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Dutch IR Awards

Winners of the Dutch IR Awards visit Beursplein 5

The winners of the Dutch IR Awards pay a visit to Beursplein 5 to sound the gong.

The Dutch Association of Investor Relations (NEVIR) presents the awards to Dutch companies and professionals who excel in investor relations. Winners are announced in the presence of more than 200 professionals during the Dutch IR Awards Dinner. The NEVIR represents the interests of its members. The vast majority of professional investor relations officers in the Netherlands is affiliated with the NEVIR; more than 95% of the AEX companies; nearly 60% of the AMX companies and 25% of other companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam.NEVIR was founded in 1991 and celebrates its 25-year-anniversary this year. 

For more information: www.nevir.nl

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Solvay

Solvay lève € 1,5 milliard sur Euronext Bruxelles

Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, CEO de Solvay, a sonné la cloche de fermeture des marchés Euronext ce jeudi 7 janvier 2016. L’équipe dirigeante du Groupe international de chimie et de matériaux avancés était de passage chez Euronext Bruxelles afin de célébrer le succès de l’augmentation de capital de € 1,5 milliard réalisée quelques semaines plus tôt par le biais de l’émission de nouvelles actions sur Euronext. Cette transaction, destinée à financer partiellement l’acquisition de Cytec, était la première augmentation de capital de Solvay depuis sa cotation en Bourse en 1967. 

JOGG

Young People at a Healthy Weight sounds the gong

Young People at a Healthy Weight (Jongeren Op Gezond Gewicht JOGG) open trading to focus attention on healthy New Year’s resolutions. Ambassador Erben Wennemars sounds the gong in the company of the JOGG-board, aldermen, business partners, neighbourhood sports coaches and Young People at a Healthy Weight’s national ambassadors Prince Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje and Juvat Westendorp.

Using the JOGG-approach, over 100 JOGG-municipalities are now working year-round at providing today's youth with a healthier environment to stick to those Healthy New Year’s resolutions. They are working together with existing local initiatives, entrepreneurs and various other parties. Schools and sports canteens receive help and encouragement on offering healthy choices in their canteens. And to ensure it meets their needs, JOGG-municipalities are also taking a closer look at the care available for overweight and obese children. All of these efforts, along with intelligent social marketing, are geared towards tempting parents and children to drink more water, to get more exercise and to maintain a healthier lifestyle.

At the gong, aldermen for Dordrecht and Purmerend were present, as well as neighbourhood sports coaches from Purmerend and Harderwijk. For 2015, these municipalities already showed excellent results. Since the JOGG-approach was first implemented, the number of overweight children in Dordrecht-West has declined by 20 %. Compared to 2011, the number of overweight 4-, 5- and 10-year-olds in the Purmerend JOGG-neighbourhoods has declined as well.

For more information: www.jongerenopgezondgewicht.nl

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DBT

Introduction en bourse sur Alternext de DBT

Hervé Borgoltz, Président-directeur général, DBT, sonne la clotûre des marchés à Paris

DBT (Douaisienne de Basse Tension) est spécialisée dans la fabrication et la commercialisation de bornes de contrôle d’accès et de distribution d’énergie. L’activité s’organise autour de 4 familles de produits :

• bornes et coffrets de recharge pour les véhicules électriques ;
• bornes et systèmes escamotables de contrôle d’accès et de dissuasion : destinés à gérer et à réguler le flux automobile en ville et à garantir la liberté des piétons ;
• bornes de distribution d’énergie : destinées à l’électrification des espaces publics (places de marché, aires d’accueil, zones portuaires, campings, etc.) ;
• transformateurs de courant : transformateurs de mesure destinés au comptage des tarifs jaune et vert EDF.

Philips Innovation Award

Philips Innovation Award open trading

The Board of the Philips Innovation Award opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange by sounding the gong. This gong marks the 11th edition of the largest student entrepreneur award in the Netherlands. The Board is accompanied by Daan van Manen, responsible for the historical bifurcation of Philips. Pearltect, Printr and Blue Battery, three of the finalists of the 10th edition of the Award, also accompany the board.

