Amsterdam – 11 April 2018 – Retail Estates (ticker symbol: RET), a leading real estate company specialised in out-of-town retail real estate, began trading on Euronext Amsterdam today.

Their listing on Euronext Amsterdam is in addition to its listing on their home market on Euronext Brussels, since 1998.

The company has a large real estate portfolio consisting of over 800 retail properties located in Belgium and the Netherlands, combining a surface of more than 975.000 m². This additional listing strengthens the company’s public profile and visibility on the Dutch real estate market and amongst Dutch investors.

Jan de Nys, CEO of Retail Estates, said: ”Nine months after having entered the Dutch retail properties market, Retail Estates is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. During this period, Retail Estates invested in the acquisition of 8 Retail Parks consisting of 140 properties with a fair value of EUR 270,95 million. With these recent investments, almost 25% of Retail Estates’ portfolio is now located in the Netherlands. Our company has the ambition to become the reference on the out-of-town retail properties market in the Netherlands, a position we already have in our historical home market in Belgium.”

To celebrate the listing, Jan de Nys sounded the gong in Amsterdam, which denotes the opening of trading of the company on Euronext Amsterdam.

Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, London and Paris – 11 April 2018 – Today Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone with more than 1,300 listed issuers, launched a €500 million, 7-year  inaugural bond issue, rated by S&P “A”, with an annual coupon of 1% and listed on Euronext Dublin ^[1]. Euronext N.V. is rated “A, stable outlook” by S&P since 3 April 2018 ^[2].

The order book reached an amount of more than €2.2bn, and was more than 4.4 times oversubscribed. The success of this transaction shows investors' strong confidence in Euronext’s ambitions, strategy and solid credit profile.

The proceeds of the issue will be used to (i) refinance in whole the existing €165m term loan and drawings under the revolving credit facility in connection with the acquisition of Euronext Dublin, and (ii) for general corporate purposes in line with the Agility for Growth strategy.

BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole CIB acted as Joint Global Coordinators, and ABN AMRO, ING, MUFG and Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking acted as Joint bookrunners on the transaction.

Stéphane Boujnah, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board of Euronext, said:

“This inaugural €500 million bond offering will allow Euronext to diversify its funding mix and provide enhanced flexibility for future capital allocation decision while benefiting from current market conditions. We are pleased that our first bond issuance took place on Euronext Dublin which is part of Euronext group since 27 March 2018, and the very positive reception given to this issue underscores investors’ confidence in Euronext’s strategy and ambitions”.

Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin^[1], Lisbon, London and Paris – 6 April 2018 – Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, today announced trading volumes for March 2018.

Cash trading
In March 2018, the average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at €8,671 million, up +17.3% compared to March 2017 and down –5.1% from the previous month. On 16 March 2018, Euronext daily volume reached a new record for the year, at €19,684 million, representing the second most active day since 2010.

For the first three months of 2018, the average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at €8,507 million, up +21.9% compared to the same period last year.

The average daily transaction value on the ETF order book^_[2] was €307 million, up +15.2% compared to March 2017 and down –26.7% from the previous month. At the end of March 2018, 796 ETFS were listed on Euronext compared to 804 at the end of December 2017.

Derivatives trading
In March 2018, the overall average daily volume on derivatives reached 587,528 contracts, up +9.1% compared to March 2017 and down –8.0% compared to the previous month.  In detail,

• the average daily volume on equity index derivatives reached 251,840 contracts, up +10.7% compared to March 2017 and down –6.4% from the previous month,
• the average daily volume on individual equity derivatives reached 288,562 contracts, up +12.8% compared to March 2017 and down –8.5% from the previous month,
• the average daily volume on commodities derivatives reached 47,126 contracts, down –14.7% compared to March 2017 and down –13.6% from the previous month.

For the first three months of 2018, the overall average daily volume on Euronext derivatives stood at 594,647 contracts (+14.8% compared to the end of March 2017) and the open interest was up at 17,512,067 contracts (+20.2% compared to the end of March 2017).

FX spot trading
The average daily volume on the spot foreign exchange market of FastMatch, of which Euronext owns 90% of the capital since August 2017, stood at $18,773 million, down –2.1% compared to March 2017 and down –11.1% from the previous month. For the first three months of 2018, the average daily volume of FastMatch stood at $20,192 million, up +14.3% compared to the same period last year.

Listings
In March 2018, €836 million was raised on new listings. Euronext welcomed the listing of two Dutch large caps (B&S Group and NIBC Holding) and three SMEs, including UK-based life science company, Acacia Pharma, and Italian company Media Lab, bringing to four the number of SME listings since the beginning of the year and strengthening our EU Tech Hub franchise. In addition, €13.1 billion was raised on Euronext in corporate bonds, of which €8.0 billion was raised through six instruments issued by Sanofi.  €5.1 billion was also raised in follow-on equity.

