs souhaitant profiter de la performance des PME et du régime fiscal avantageux du PEA-PME.

Avec ce nouvel ETF, Lyxor est le premier émetteur à proposer aux investisseurs français un accès facilité à un portefeuille diversifié de PME (indice composé de 40 sociétés à avril 2014). Investir dans les PME via cet ETF permet par ailleurs de bénéficier de tous les avantages fiscaux du PEA-PME, tout en se protégeant du risque de liquidité parfois associé aux petites capitalisations. D’autres investisseurs (étrangers ou institutionnels) peuvent également être intéressés par le mode de construction fondamental de l’indice. En effet, l’univers d’investissement de cet indice Euronext PEA-PME ne fluctue pas en fonction des prix du marché, par essence volatils, mais en fonction de la situation économique réelle des entreprises. 

EnterNext accueille Quantum Genomics sur le marché Alternext à Paris

Lionel Segard, Président de Quantum Genomics, ferme les marchés européens à Paris.

Quantum Genomics est spécialisé dans la recherche et le développement de médicaments destinés au traitement des maladies cardiovasculaires, neurologiques et métaboliques.

EnterNext accueille SuperSonic Imagine sur le marché Euronext à Paris

Jacques Souquet, Président et fondateur de Supersonic Imagine, ouvre les marchés européens à Paris.

SuperSonic Imagine est spécialisé dans le développement de systèmes échographiques basés sur un concept d’imagerie d’élasticité des tissus quantitatif et en temps réel. Les produits sont destinés au diagnostic des cancers (sein, abdomen, foie, thyroïde, prostate, etc.), des pathologies vasculaires, des problèmes musculaires et des maladies gynécologiques. En outre, le groupe propose des prestations de maintenance et de support technique.

Gong at Week of the Entrepreneur Beatrix Theater Utrecht

^{10 April 2014 - Gerjan Schoemaker of Beenen B.V., and Milou Schouten of Erasmus Consultancy Project, sounded the gong together with Roland Starmans from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ben van de Vrie, Head of Marketing for Business Clients ING Netherlands, Michaël van Straalen, Chairman MKB-Nederland, and Cees Vermaas, CEO Euronext Amsterdam. S  ource: Congres in Beeld\Hennie Keeris}   

The Week of the Entrepreneur is already for 17 years the entrepreneurs event in the Netherlands. For this occasion, the opening ceremony moves to the Beatrix Theatre in Utrecht.

The program from 8 to 10 April consists of plenary sessions, lunch meetings and inspiration sessions for entrepreneurs of the Netherlands. Euronext is present during the Week of the entrepreneur: the exchange and entrepreneurship are inseparable.

^{9 April 2014 - Entrepreneurs Marco Koster, CEO Steboma B.V., and Hans Wijgers, CEO JWK Vaassen B.V., sounded the gong together with Roland Starmans from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ben van de Vrie, Head of Marketing for Business Clients ING Netherlands, Michaël van Straalen, Chairman MKB-Nederland, and Cees Vermaas, CEO Euronext Amsterdam. Source: Congres in Beeld\Hennie Keeris}

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning at exactly 9 a.m. trading is opened during the morning sessions. CEO of Euronext Amsterdam, Cees Vermaas, will speak during these sessions to clarify the possibilities that Euronext offers to entrepreneurs, by means of good alternatives to bank loans. Each day one entrepreneur is selected to sound the gong.

^{8 April 2014 - Entrepreneurs Ferry de Kok, CEO Pruko B.V., and Kelly Maynard, director marketing & sales Polygon, sounded the gong together with Ruud van Dusschoten, Executive Director Midcorporate & Institutional Clients ING NL, Michaël van Straalen, Chairman MKB-Nederland, and Cees Vermaas, CEO Euronext Amsterdam. Source: Congres in Beeld\Hennie Keeris}

This year, during the Week of the entrepreneur, ministers Ploumen, Asscher, Dijsselbloem as well as prime minister Rutte make their appearance.

For more information: www.weekvandeondernemer.nl

Euronext accueille Genomic Vision sur Euronext à Paris

Genomic Vision est spécialisé dans le développement de tests de diagnostic des maladies génétiques et d’analyse génomique des cancers. Le groupe utilise la technologie du peignage moléculaire qui autorise la visualisation directe des molécules individuelles de l’ADN afin de détecter les variations quantitatives et qualitatives du génome et d'établir leur rôle dans une pathologie ciblée.

Museum Prize winner, Klok & Peel Museum Asten, sounds gong

Winner of the BankGiro Lottery Museum Prize 2014, Klok & Peel Museum Asten, visits Beursplein 5 to sound the gong. The museum got 49% of the public votes. The Museum Prize is an initiative of the Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund and the BankGiro Lottery, in collaboration with the Museum Association.

Klok & Peel Museum Asten, a museum that is almost entirely run by volunteers, was nominated by the jury for its innovative way in which the museum uses presentation techniques and for the good combination of digital, interactive and traditional presentations. The Museum Prize, founded in 1990, is the most important museum price in the Netherlands. Chairman and volunteer at the museum, Harry van der Loo, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.cultuurfonds.nl

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La cotation des obligations (Medium Term Notes) émises par la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale

Ce lundi 7 avril 2014 Guy Vanhengel,  Ministre des Finances et du Budget de la Région de Bruxelles-Capital a ouvert les marchés financiers à Euronext Bruxelles afin de célébrer l’émission d’obligations Medium Term Notes. Ces obligations sont émises par la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.

Ces instruments représentent une valeur de 35 millions d’euros et courent jusqu’en 2029 et 2044. Leurtaux d’intérêt s’élève à 2.864%et 3.375% respectivement. ING et Belfius étaient les coordinateurs .

_{Guy Vanhengel, Minister of Finance and Budget of the Brussels-Capital Region at listing ceremony Medium Term Notes}

Introduction en bourse de Genticel sur le marche reglemente d'Euronext Paris

Benedikt Timmerman, Président du Directoire et Fondateur de Genticel, ouvre les marchés à Paris.

Genticel cest une société biopharmaceutique spécialisée dans le développement de vaccins thérapeutiques destinés à éliminer à un stade précoce le virus du papillome humain (HPV).

Know What You Spend Foundation sounds gong for Financial Literacy Week 2014

Director of the Know What You Spend Foundation, Thea Hazel-Stals, sounds the gong to mark Financial Literacy Week 2014 and the start of the financial education impact measurement project.
In 2013 the Know What You Spend Foundation reached 400.000 adolescents on its Edgie website and Facebook page. 10% of that group used one of the tests or tools for financial literacy and over 16.000 adolescents participated in lessons on financial education. The foundation sees an increasing interest for financial education in the classroom. To get an understanding of the effect of the lessons and online tools the foundation starts an impact measurement project, together with Utrecht University.

The Know What You Spend Foundation is an independent not-for-profit organisation that is supported by Nibud, PGGM, SNS REAAL, Vodafone, Emakina, Microsoft, FunX and SNS REAAL Fonds. The foundation aims at improving financial capability of adolescents (12-25 years). For that purpose the foundation has continuous interaction with adolescents and it develops innovative online and offline interventions to support their financial literacy and capability.

With the new ‘Amsterdam Exchange Experience ' Euronext Amsterdam also provides financial education on the role and the history of the exchange as well as on its listed companies. For more information about this interactive tour and registration, please visit aex.nl.

For more information: www.wwjb.org

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