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ING sounds gong for Amsterdam Career Days 2014

March 3rd marks the beginning of the 19th edition of the Amsterdam Career Days. Main sponsor ING and the committee of eight students, from study associations Sefa (UvA) and Aureus (VU), visit Euronext Amsterdam.

The largest career event in its kind takes place from March 3-6. Through presentations , cases, trainings and individual meetings, students will get the chance to get in touch with 58 leading companies, including main sponsor ING. Committee chairman, Emil Rijcken, sounds the gong. Other main sponsors are Pon, Liander en HP.

For more information: www.acd.nu

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Euronext welcomes GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz) on Euronext Paris

Philippe Berterottière, President and Chief Executive Officer of GTT, opens the European trading day in Paris

GTT (Gaztransport & Technigaz) is the world leader in cryogenic membrane containment systems used in the shipbuilding industry for the transport of LNG.

For over 50 years, GTT has offered to its customers technologies which allow them to optimize storage space and reduce the construction and operation costs of ships or tanks equipped with these systems. GTT operates in four sectors: LNGCs (Liquefied Natural Gas Carriers), FPSOs (Floating Production Storage and Offloading units), FSRUs (Floating Storage and Regasification units) and onshore storage tanks.

Rintje Ritsma sounds gong for KPN Dutch Allround & Sprint speed skating championships

This winter, the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam is transformed into the ‘Coolste Baan van Nederland’, a Grand Oval 400 meter ice rink. Co-initiator Rintje Ritsma opens trading in honor of this occasion.

Sponsor KPN (ticker symbol: KPN)offers skating fans, their customers and employees the experience of ice skating in a historic sporting environment. From 28 February through 2 March 2014, the ‘Coolste Baan van Nederland’ has been designated by the KNSB as the location for the KPN NK Allround & Sprint.

For more information: www.coolstebaanvannederland.nl

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Richard Krajicek and winner ABN AMRO Young Talent Trophy sound gong

Richard Krajicek, founder of the Richard Krajicek Foundation, sounds the gong together with the winner of the ABN AMRO Young Talent Trophy.

The ABN AMRO Young Talent Trophy is a yearly tennis tournament for children between the ages of 10 and 12. Children who are not members of a tennis club get the chance to shine in a major tournament in front of a large audience. The sports leaders of our playgrounds put teams together and organized preliminaries. The final is played at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.

The Richard Krajicek Foundation, that was founded 16 years ago, develops playgrounds in densely populated areas to stimulate youth to exercise. In doing so, the Foundation not only promotes health, but also social opportunities and social safety for youngsters living in the area. With the support of the business community, funding organizations and local governments, more than 100 playgrounds have so far been realized.

For more information: www.krajicek.nl

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SOS Children’s Villages visits Euronext Amsterdam

SOS Children’s Villages has been committed to children without parents or safe home for 65 years.

The international children's charity believes that family is the most important basis for the healthy development of children. Thanks to SOS Children’s Villages hundreds of thousands of children worldwide have found a solid foundation to develop into independent and promising adults. Preferably within the family, but if that's not possible, in a SOS family in a Children's Village.

Ceu Gonçalves grew up in Portugal with her two sisters in a SOS Children's Village because they would have otherwise stood alone. Ceu looks back on a loving and secure childhood with her mother and her SOS brothers and sisters. She went to school, graduated, got a job and met her (Dutch) husband. They now live with their daughter in the Netherlands. Ceu is an example of how children can grow up happily with family love and how they can develop. Ceu Gonçalves sounds the gong to call attention to all children in the world who stand alone.

For more information: www.soskinderdorpen.nl

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Man and robot celebrate 100-years Shell innovations by sounding gong

On 24 February 2014 it will be precisely 100 years since Shell (ticker symbol: RDSA) began its research activities in Amsterdam Noord. With the help of a robot from the University of Twente, Shell’s Chief Technology Officer Gerald Schotman sounds the gong to kick off this jubilee year, and to highlight the cooperative efforts of universities, government and companies aimed at accelerating the rate of innovation in the Netherlands.

The robot arm, specially programmed for this occasion by staff from the University of Twente, symbolizes cooperation between participants in the European Petrobot project. Together with other parties, including scientific advisors from the University of Twente and the University of Zurich (ETH), Shell is working within the framework of the EU to develop robots that can inspect petrochemical tanks. What began as a modest laboratory in Amsterdam, has since become a leading institute, and one of Shell’s three most important global technology centres.

For more information: www.shell.com

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Hulplijn Amsterdam visits Euronext Amsterdam

Hulplijn Amsterdam (previously known as Sensoor Amsterdam) has already been active for over 50 years and sounds the gong for its new identity.