Paris – 4 April 2018 – Euronext today welcomed the listing of online furniture retailer Vente-unique.com on Euronext Growth.

Founded in 2006, Vente-unique.com has grown rapidly throughout France and Europe by offering clients a wide selection of products, excellent service and competitive prices. Today the company’s website lists over 8,000 products sold in 10 European countries: France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy since 2017, and Portugal since January 2018. Vente-unique.com has a client base of over one million and reports customer satisfaction at 92%.

Vente-unique.com (ticker symbol: ALVU) was listed on 4 April 2018 through the admission to trading and direct listing of the 9,441,905 shares making up its capital, with 654,205 new shares issued and 2,412,662 existing shares allocated as part of the transaction through a Global Offering^[1], after full exercise of the extension clause and before the potential exercise of the over-allocation option.

The offering price was set at €10.70 per share, in the middle of the indicative price spread. Market capitalisation on the day of listing was aroundn €101 million, and the operation raised a total of around €33 million.

At the bell ceremony, Sacha Vigna, CEO and Director of Vente-unique.com, said, “I would like to thank our institutional and individual shareholders for their trust and strong support for our initiative, as well as the partners who have been working with us for the past few months. We will now be focusing on making our roadmap a reality to consolidate our position as a European player in our industry, while continuing our profitable growth.”

Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, London and Paris - 27 March 2018 – Today, Euronext announces the completion of the acquisition of 100% of the shares and voting rights of The Irish Stock Exchange plc^[1], after receiving regulatory approvals.

• Major milestone achieved in the expansion of Euronext's federal model, in line with its mission to power pan-European capital markets to finance the real economy and its long term strategy, demonstrating its ability to welcome independent European exchanges:
  • The Irish Stock Exchange plc today joins Euronext’s federal model and will operate under the business name Euronext Dublin^[2], with Ireland becoming one of the six core countries of Euronext
  • Deirdre Somers is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Euronext Dublin and is to join the Managing Board of Euronext N.V.^[3] with Group level responsibilities to develop the Irish equity market and the centre of excellence in Listings of Debt & Funds and ETFs
• Leading position of the combined Group as the largest centre for debt and funds listings in the world, with more than 37,000 listed bonds and 5,600 funds, and as a major player in ETFs with 1,050 listings, paving the way for future value creation for its shareholders and stakeholders
• High prospects of value creation from this transaction confirmed:
• Significant growth opportunities arising for the combined Group, through diversification of its top line:
  
  • Becoming the European ETF listing venue of choice for investors globally, providing an easy single entry point to Europe and a pan-European trading platform through its new MTF for ETFs to be launched in H2 2018
  • Strengthening  the Group’s leading position in debt listings with the launch of a new platform to improve corporate bonds liquidity, Euronext Synapse
  • Increasing market choice to existing and future Irish listed companies and the Irish capital markets’ ecosystem, with a single pool of liquidity, and leveraging of Euronext corporate services for SME and technology companies to support scaling companies in Ireland
• Confirmed €6m of expected pre-tax run-rate cost synergies, to be fully delivered in 2020, primarily driven by:
  
  • the migration to Optiq^TM, Euronext’s new state-of-the-art proprietary trading platform
  • the aggregation of a pan-European offering on market data by migrating Euronext Dublin’s current offering onto Euronext’s platform
  • Euronext Dublin benefitting from the Group’s support functions
  • Immediate start of the integration work to meet the 2020 target date
• Expected return on capital employed above the cost of capital within year three, in line with Euronext’s disciplined M&A approach, and EPS accretive from year one
• Euronext Dublin to be consolidated in Euronext financials starting 1 April 2018. As a reminder, Euronext Dublin generated^[4] €32.3 million revenue at an EBITDA margin of 31.9% in 2017

Stéphane Boujnah, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board of Euronext, said: “As the only pan-European exchange operator, Euronext is uniquely positioned to welcome independent exchanges such as the Irish Stock Exchange, now Euronext Dublin, that want to join its federal model and benefit from its single cross-country liquidity pool, its state-of-the-art proprietary technology, and its single rule book. I am pleased to welcome Deirdre Somers as our new Managing Board member and the Head of Listings of Debt & Funds and ETFs, as well as the Euronext Dublin team to the Group. We have a strong growth plan for our new combined Group, to strengthen our leadership in debt and funds listings, and to be the entry point for ETF growth, while generating synergies through the integration of Euronext Dublin. This significant extension of the federal model will also reinforce Euronext’s post-Brexit strategic position and allow the Group to capture growth opportunities that arise, with a disciplined M&A approach.”

