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Business Angels Netwerken sounds the gong

Business Angels Netwerken Nederland sounds the gong in honor of their 10th anniversary. The gong is sounded by the president of BAN Nederland, Harry Helwegen.

About BAN Nederland

Business Angels Network Netherlands (BAN Nederland) is the National Interest Association that represents the business angels market and the interests of its members and the affiliated business angels in other stakeholders. 

For more information: bannederland

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’De Zonnebloem’’ thanks Royal Lemkes and ALDI

Marc Damen, Director of the National Association De Zonnebloem, would like to thank Royal Lemkes and ALDI for their successful sunflower campaign ‘Sunsation Sunflower’, which saw one Euro from every sunflower sold, being donated to De Zonnebloem.

This year, National Association De Zonnebloem celebrates its 70-year anniversary and growers' association Sunsation Sunflower has developed a special potted sunflower in honour of this occasion. Royal Lemkes and ALDI have successfully taken this promotion on board and have sold the potted sunflower in all 500 ALDI stores across the Netherlands. This resulted in a fantastic donation of € 50,000 going to National Association De Zonnebloem.

About ‘’de Zonnebloem’’

De Zonnebloem enriches the lives of 113,000 people with physical disabilities. For the past seventy years, the association has been making home visits, day trips and adapted holidays possible. The association’s 38,000 volunteers are active in almost every neighbourhood, village and city in the Netherlands. De Zonnebloem strives for a society in which people with a physical disability can participate naturally and with peace of mind.

Gong for the InspiringFifty women in tech

Neelie Kroes sounds the gong in honor of the InspiringFifty women in tech list. InspiringFifty is a non-profit that aims to increase diversity in tech by making female role models in tech more visible.

The Inspiring Fifty initiative was established by Janneke Niessen and Joelle Frijters to spotlight the incredible women excelling in tech careers, first in the Netherlands and increasingly around the world.

For more information: inspiringfifty.com

Listing day for Fastned

Listing day for Fastned on Euronext Amsterdam

Fastned, today received a listing on Euronext Amsterdam. On this occasion, founder and CEO Michiel Langezaal, sounds the gong.

Fastned builds on a European network of fast charging stations. Fastned has a network of 101 stations: 88 in the Netherlands, 12 in Germany and one in the United Kingdom.  The listing on Euronext Amsterdam increases the access of Fastned to the capital market and gives Fastned additional financing flexibility to help realize the growth strategy.

The IPO also proves the appeal of Euronext for fast-growing, innovative tech companies.

For more information: fastned.nl

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MAEX

Start Amsterdam Impuls on MAEX

Besides the financial Amsterdam Exchange Index, the city has ánother Index: the Social Exchange Index, the MAEX Amsterdam. On June 20th, Deputy Mayor Rutger Groot Wassink will open the AEX trading day on the occasion of the start of the Amsterdam Impuls on MAEX.

After the gongceremony the Amsterdam Impuls will start too. This Impuls is a dedicated fund in which the City of Amsterdam and several Amsterdam funds have donated with the goal to reinforce social initiatives in the city.

MAEX Amsterdam is the transaction platform for social impact in Amsterdam. Social initiatives in Amsterdam can register for free and create a profile by which they will be able to show their social impact, what their needs are, who their partners are, and what they have to offer to Amsterdam. MAEX Amsterdam connects these initiatives with companies, funds, knowledge institutes and individuals.

Celebration of 5 year Euronext IPO

Celebration of 5 years Euronext IPO

Euronext, the pan-European market place, today celebrates its first five years as a listed company. To mark the occasion, Maurice van Tilburg, CEO of Euronext Amsterdam, today sounded the gong.

Since its IPO in June 2014, Euronext has become the largest trading platform in Europe, with markets in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon and London, and Oslo to be added soon.

Euronext’s share price has more than tripled in those five years.

Female Tech Heroes open trading day

The Female Tech Heroes Network – a new initiative to make more women enthusiastic about tech – looks back to a successful launch. To celebrate this, initiators Hilde de Vocht and Ingelou Stol will open the trading day, together with their ambassadors.

Female Tech Heroes

Female Tech Heroes is a new initiative of High Tech Campus Eindhoven dedicated to women working in technology.

Hilde de Vocht & Ingelou Stol: ‘At present, the percentage of women working in tech worldwide is still relatively low. We work in an environment heavily dominated by men, and we need more women. Diversity is the key to success. Female Tech Heroes is going to create role models, among other things, to inspire women how amazing it is to work in tech.’

High Tech Campus Eindhoven is the square kilometer in Europe with 200 high tech companies. The Female Tech Heroes Network has been created with the support of ambassadors like Philips, TomTom, ASML, NXP, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TNO and Adyen.

For more information: hightechcampus.com/femaletechheroes

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20th listing anniversary Pharming Group

Pharming Group celebrates 20 listed years

Sijmen de Vries, CEO of the Euronext listed Pharming Group (ticker symbol: PHARM) sounds the gong at the Amsterdam exchange. Pharming Group is celebrating 20-years as a listed company.

Pharming Group is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative products for the safe, effective treatment of rare diseases and unmet medical needs.