Hulplijn Amsterdam is a 24 hours chat- and phone helpline for everyone in need of an anonymous conversation. Hulplijn Amsterdam is a professional organisation with on average 80 well-trained volunteers and a small permanent team of paid staff. Hulplijn Amsterdam provides a service in which the volunteer offers real attention and contact to the person calling. All together the volunteers have more than 20.000 conversations per year. The reasons for people to contact are varied and topics range from depression and psychological problems to loss of work and health. Loneliness plays a big part in many of these cases. CEO Ed Theunen sounds the gong.

For more information: www.hulplijnamsterdam.nl

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Gong marks listing Novisource

CEO of Novisource, Willem van der Vorm, sounds the gong to mark the listing of Novisource (ticker symbol: NOVI).

The new listing gives Novisource access to the capital market, enabling it to give further shape to its growth strategy. Novisource’s portfolio of brands includes Novisource Banking & Investments, Novisource Insurance & Pensions, Novisource Technology Services, B-Street and quality rating company Inhuurwijzer. Every day, Novisource’s project managers, business consultants and interim managers translate current and relevant business and ICT themes into the operations and operational processes of organisations, predominantly in the financial sector. They bring to the table a purely enterprising approach and the ability to deliver. Novisource helps organisations to develop and to achieve their goals. Novisource’s Technology Services brand chiefly targets the Telecom, Technology and Utilities industries. Under the B-Street label, the company supplies and deploys interim professionals who are hired externally. B-Street allows the company to respond quickly to clients’ requests without being exposed to any risk of overcapacity. B-Street possesses an extensive network of external interim professionals.

For more information: www.novisource.nl

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EnterNext welcomes Crossject on Alternext Paris

Patrick Alexandre, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Crossject rings the closing bell.

Crossject specializes in manufacturing and marketing needleless drug self-injection. The group provides Zeneo, a prefilled and single-use device that can be used for intradermal, subcutaneous and intramuscular injections.

Kids Moving the World and PostNL sound the gong

The Kids Moving the World Foundation, and PostNL, sound the gong in honour of the 444,000th child to take part in one of the programmes organised by Kids Moving the World.

Kids Moving the World works to raise awareness among children in the Netherlands of some of the issues the world faces. Various education modules are used to introduce children to issues such as hunger, poverty and sustainability. For over 10 years PostNL, together with Ricoh and PWC, have supported the lesson plans that the organisation develops for primary school children. Their employees act as Game Guides, providing the final lessons for primary school classes from years 1 to 8. Game Guides play a colourful, interactive game with the children, which corresponds to learning material that teachers have presented to them in advance. Currently, over 250 volunteers are active as Game Guides, providing 1700 lessons at 550 schools throughout the Netherlands. Game Guide Vesna de Buck from PostNL sounds the gong along with three pupils from the De Rosa School in Amsterdam.

For more information: www.kidsmovingtheworld.nl

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Tradzster sounds gong for launch of trading platform

On the 18th of February Tradzster launches the first, full release of its innovative trading platform. CEO, Robbert Boutkan, sounds the gong.

The new broker/trading platform Tradzster will focus on innovation and useful functionality benefiting the online investor. Tradzster is a trading name of Capital Intervest BV and is active as a Dutch broker since the end of 2013 with a user friendly, in-house developed trading platform which enables the online investor to manually or automatically trade the global financial markets. Tradzster stands for innovative online trading for both the retail and professional online investor.

For more information: www.tradzster.com

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Marianne Vos sounds the gong to celebrate being named Sportswoman of the Year

Marianne Vos, a cyclist from Brabant who has been named Sportswoman of the year for the third time, sounds the gong.

Vos has won twelve world titles in three different cycling events: cyclo-cross, road and track. At the beginning of February she won the World Cyclo-Cross Championship, which was held in Hoogerheide, for the seventh time. She also holds two Olympic titles. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics she captured the title for the points race in field cycling. Four years later, in London, Marianne’s career reached a high point when she won the most coveted gold medal in cycling: the road race title. The winner of so many awards is certainly one of the most successful sportspersons in the Netherlands.

Marianne Vos is also active when she is not cycling. As a member of the Athletes Committee of the UCI (the international cycling union) she represents the women’s team, with a special focus on the future of women’s cycling. In addition, Marianne Vos is an ambassador for BikePure and 100% Dope Free, anti-doping organisations that want to ensure that the sport is completely clean.

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Only Friends & Johan Cruijff Foundation celebrate anniversary

Sport club Only Friends sounds the gong to celebrate its 14^th anniversary.