Deirdre Somers, Chief Executive Officer of Euronext Dublin and Head of Listings of Debt & Funds and ETFs, said: “This is a historic day for Irish capital markets. We are excited to be part of the Euronext federal model and the opportunities that it delivers to listed companies and Irish enterprises to access wider pools of international capital and corporate services. We are looking forward to building on our reputation as a global leader in debt products to develop the Euronext centre of excellence in listings of Debt & Funds and ETFs to meet market needs.”

Amsterdam – 23 March 2018 – B&S Group (ticker symbol: BSGR), a global distribution partner for consumer goods, began trading on Euronext Amsterdam today. The listing follows the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO), with a total offering of € 358 million.   

Based on a reference price of € 14.50 per share, the total market capitalisation of B&S Group at opening was € 1,221 million.

B&S Group is an international distribution partner of fast-moving consumer goods across a range of niche markets. The company offers the advantage of diversification through markets, products and geographical spreads. The listing will provide B&S Group with financial flexibility and diversity through access to a wider range of capital-raising options to continue to realise its growth ambitions.

Bert Meulman, CEO of B&S Group, said: “The listing marks an important milestone for B&S Group readying the company for the future. It has been an exciting and intensive time and we are very pleased to be at Euronext Amsterdam today to celebrate this new step in the development of our company. The level of interest from both institutional and retail investors underlines the success of how we have built this company over the years. It also confirms our current attractive business model. We look forward to focusing on further expanding our leading positions internationally and to continuing value creation for all our stakeholders.”

B&S Group celebrated the accomplished IPO and listing by sounding the gong, which denotes the opening of trading of the company on Euronext Amsterdam.

_{About B&S Group
B&S Group is a global distribution partner for consumer goods in attractive channels and across specialised markets, such as Retail B2B (business-to-business), Maritime, Remote and Retail B2C (business-to-consumer). With a well-trained and experienced workforce of approximately 1,460 employees, the Group serves as a trusted and reliable partner to suppliers and customers, providing essential distribution services and solving their supply chain complexities. B&S Group operates a flexible, well invested and highly efficient distribution platform that comes with strong barriers to entry. Powered by high capacity warehouses and delivered with experience in customs and compliance, the Group offers over 40,000 consumer goods to its customers in more than 100 countries. The Group realised a turnover of €1.5 billion and EBITDA of €106 million for the year ended 31 December 2017.}

Euronext welcomes its newest addition to its European Tech SME initiative with the listing of the Italian company, Media Lab.

Paris – 23^th March 2018 – Euronext today announced the listing of the dental technology company, Media Lab, on Euronext ACCESS.

Milan-based Media Lab was founded in 1994 with the goal of providing pioneering  technology in the dental sector. Leaders in innovation, Media Lab offers guided implant systems, surgical guides and three-dimensional cephalometric analysis software. Its bilingual call center provides a professional after-sale service, which has enabled Media Lab to foster a valuable andcollaborative relationship with its customers, while ensuring constant and dedicated technical support.

Media Lab’s listing  follows Euronext’s aim to assist tech companies in developing their business on a larger scale through capital markets. Euronext is the primary venue for Tech SMEs in Europe with more than 330 listings, representing a total market capitalisation close to €70 billion, and over 750 active tech investors.

Dr. Massimo Ivani, CEO of Media Lab, said: “It is with pleasure and pride that we share this important milestone of our company's growth in the field of dental diagnostic software and management software. By listing our company, we will be better equipped to meet future challenges and opportunities, while retaining our characteristically rigorous research activity and attention to detail. Looking ahead, we hope to develop our competitiveness, reiterate our corporate values and thank our customers without whom we could not have arrived at this point. ”

Media Lab (ticker symbol: MLLAB) was listed through the admission to trading  and direct listing of 2,370,000 ordinary shares on 23^rd March 2018, at a fixed price of 3.43 euros per share. The company’s market capitalisation on the day of its listing was 8,129,100 euros.

Euronext ACCESS is a gateway market for companies seeking simplified access to listing and improved visibility. It is open to companies of all sizes, maturities or industries.

Amsterdam – 23 March 2018 – NIBC Holding N.V. (ticker symbol: NIBC), an entrepreneurial Dutch bank, began trading today on Euronext Amsterdam. The listing follows the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO), with a total offering of € 320 million.  

Based on a reference price of € 8.75 per share, the total market capitalisation of NIBC at opening was € 1,280 million.