The Philips Innovation Award, part of the Euronext Amsterdam listed Philips (ticker symbol: PHIA), consists of four Stages (the Idea Stage, Developing Stage, Refining Stage and Final Stage). The feedback, training and coaching will intensify each Stage. Participants can currently enroll for the Developing Stage. In addition, the sounding of the gong marks the continuous growth of the Award, since a record amount of more than 300 student-entrepreneurs are already participating in the platform this year.

The prize worth €50.000 will be awarded to the student with the most innovative and promising plan. The jury, presided over by CEO of Philips, Frans van Houten, takes (among other criteria) the impact, sustainability and feasibility of the plans into account. The prize consists of cash and a toolkit of products and services that gives the student-entrepreneurs a kick start.

For more information: www.phia.nl

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IEX Group NV

EnterNext welcomes IEX Group NV

EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary designed to promote and grow the market for SMEs, welcomes IEX Group NV (IEX). The listed company MTY Holdings, which recently took over the online activities of IEX Media and Value8 changed its name to IEX Group NV. CEO Peter van Sommeren sounds the gong.

IEX Group, the leading provider of online investment information in the Netherlands and Belgium, reaches 1.8 million investors, of which 1.5 million in the Netherlands and approximately 300,000 in Belgium. IEX Group has  – in addition to IEX.nl itself –  a portfolio of strong brands in the Dutch retail investment segment, including: Belegger.nl, DeBeurs.nl, Eurobench.nl, Participaties.nl and IEXGeld.nl. The IEX Group is active on the Belgian market with Beursduivel.be, while IEXProfs. and the Gouden Stier awards focus on the professional segment.

For more information: www.iexmedia.nl

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Euronext wishes you a happy New Year

With the sounding of the gong Euronext wishes you all a prosperous New Year on the first trading day of 2016.

Euronext is the primary exchange in the Euro zone with more than 1 300 issuers worth €2.8 trillion in market capitalisation, an unmatched blue-chip franchise consisting of 25 issuers in the EURO STOXX 50® benchmark and a strong, diverse domestic and international client base.

Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets. Its total product offering includes Equities, Exchange Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Derivatives, Commodities and Indices. Euronext also leverages its expertise in running markets by providing technology and managed services to third parties. Euronext operates regulated markets, Alternext and the Free Market; in addition it offers EnterNext, which facilitates SMEs’ access to capital markets.

For more information: www.euronext.com/en

DoubleDividend and Run4Schools open trading

DoubleDividend opens the Amsterdam exchange with Run4Schools. With the final gong of the year, DoubleDividend likes to draw attention to the runners of Run4Schools. On March 26 2016, they will run the 56 kilometers of the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town, South Africa for this charity.

DoubleDividend bridges financial return and social benefit and fully supports the mission of Run4Schools. Marian Hogeslag, partner at DoubleDividend: “Run4Schools is a beautiful initiative for young South African children. By organizing school sports activities these kids are of the streets and work on a better future. This is financed by the runners for this charity. Today, we are pleased to make these runners more visible by sounding the gong”.

DoubleDividend Management B.V. specializes in the field of sustainable investments. DoubleDividend is a manager of investment funds and offers tailor made asset management services. DoubleDividend invests on the basis of the conviction that sustainability positively contributes to the risk- return profile of an investment portfolio.

Run4Schools finances and organizes both in - and after - school sports activities and care at four primary schools in the township of Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, South Africa. In cooperation with The Western Cape Education Department.

For more information: www.doubledividend.nl

Rabobank and Terre des Hommes sound gong

Trading day at the Amsterdam exchange is opened by Rabobank and Terre des Hommes, together they combat child exploitation. Director Retail & Private Banking, Ron Droste, sounds the gong.

It’s not unusual for full moving boxes to be left in the attic for at least a year after moving. Three out of ten people in the Netherlands store items such as books, home accessories, clothes, CDs and household items in their attics. In some cases we never intend to use these items, while in others we think they might come in handy one day. But most of the time these boxes are never touched or are moved unopened to the next attic.

This inspired Rabobank and the Terre des Hommes charity to come up with the idea of the Home Box. Every customer who visits Rabobank for a mortgage consultation or exploratory meeting is given a box to take home with them. The customer can then use it to bring usable items to one of the 42 Terre des Hommes shops in the Netherlands. Terres des Hommes subsequently uses the proceeds from selling the contents of these boxes to provide children in exploitative situations with a structurally better future.