Founder Dennis Gebbink started Only Friends 14 years ago and celebrates this together with  the Johan Cruijff Foundation, a foundation with which Only Friends has a close relationship for many years now.

Only Friends is an organization that provides sports and activities for disabled children and young adults. With the help of 150 volunteers and 50 interns the organization is able to offer the 600 members a variety of 19 sports and activities, 7 days a week. Chairman of Only Friends, Jacques Parson, and president of the Johan Cruijff Foundation, Carole Thate, sound the gong.

For more information: www.onlyfriends.nl

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Royal Delft Group celebrates 60th listing anniversary

CEO of the Royal Delft Group, Henk Schouten, opens trading to celebrate 60 years of listing at Euronext Amsterdam.

For Delft earthenware manufacturer “De Porcelyne Fles”, established in 1653, 2014 is a special anniversary year in a couple of ways. 110 Years ago, in February 2014, the company turned the legal entity form into a Public Limited Company (PLC). Besides this it is 60 years ago that the company applied for stock exchange listing on Euronext Amsterdam.

Since 2008 the Royal Delft Group does not only consist of Royal Delft, well-known for the Delft Blue earthenware, but also Royal Leerdam Crystal, silver manufacturer Koninklijke Van Kempen & Begeer and BK Cookware. From that moment forward the group has also been active on the markets for pans, cutlery and designer products.

For more information: www.royaldelftgroup.com

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ALS Foundation sounds gong for Valentine’s Run

On Friday February 14, Valentine's Day 2014, the first edition of Valentine’s Run is organized in the Vondelpark in Amsterdam.

In America, the Valentine's Run is hugely popular and millions of dollars have been raised for charity so far. The Valentine’s Run is an official five-mile track, but before and after the run several romantic activities are organized to celebrate love. On top of that, money will be raised for the ALS Foundation. The registration limit for single women has been achieved, but for about 50 single men, there is still a chance to sign up for the most loving run of the Netherlands. ALS Foundation sounds the gong together with the event organizer Tim van Os and Madventures CEO, Maarten Hendriks.

For more information: www.valentijnsloop.nl and www.stichting-als.nl

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iShares sounds gong for ETF launch

iShares, the exchange-traded funds offering of BlackRock (ticker symbol: BLK), listed its iShares Euro Stoxx 50 ex-Financials UCITS ETF (EXFN) on the Amsterdam market of Euronext. This fund is the first ETF to come to market in continental Europe using an international security structure, where settlement of transactions is exclusively at Euroclear Bank – the Brussels-based international central securities depository (ICSD).Head of iShares The Netherlands, Gert-Jan Verhagen, sounds the gong.

The newly listed iShares EURO STOXX 50 ex-Financials UCITS ETF is a physically replicating fund which invests in blue chip stocks from 12 eurozone countries, while excluding companies from the financial sector, potentially providing investors with a less volatile exposure to Eurozone equities. The fund has a total expense ratio of 20 basis points.

The newly listed ETF follows a successful year of new listings on Euronext’s ETF market in 2013. Euronext reported growth in new ETF listings of 76% versus 2012, with a total of 51 listings on its European market totalling 564 ETFs. In Amsterdam, the growth in new ETFs was up by 223% compared to 2012, totalling 127 ETFs.

For more information: www.blackrock.nl

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ACTIVITY IN EUROPE

Total amount of capital raised on Euronext’s markets in 2013

Companies listed on Euronext and EnterNext raised €92 billion in 2013, including €81.9 billion on Euronext – Compartment A and €6.8 billion on EnterNext, the new pan-European marketplace dedicated to SMEs¹.

Five most important capital raises on Euronext – Compartment A in 2013

Five most important capital raises on EnterNext in 2013

London Newsbites

Norbert Dentressangle bets on a dual listing in London and Paris

Norbert Dentressangle, a major European transport, logistics and freight forwarding company, entered Euronext’s London market on 4 July 2013. This is a dual listing for Norbert Dentressangle which is already listed on the Exchange’s Paris market. To celebrate Norbert Dentressangle’s first day of trading on Euronext London, Chief Executive Officer, Hervé Montjotin, rang Euronext’s European market Opening Bell at the Exchange’s London office.

Hervé Montjotin CEO of Norbert Dentressangle said: “This event represents an important step in the growth of our company. It will help to diversify and expand our shareholder base by giving us access to Euronext’s extensive network of London-based institutional investors, and will position Norbert Dentressangle as a leading international, transport, logistics and freight forwarding company. We also believe our listing on Euronext London will raise the profile of Norbert Dentressangle amongst the UK investment community who have a wealth of experience in the transport, logistics and supply chain sector, and a good understanding of the key business attributes required to succeed in this highly competitive and increasingly global marketplace.”

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