For more information: www.pharming.com

20th listing anniversary Pharming Group

Pharming Group celebrates 20 years of listing

Sijmen de Vries, CEO of the Euronext listed Pharming Group (ticker symbol: PHARM) sounds the gong at the Amsterdam exchange. Pharming Group is celebrating 20-years as a listed company.

Pharming Group is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative products for the safe, effective treatment of rare diseases and unmet medical needs.

For more information: www.pharming.com

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NN Investment Partners wins Diversity Award

NN Investment Partners wins the “Gouden Pump” Diversity Award

NN IP won the Golden Pump, an award given by the Association of Women in Institutional Pensions (Viip). To mark the occasion Gül Poslu, Director Institutional Clients Netherlands, sounds the gong.

As the stand-alone asset manager of NN Group (ticker: NN), they manage €260 billion in assets for clients.

For more information: nnip.com

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Green gas installation BECH starts production

Water Board Vallei and Veluwe and Jan Bakker initiated the green gas production plant BECH. AFS Energy has facilitated and mediated the Gas Purchase Agreement with Essent that sealed the purchase for the upcoming years. To celebrate this, Bert van Vreeswijk and Jan Bakker, shareholders of BECH, will open the Amsterdam exchange.

Green gas as a sustainable alternative

Green gas is produced from the fermentation of waste products as manure. This procedure reduces manure surplus and offers a sustainable alternative to natural gas. The Water Board Vallei and Veluwe, and Jan Bakker have jointly initiated and set up the green gas production plant BECH in Harderwijk. AFS Energy had a mediation role that allowed the closing of the Gas Purchase Agreement with Essent. All parties involved contribute to the energy transition in the Netherlands.

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W.P. Stewart Holdings Fund celebrates 30-years

The W.P. Stewart Holdings Fund (“WPSH”) started in 1989 and portfolio manager Jim Tierney opens the trading day.

The Euronext Amsterdam listed fund focusses on a concentrated portfolio of approx. 20  growth companies. After the acquisition of W.P. Stewart & Co. in December 2013, WPSH became part of the AllianceBernstein fund platform. Jim Tierney and his team are also responsible for the AB Concentrated US Equity Portfolio.

For more information: alliancebernstein.com

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PostNL by “In the Boardroom”

Euronext presents the third broadcast of "In the Boardroom” with CEO Herna Verhagen and CFO Pim Berendsen.

In the Boardroom

These broadcasts are designed to give private investors a peek behind the scenes or, in this case, In the Boardroom – a place which is normally only accessible to a company’s most senior executives.

For more information: aex.nl

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SD Worx’s Bond Listing

Filip Dierckx, Chairman of SD Worx, opened the trading day in Brussels during a Bell Ceremony to celebrate SD Worx’s bond issuance.

SD Worx provides worldwide services in the areas of payroll, HR, legal support, training, automation, consultancy, and outsourcing. It focuses on customer centricity, fully embraces digitization and is committed to international growth. To find out more: https://www.sdworx.com/en

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De Smaakspecialist opens trading day

Pieter Dirven, founder Smaakspecialist B.V., sounds the gong to mark the occasion of KidsProof.

About KidsProof

Kidsproof is a free educational program about responsible nutrition in middle school. This program was created by food company De Smaakspecialist, producer and distributor of sustainable food. They produce organic products, largely under their own brands such as Smaakt, BioToday and RAW Organic Food.

For more information: kidsproef.bio

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IPO Marel

Marel lists on Euronext Amsterdam and issues new shares 

Marel, a leading global provider of advanced processing systems, software and services for the poultry, meat and fish processing industry, today began trading on Euronext Amsterdam, adding to its existing listing in Iceland.

Founded in 1983, Marel had €1.2 billion in revenues in 2018 and more than 6,000 employees in over 30 countries on six continents. Marel is the largest company in Iceland by market value.

The listing on Euronext Amsterdam, in addition to its listing on Nasdaq Iceland, sees Marel enter the next phase of its growth. The Amsterdam listing strengthens Marel’s capital structure and provides a global currency for acquisitions in support of its growth strategy, while expanding its shareholder base and enabling Marel to access international capital markets.

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Citi’s 100 years In Belgium

Mike Corbat, CEO of Citigroup, closed the trading day during a Bell Ceremony to celebrate Citi’s 100 years of presence in Brussels.

Citi is a leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. To find out more: https://www.citigroup.com/

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Start National Prokkelstagedag

State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment, Tamara van Ark sounds the gong together with Hans Sprong, cliënt of Philadephia.

It is also the starting signal for the National Prokkelstagedag: a day when thousands of people with an intellectual disability to do a traineeship at a company, a governmental or public organization.

Secretary of State Van Ark: “Work is important for many reasons. People tell me they like to feel needed, to feel challenged and to work with colleagues. It is a good thing the number of people finding work is growing but obstacles remain. With the start of the project “Het Breed Offensief” (The Broad Offensive) we will, together with employers trying to remove these obstacles”. 

About Prokkel

Since 2007 The Stichting Prokkel organizes throughout the country “exiting encounters”  between people with and without intellectual disabilities. To show how important en valuable these meetings are, Stichting Prokkel organizes a ‘ Week of the Prokkel’ every year: One week as an example and inspiration for the rest of the year. In 2019 the Week of the Prokkel starts on Monday the 3^rd  of June and ends on Saturday the 8^th  of June.

For more information: prokkel.nl

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