For more information: www.tehuisdoos.nl

ASN Sustainable Equity fund wins Green Bull

The ASN Sustainable Equity Fund has won the Green Bull (Groene Stier). The prize for best sustainable investment fund in the Netherlands. Director Bas-Jan Blom opens the trading day by sounding the gong.

The website Belegger.nl annually awards seven Golden Bulls and one Green Bull to the leaders in the financial services industry. After extensive research the editors of the website determine who are eligible for one of the eight Golden Bulls. Then a jury of experts selects the winners. This is the second time that ASN Sustainable Equity Fund has won the Green Bull. The jury noted the distinctive sustainable strategy, good performance and low cost.

The ASN Sustainable Equity Fund invests worldwide in large companies that have sustainable leaders in their sector. They meet the strict sustainability criteria of ASN Investment Funds. The manager assesses companies on human rights, including labor rights; environment and climate; animal welfare; transparency and community involvement. In selecting companies, the manager also takes into account their CO2 emissions: the smaller it is, the more the fund invests in the company.

For more information: www.asnbank.nl

Amsterdam Light Festival visits Beursplein 5

Amsterdam Light Festival brings light to the darkest time of the year and enlightens visitors with colorful artworks. Chairman Felix Guttman sounds the gong and opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange.

For 51 days, the historical center of Amsterdam is the unique decor for this international festival. The city is complemented by 35 light sculptures, projections and installations by contemporary (inter)national artists. The boat route, Water Colors, takes visitors past artworks along Amsterdam’s canals. The walking route, Illuminade, winds through the city center. During the festival, light plays a central role in the city as museums and cultural institutions organize light-related activities, introducing visitors to innovations in light art.

For more information: www.amsterdamlightfestival.com

Christmas Tree for Charity

Christmas Tree for Charity sounds gong

With the sounding of the gong, Sky Radio, the Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation and Foundation DON ask for attention for the impact an severity of diabetes.

During Sky Radio’s yearly event ‘Christmas Tree for Charity’ nine pairs of national celebrities competed for the ‘best decorated Christmas tree’ of the year. For the Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation and Foundation DON, ambassadors Barry Atsma and Do battled for the good cause. With their symbolic tree topper, they asked for attention for the increasing numbers of diabetes patients, and the necessity of the search for a cure.

The ambassador’s pair is proud to have won the first prize of 10.000 euro and Sky Radio commercial time worth 25.000 euro, for the Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation and Foundation DON: ‘Diabetes is a much underestimated disease. We are happy with this first prize, which will support important diabetes research, that is fantastic’.

For more information: www.skyradio.nl

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Wings of Support

Wings of Support opens trading

Wings of Support, an initiative of employees of the Euronext listed Air France-KLM (ticker symbol: AF), opens trading at Beursplein 5.

Their purpose is to help children in countries that KLM flies to by means of facilitating education, shelter and medical care. Thus, Wings of Support wants to bring about sustained improvement of the quality of life of these children in their own environment. In principle, the support of the projects is given on KLM destinations with financial support from our supporters and sponsors. Since 2014 the foundation is proud to be one of KLMs partners in the KLM Takes Care program. 

Because of the nature of their work, the airline staff regularly stays in many countries, therefore they can visit a project to a maximum extent, both by Wings of Support contributors and by interested supporters/sponsors. Wings of Support is also supported by various companies other than KLM, as well as private individuals. The foundation is operating independently of KLM.

For more information: www.wingsofsupport.org

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FD Gazellen

FD Gazellen visits Beursplein 5

The winner of the FD Gazellen Award opens trading. Online touroperator Slangen has been named fastest growing company in the Neterlands. Founder Ed Slangen sounds the gong.

The FD Gazellen Award, which is organized for the eleventh time, is an initiative of newspaper the FD, Company Info, ABN AMRO and MAZARS Accountants and Tax Advisors. To be eligible for nomination companies must realize a business revenue growth of at least 20% within three years, have a positive net result and be financially healthy.

