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SmartFunding

Sounding of the gong for SmartFunding at Beursplein 5

Fred van der Stappen, founder SmartFunding, opens the trading day by sounding the gong at the Amsterdam exchange of Euronext. In doing so, he launches a new initiative that supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in their access to finance. SmartFunding will support SMEs with their business case, financial projections and loan application between €250.000 and 5 million euros.

On the basis of independent advice, local insights and personal guidance, supported with an independent balance rating, SmartFunding leads each entrepreneur towards the best fitting financial solution. SmartFunding sets the new standard for SME’s finance in supporting SME’s in their growth plans. SmartFunding opens their first office in Utrecht. This year they will expand with four more offices.

For more information: www.smartfunding.nl

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Orchestra-Prémaman

Public offering of Orchestra-Premaman on Euronext

Pierre Mestre, Chairman and Co-founder of Orchestra-Prémaman, opens the trading day in Paris.

Founded in 1995, Orchestra-Prémaman specializes in the creation, manufacture, purchase and sale of all products related to children's clothing, maternity fashion and childcare products. Major european player in this market, this family-owned SME delivers its strategy of development and plans to accelerate its organic growth in France and abroad. The success of this transaction with the significant increase of free-float is the starting point for a new equity market story to  build a global leader in childcare product. 

Top Woman of the Year

Top Woman of the Year sounds gong to celebrate election

Ingrid Thijssen, Board Member of Alliander and COO, has been named Top Woman of the Year 2016 and celebrates the title by sounding the gong.

With the election, The Top Woman of the Year Foundation wants to give female talent the attention they deserve. It offers successful women a platform to be visible and to be able to act as role models for other women.

Ingrid Thijssen is praised by the jury because of her choice for challenges, her courage and connective leadership style steered her organization through difficult years. The jury is convinced that she is a role model and inspiring example to young women – and men – and not just within her own organization, says Pamela Boumeester, jury president.

For more information: www.topvrouwvanhetjaar.nl

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Transfer Neolife

Transfer of Neolife on Alternext

Patrick Marché, CEO of Neolife, opens the trading day in Paris.

Founded in 2012, Neolife specializes in designing innovative products around eco-materials. With a first range of solutions in pre-industrialized ?Green Technology? (cladding, facade and terrace panels, Outdoor Thermal Insulation panels), Neolife has a significant growth potential on high added value markets in France as well as abroad

Inspiration 360

Inspiration 360 opens trading

During Inspiration360, of which nlgroeit is partner, Richard Branson, Al Gore, Anita Elberse and Bear Grylls talk about ‘’ultimate survival’’. The nlgroeit network is present and will surely inspire each other. Nlgroeit visits Beursplein 5 and sounds the gong to encourage all entrepreneurs to grow even further.

Nlgroeit is the meeting place for entrepreneurs with more than 1 million sales and a healthy dose of ambition who want to excel in their business. It is a network of entrepreneurs, mentors, coaches and trainers who understand what growth entrepreneurs are doing, what motivates them and what challenges they face. With their platform they want to inspire entrepreneurs in the Netherlands and make them dream bigger, think more and become an entrepreneur.

Nlgroeit is an initiative that rose from a public-private partnership between the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Chamber of Commerce and NLevator.

For more information: www.inspiration360.nl

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Merger between Immobel and Allfin

Merger between Immobel and Allfin

This morning, the Executive Chairman of the Board of Immobel Marnix Galle rang the Euronext bell to celebrate the recent merger between Immobel and Allfin. The alliance between both companies creates the largest publicly traded Belgian real-estate developer. The new entity, which operates under the name Immobel, benefits from enhanced diversification across geographies and market segments while strengthening its overall market presence.

SME Innovation Top-100

Winner SME Innovation Top-100 opens trading

The winner of the SME Innovation Top-100, Yoni.care, visits Beursplein 5 and opens trading by sounding the gong.

Yoni.care, a company that places organic cotton tampons, sanitary napkins and panty liners on the market, has won the eleventh edition of the SME Innovation Top-100. The independent panel led by Ruud Koornstra recently announced this. The Chamber of Commerce publishes this yearly ranking of 100 innovative companies in Dutch SMEs. The winner can call itself the most innovative SME-company of the Netherlands for one year.

All companies on the Top-100 have implemented successful innovation in the field of a product, service, process or organization. The SME Innovation Top-100 is a non-cash prize. The ranking provides a good image of the innovative power of SMEs at present. The announcement of the eleventh SME Innovation Top-100 recently took place at the Klokgebouw in Eindhoven during the Chamber of Commerce Day of Innovation.