NIBC serves around 600 mid-market businesses and more than 400,000 retail clients through a portfolio of client-focused products and services. NIBC focusses on North Western Europe. 

“We are proud to celebrate the listing of NIBC today at Euronext Amsterdam, another milestone in our rich history. Founded in 1945 to finance the post-war reconstruction of the Netherlands, we have kept the enterprising mentality ever since and help our clients at decisive moments. Today we have our own decisive moment”,  Paulus de Wilt, CEO of NIBC, says: “We would like to express our gratitude to our clients, our employees and our shareholders. It is thanks to them that we are here today. Being listed on Euronext Amsterdam will provide us with full access to the equity and debt capital markets, and further enhances our company awareness and the NIBC brand. In line with our “Think Yes” mentality we look forward to continuing to deliver value for all our stakeholders as a listed company.”

Paulus de Wilt, CEO of NIBC, celebrated the company’s IPO by sounding the gong, celebrating the first day of trading of the company on Euronext Amsterdam.

_{About NIBC
NIBC is the bank of choice for decisive moments. Our corporate client business offers a combination of corporate finance and capital markets, financing and investing in the sectors Food, Agriculture, Retail & Health, Industries & Manufacturing, Infrastructure & Renewables, Commercial Real Estate, Offshore Energy, Shipping & Intermodal and Telecom, Media, Technology & Services. Our retail client offering provides residential mortgages in the Netherlands and online retail saving deposits in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany via NIBC Direct. Headquartered in The Hague, NIBC also has offices in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London and Brussels. For more information please visit our corporate website: www.nibc.com.}  

Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London and Paris – 22 March 2018 – Today, Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone with more than 1,300 listed issuers, announces that the Supervisory Board has approved unanimously the following appointments:

• Paul Humphrey, Head of Fixed Income, Rates and FX (FICC), is appointed in addition to his current position and subject to regulatory approvals, interim CEO of Euronext London, interim Head of Global Sales, and interim member of the Managing Board of Euronext N.V., in replacement of Lee Hodgkinson who is leaving on 30 March 2018^[1]. Euronext is in the process of actively searching for Lee Hodgkinson’s permanent replacement.
• Alain Courbebaisse, Chief Information and Technology Officer, is appointed as Chairman of the board of directors of FastMatch Inc., replacing Lee Hodgkinson.
• Gil Mandelzis, CEO and founder of Capitolis, a New York headquartered pioneering technology provider for global capital markets, founder of Traiana and former CEO of EBS BrokerTec, is appointed non-executive director of Euronext US Inc.

Amsterdam – 22 March 2018 – Alfen (ticker symbol: ALFEN), a specialist in energy solutions for the future,  began trading today on Euronext Amsterdam. The listing follows the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO), with a total offering of € 85 million.   

Based on a reference price of € 10 per share, the total market capitalisation of Alfen at opening was € 200 million.

Within its 80-years’ history Alfen built up a unique combination of activities. It designs, develops and produces smart grids, energy storage systems, and electric vehicle (“EV”) charging equipment and markets these in integrated solutions to address the electricity challenges of its clients. Alfen has market leading positions in the Netherlands and experiences fast growth internationally benefiting from a first-mover advantage.

With this IPO, the company aims to further improve its business opportunities, especially with larger companies active in the energy transition, and improve its business profile with investors, business partners, customers and employees.

Marco Roeleveld, CEO at Alfen, said: “The listing of Alfen at Euronext Amsterdam is a milestone moment in the 80-year rich history of our company . It demonstrates the leading position Alfen has at the heart of the energy transition in Europe and the quality of our employees. We have created a unique combination of activities, allowing us to provide integrated solutions to address the electricity challenges of our clients. Alfen is about growth; profitable growth and this listing will further enable us to raise our corporate profile with our customers, our business partners and potential future employees. We welcome our new shareholders who embrace the vision of the energy transition with us.”

To celebrate the IPO and listing, the CEO of Alfen sounded the gong in Amsterdam, which denotes the opening of trading of the company on Euronext Amsterdam.

_{About Alfen
Dutch-based Alfen is operating internationally at the heart of the energy transition, as a specialist in energy solutions for the future. With its 80-years’ history, Alfen has a unique combination of activities. The Company designs, develops and produces smart grids, energy storage systems, and electric vehicle charging equipment and markets these in integrated solutions to address the electricity challenges of its clients. In the period between 2015 and 2017 Alfen grew its revenues with 21% on average whilst it remained profitable. Alfen has market leading positions in the Netherlands and experiences fast international growth benefiting from its first mover advantage. For further information see Alfen’s website at: www.alfen.com.}