For more information: www.fd.nl

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Entrée de Klepierre dans le CAC 40

Entrée de Klepierre dans le CAC 40

Laurent Morel, Président du Directoire, Klepierre ouvre les marchés européens à Paris

Acteur majeur de l'immobilier de centres commerciaux en Europe, Klépierre associe une expertise en termes de développement, de gestion locative et d'asset management. Son patrimoine est évalué à 21,9 milliards d'euros au 30 juin 2015. Il se compose de grands centres commerciaux implantés dans 16 pays d'Europe continentale. Klépierre détient une participation majoritaire (56,1 %) dans Steen & Strøm, 1ère foncière scandinave de centres commerciaux.Klépierre a pour principaux actionnaires Simon Property Group (20,3 %), leader mondial de l'industrie des centres commerciaux et APG (13,6 %), fonds de pension basé aux Pays-Bas. Klépierre est une Société d'investissement immobilier cotée (SIIC), dont les actions sont admises aux négociations sur Euronext ParisTM et Euronext Amsterdam, membre des indices CAC Next 20 et CAC Large 60, SBF 80, EPRA Euro Zone et GPR 250. Klépierre est également présente dans plusieurs indices éthiques internationaux - DJSI World and Europe, FTSE4Good, STOXX® Global ESG Leaders, Euronext Vigeo France 20 et Eurozone 120 - ainsi que des registres d'investissement Ethibel Excellence et Ethibel Pioneer. Klépierre est également classée Green Star par GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark). Cette présence marque l'engagement du Groupe dans une démarche volontaire de développement durable.

Best Broker 2015 award

DeGiro sounds gong for Best Broker 2015 award

DeGiro opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange in honour of winning the ‘Gouden Stier’ (Golden Bull) award for best Dutch broker. Director Niels Klok sounds the gong.

Nominees for ‘best broker 2015’ the ‘Gouden Stier’ were judged on a number of factors such as commission fees, trading opportunities, investment tools and terms and conditions at various brokers in the Netherlands. Further to the expert eye of the jury, a survey was conducted among retail investors.

Gijs Nagel, Director Retail clients DeGiro: “We are proud to have been elected as best broker 2015 by stakeholders in the industry. We hit the bull’s-eye offering institutional commission fees to retail investors. Today 85.000 investors have found their way to DeGiro.’’

DeGiro was established in 2008 in The Netherlands. Their vision was to service the professional market as well as retail investors with a highly innovative and low-cost alternative to the existing range of brokerage platforms. Low prices combined with a secure, reliable and innovative trading platform has resulted in rapid growth.

For more information: www.degiro.nl

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M&A awards

M&A award winners open trading

The M&A winners sound the gong and open the trading day. The M&A awards have been awarded for the sixteenth time to the top in terms of M&A, corporate finance and private equity. With more winners than ever, the deal year of 2015 has been officially closed.

The M&A Community is the network for professionals in M&A, investment bankers, corporate finance advisors, private equity and venture capital investors and professionals working for (large) corporates active in M&A as M&A Directors, Corporate Development Directors, CFOs, General Counsel and CEOs. The best deals are made with the right knowledge and best contacts. Therefore, the M&A Community offers opportunities for knowledge, networking and careers during various forums and Master classes, the Private Equity Summit, Corporate growths Summit and M&A Magazine.

For more information: www.mena.nl

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High Growth Awards

High Growth Awards sound gong

On behalf of the winners and partners of the High Growth Awards, regional winners Patrick Villevoye – Logistic Force and Marco Barkmeijer – Securelink open trading at the Amsterdam exchange. Owner and initiator of the High Growth Awards, Joop de Jong – Port4Growth sounds the gong.

The High Growth Awards is an award show for the best and hardest growing companies in the Netherlands. A winner was chosen for every region, 6 in total. From these regional winners AWL Techniek from Harderwijk was chosen as the overall winner. Besides the regional winners there str three prices with specific topics, chosen by the partners of Port4Growth: Philips Innovation Services, Rabobank and Grant Thornton. Among the nominees were companies from all sectors, from transportation to software and production.

Different from other competitions the judges judge the quality of the actual growth, instead of the quantity. All nominees must have grown substantial for at least three years.

For more information: www.highgrowthawards.nl

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