For more information: www.mkbinnovatietop100.nl

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IPO Takeaway.com

Euronext welcomes Takeaway.com

Euronext welcomes Takeaway.com (ticker symbol: TKWY), a leading online food delivery marketplace, on Euronext Amsterdam. Jitse Groen, CEO Takeaway.com, sounds the gong to celebrate the listing.

The IPO on Euronext Amsterdam will enable larger institutional investors to invest in the company, further enhance Takeaway.com’s public profile and develop its leading position in the company’s active markets.

Takeaway.com is a leading online food delivery marketplace focused on connecting consumers and restaurants through its platform in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Poland, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Switzerland and Vietnam. Takeaway.com’s platform across its markets had c. 7.6 million Active Consumers as at 30 June 2016 and c. 40.4 million Orders in the twelve months ending 30 June 2016. With around 500 employees, the Company recorded GMV of €651 million and revenue of €77 million in 2015. As at 30 June 2016, there were 30,486 restaurants on the Company’s platform across its markets.

For more information: www.takeaway.com

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Dress Red Day

Dutch Heart Foundation visits Beursplein 5 on Dress Red Day

In celebration of The Dutch Heart Foundation's Dress Red Day, the Amsterdam Stock Exchange colours red today. Every year on September 29, the Heart Foundation calls upon women to dress up in red to raise awareness for heart- and vascular diseases amongst females.

There is a need for further research to better understand specific female symptoms and improve the healthcare regarding this #1 disease amongst women. Every year 20.000 women die to the effects of heart- and vascular diseases. Unfortunately the symptoms are quite often recognized in a later stage of the disease. Most diagnosis- and treatment methods have been tested on man and are not completely compatible for women.

The Dress Red day is the final chapter of the annual Queen of Hearts-campaign. Their overall objective: ‘’We won’t accept the fact that heart-vascular disease is still the #1 cause of death amongst women.’’

For more information: www.hartstichting.nl

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10th listing anniversary

10^th listing anniversary at Euronext Brussels

Aedifica, Emakina Group, Montea and ThromboGenics are listed since 2006 on the Brussels Stock Exchange.

To celebrate their 10^th listing anniversary, Stefaan Gielens - CEO (Aedifica),rang the Opening Bell at Euronext Brussels  to open the European Markets on 29 September 2016 together withDenis Steisel – President of the Board of Directors (Emakina Group), Jo De Wolf - CEO (Montea) and Patrik De Haes - CEO (ThromboGenics).

To find out more about these companies, please click:

www.aedifica.be
www.emakina.com
www.montea.com
www.thrombogenics.com

ING Sprinters Markets Club

ING Sprinters sounds gong for launch Markets Club

This week, leverage product issuer ING Sprinters launched a new platform for active investors. Sander van Baren, Head of Sprinters, sounds the gong on this occasion at the Amsterdam exchange.

“We launched a new tool because of an increasing demand for news and technical analysis from our Sprinter clients” says Sander van Baren, Head of Sprinters. “Our Markets CLub platform brings all information together on a customized webpage”.

Investors can create a personal dashboard with graphs, news updates and a watch list to follow the latest price developments of their favorite shares. Investors benefit from daily technical and fundamental analysis published by the well-known Dutch analyst Bas Heijink and his ING Investment Office colleagues. Furthermore investors can follow a daily live video stream about developments on the financial markets. Investors can subscribe via www.ingsprinters.nl to gain free access to the platform.

For more information: www.ingsprinters.nl

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European Biotech SME Forum

Bell Ceremony to open the European Biotech SME Forum

On 27 September 2016, Robert Madelin, EU’s Senior Advisor for Innovation and Nathalie Moll, EuropaBio Secretary General opened the European stock markets of Euronext to highlight the potential of this growing biotech sector.

The Bell Ceremony is followed by a 1-day conference in Euronext’s premises with different international high level speakers and biotech CEO’s. This event includeded a ceremony for the Most Innovative European Biotech SME Awards.

To find out more about the programme and the speakers, please consult the EuropaBio website:www.biotechweek.org

International Breast Health Month

A Sister’s Hope opens trading to mark International Breast Health Month

Opening trading at the Amsterdam exchange marks the official opening of the International Breast Health Month worldwide. Each October, people across the globe put a spotlight on the challenges of battling breast cancer and the promise and progress for the finding of a cure.

The mission of A Sister's Hope is to find any and every avenue for raising vital significant funding for breast cancer research. As part of that, they are hosting events in order to raise funds and boost awareness. Simultaneously they are looking to stimulate mental and physical participation from individuals across all sectors of society who deal with this disease. Since 2007, A Sister's Hope has given more than $6 million to researchers.

