Euronext lance une gamme d’indices PEA PME

–NEW CAC®PME INDEX–
–MORE INDICES TO BE ADDED IN 2014–

Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris –5 March 2014 – Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE), welcomes publication of the implementing decree introducing PEA PME savings accounts in France, and today announced the launch of its new CAC® PME index. This unique index is the first in Euronext’s new PEA PME index family, based on the French government’s initiative aimed at encouraging investment in shares and support for financing of SMEs.

The CAC® PME index tracks the performance of between 20 and 40 French companies eligible as investment vehicles for PEA PME accounts and listed on Euronext and Alternext markets in Paris. Its components are based on local trade volumes. The weight of each individual stock is capped at 7.5%. The CAC® PME index is calculated in real time, and its components and weightings are revised each quarter.

“The launch of PEA PME savings accounts and of EnterNext, Euronext’s subsidiary dedicated to SMEs, are key steps towards a reform in the financing of small and mid-sized companies,” said Anthony Attia, CEO of Euronext Paris. “Estimates from the Observatoire des Entrepreneurs indicate that the creation of PEA PME accounts could generate €2.5 billion a year in new liquidity for SMEs, and thus channel some of individual investors’ savings into productive, job-creating investments—in other words, link a portion of French savings to financing of the real economy.”

“The new Euronext PEA PME index family rounds out our range of indices and supports this ambition,” he added. “Its first constituent index, the CAC® PME, actually promotes investment: it is made up of a limited number of shares selected from the most liquid on Euronext and Alternext markets in Paris, and representing a very wide range of sectors.”.

Eric Forest, Chairman and CEO of EnterNext, noted: “PEA PME savings accounts are a major initiative in efforts to get markets for small and mid-sized shares back on track. They’re a simple product that works like existing PEA accounts, which investors are familiar with and have been using for a long time. Savings invested in a PEA PME account and in the products that will be rolled out on the CAC® PME—or on other future indices in the Euronext PEA PME family—are part of the momentum driving EnterNext.”

The CAC® PME index is designated as follows:

ISIN	Mnemo	Name
FR0011710375	CAPME	CAC®PME

Index composition:

ISIN	Name	Market	Market cap €m
FR0010907956	CARMAT	Alternext	420
FR0004163111	GENFIT	Alternext	392
FR0010221234	EUTELSAT COMMUNIC.	Compartment A	4956
FR0000125346	INGENICO	Compartment A	3381
FR0000130395	REMY COINTREAU	Compartment A	2756
FR0010533075	GROUPE EUROTUNNEL	Compartment A	4502
FR0000053225	METROPOLE TV	Compartment A	2025
FR0000051070	MAUREL ET PROM	Compartment A	1458
FR0010259150	IPSEN	Compartment A	2622
FR0000053266	SARTORIUS STED BIO	Compartment A	2256
FR0000031577	VIRBAC	Compartment A	1401
FR0010096354	SOLOCAL GROUP	Compartment B	371
FR0004025062	SOITEC	Compartment B	254
FR0000074130	NICOX	Compartment B	192
FR0010557264	AB SCIENCE	Compartment B	409
FR0004056851	VALNEVA	Compartment B	275
FR0010208165	SAFT	Compartment B	671
FR0010331421	INNATE PHARMA	Compartment B	323
FR0000037046	MONTUPET SA	Compartment B	425
FR0011120914	MPI	Compartment B	336
FR0000038606	MANITOU BF	Compartment B	514
FR0005691656	TRIGANO	Compartment B	385
FR0000125460	CANAL PLUS(STE ED)	Compartment B	744
FR0000060402	ALBIOMA	Compartment B	528
FR0000061129	BOIRON	Compartment B	1021
FR0004024222	INTERPARFUMS	Compartment B	753
FR0000066755	HAULOTTE GROUP	Compartment B	342
FR0004038263	PARROT	Compartment B	258
FR0004037125	APRIL	Compartment B	683
FR0000054694	NATUREX	Compartment B	484
FR0005175080	TRANSGENE	Compartment B	408
FR0000032278	AVIATION LATECOERE	Compartment C	150
FR0000182479	ARCHOS	Compartment C	109
FR0004177046	METABOLIC EXPLORER	Compartment C	68
FR0000074072	BIGBEN INTERACTIVE	Compartment C	119
FR0000130692	CHARGEURS	Compartment C	73
FR0000074783	ARTPRICE COM	Compartment C	98
FR0010949404	STENTYS	Compartment C	111
FR0010095596	BIOALLIANCE PHARMA	Compartment C	166
FR0000120388	RECYLEX S.A.	Compartment C	88

Notes:

_{¹ PEA PME accounts offer the same tax benefits as PEA accounts, allowing account holders to invest up to €75,000 a year in a tax-advantaged product.}

_{²Securities qualifying for this status are shares or other securities giving investors access to equity, as well as units in mutual or alternative investment funds, on condition such funds be 75% invested in securities issued by SMEs, including 50% in shares issued by SMEs.}

_{³Small, medium-sized and very small companies qualify. SMEs must qualify under the INSEE definition as companies with under 5,000 employees and sales of below €1.5 billion, or a total balance sheet of less than €2 billion.}

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