For more information:  www.asistershope.org

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Amsterdam Capital Week

Amsterdam Capital Week opens trading

This week, from 26 to 30 September, the Amsterdam Capital Week takes place. Amsterdam Capital Weeks kicks off the week with a strike on the gong of the Amsterdam exchange of Euronext.

The 11 start-ups (including Bynder, ABOSS, Roamler, InvoiceFinance) who have raised a major investment in recent months are present at the gong ceremony. After the ceremony several events will take place at various locations in Amsterdam. Pitching, learning and networking will be the main focus points.

During the festival week, over 35 events, pitch events and meet-ups will take place, aimed at linking national and international investors to start-up founders. The festival focuses on both young start-ups and advanced scale-ups and companies that are about to go public. Amsterdam Capital Week is the largest funding festival in Europe.

For more information: www.amsterdamcapitalweek.nl

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Dag van de Actieve Belegger

Sounding of the gong for Dag van de Actieve Belegger

The Dag van de Actieve Belegger is an event for active private investors. Kamran Ullah, who will be the host during the event, sounds the gong and thereby opens the final trading day of the week.

The Dag van de Actieve Belegger takes place in Spant! in Bussum Friday 30 September. A combination of education, information and inspiration is highlighted during the event via different educational master classes from professionals and top gurus and original and active opening ceremonies.

The Dag van de Actieve Belegger is a public event for everyone who is interested in investing. Next to the active investor the event also focuses on the start-up investor. During the event visitors can meet other Dutch investors and ask their questions to experts. This could take place in the special lounge area that is set up, but also via an interactive app on your smartphone.

For more information: www.dagvandeactievebelegger.nl

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10th anniversary CFA Society Belgium

CFA Society Belgium celebrates 10^th anniversary

In order to put the anniversary of CFA Society Belgium in the spotlights, its president Heinerich Hardy, rang the Opening Bell at Euronext Brussels in the presence of the Board Members. CFA Society Belgium’s mission is to promote the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation. CFA Society Belgium is the representative of CFA Institute and in this capacity does its part to promote the work of CFA Institute with local regulators, professors, human resource managers and the media. It aims to foster professionalism in the areas of corporate finance, portfolio management, security analysis, investment advice and related legal, regulatory, and compliance functions.

Bol.com wins Webshop Awards

Bol.com sounds gong for winning four Webshop Awards

During the annual ABN AMRO Webshop Awards (Retailer of the Year), bol.com, part of the Euronext listed Ahold Delhaize (ticker symbol: AD), won four public prizes. Bol.com was chosen as the best webshop in the Netherlands in the categories Toys, Warehouse, Reading Materials and Music, Films and Games, winning four out of its five nominations. On this occasion they visit the Amsterdam exchange and open trading by sounding the gong.

More than 277,000 Dutch consumers voted in the Awards. Dutch consumers view the range and price/quality ratio of online stores as being particularly important. Aspects such as service and delivery are also becoming more important, according to the review. As a category winner, bol.com is nominated for the overall prize in the ABN AMRO Webshop Awards. The award ceremony will take place on 27 October 2016.

Bol.com has been one of the most popular stores in the Netherlands and Belgium since it started up in 1999. Around 6.5 million consumers from the Netherlands and Belgium shop at bol.com. They can choose from a range of more than 14 million items, including not only books, music, films, games and toys, but also electronics, jewellery, baby items, garden and DIY items and everything for home and living, animals, sport, leisure and personal care. Bol.com works with other retailers in the Netherlands and Belgium in order to be able to offer consumers as broad a range as possible. They can sell their product range through bol.com. Bol.com has been a subsidiary of Ahold Delhaize since 2012.

For more information: www.bol.com

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The King's Commissioner Province of Limburg

The King’s Commissioner for the Province of Limburg sounds gong for Brightlands

Theo Bovens, the King’s Commissioner for the Province of Limburg, opens Euronext trading in Amsterdam with the traditional sounding of the gong. In doing so, Bovens pays attention to Brightlands, the name of four Limburg campuses that have been built by the Limburg chemical group DSM, pension administrator APG in Heerlen, the Province of Limburg and Maastricht University.

These campuses represent the materials of the future, top biomedical research and development, safe and healthy nutrition and new services resulting from the smart use of data.

The latest campus, the Brightlands Smart Services Campus in Heerlen, was opened earlier this month by His Royal Highness Prince Constantijn and Henk Kamp, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs. The campus has experienced a flying start, attracting KPN, Conclusion, Accenture, the Bank of New York Mellon, as well as Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Big data is used as the raw material for developing new smart services.

For more information: www.limburg.nl

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