All Bell ceremonies

Namur

On 5 May 2014 Euronext Brussels celebrated the listing of bonds (Medium Term Notes) issued by the city of Namur. The Mayor of Namur, Maxime Prévot rang the Opening Bell in the presence of Belfius representatives.

Namur

On 5 May 2014 Euronext Brussels celebrated the listing of bonds (Medium Term Notes) issued by the city of Namur. The Mayor of Namur, Maxime Prévot rang the Opening Bell in the presence of Belfius representatives.

Euronext Brussels celebrated World Wish Day

On 29 April 2014 Euronext Brussels celebrated World Wish Day with Sofie

Presidency of the FEB-VBO 2014-2017

Euronext Brussels celebrated the new Presidency of the FEB-VBO 2014-2017. Michèle Sioen, the new President rang the Opening Bell on 24 April 2014

Celebrating Financial Literacy Week on Euronext Brussels

Euronext celebrates Financial Literacy Week. During one week initiatives to improve the capacity of every one to grasp and understand the world of finance.

Students of the HUB-Campus Brussels rang the Opening Bell on 23 April 2014. After the Bell Ceremony a presentation about the stock exchange is given by Vincent Van Dessel, Chairman and CEO of Euronext Brussels, to all the students.

Celebrating Financial Literacy Week on Euronext Brussels

Euronext celebrates Financial Literacy Week. During one week initiatives to improve the capacity of every one to grasp and understand the world of finance.

Students of the HUB-Campus Brussels rang the Opening Bell on 23 April 2014. After the Bell Ceremony a presentation about the stock exchange is given by Vincent Van Dessel, Chairman and CEO of Euronext Brussels, to all the students.

Celebrating Financial Literacy Week on Euronext Brussels

Euronext celebrates Financial Literacy Week. During one week initiatives to improve the capacity of every one to grasp and understand the world of finance.

Students of the HUB-Campus Brussels rang the Opening Bell on 23 April 2014. After the Bell Ceremony a presentation about the stock exchange is given by Vincent Van Dessel, Chairman and CEO of Euronext Brussels, to all the students.

Congratulations to Belgacom with its 10 years of listing on the Brussels Stock Exchange!

On 16 April 2014, Dominique Leroy, CEO of Belgacom rang the Opening Bell to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of the listing of her company on Euronext. On this special occasion the following guests were also present : CFO Ray Stewart and Stefaan De Clerck, Chairman of the Board of Directors together with the other members of the Board.

^{Dominique Leroy, CEO of Belgacom at the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the listing of the company on Euronext.}

Within the Group, Belgacom SA offers residential and professional customers a comprehensive range of telephony, television and Internet services over the fixed line.

Company information: www.belgacom.com
Trading symbol: BELG

Bell Ceremony in honor of World Autism Awareness Day

On Wednesday 2 April 2014 celebrated Euronext World Autism Awareness Day with a Global Bell Ringing in all its locations (New York, Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels).
For this special day, Minister for Health, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity of the Wallonian Government, Eliane Tillieux, rang the Opening Bell at Euronext Brussels. Representatives of Autism-Europe, Vlaamse Vereniging Autisme, APEPA! and Association Nationale d’Aide aux Handicapés Mentaux were present as well on the podium of the Bell Ceremony. Actress Ann Ceurvels who supports this organisation was also a guest of honour.
This day is also marked by the 5th Light It Up Blue campaign, a global initiative where over 2000 iconic buildings and landmarks across the world, including the building of the Brussels Stock Exchange, are illuminated in blue to raise awareness for Autism.
To learn more about this day and its initiatives: www.autismeurope.org

Bell Ceremony in honor of World Autism Awareness Day

On Wednesday 2 April 2014 celebrated Euronext World Autism Awareness Day with a Global Bell Ringing in all its locations (New York, Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels).
For this special day, Minister for Health, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity of the Wallonian Government, Eliane Tillieux, rang the Opening Bell at Euronext Brussels. Representatives of Autism-Europe, Vlaamse Vereniging Autisme, APEPA! and Association Nationale d’Aide aux Handicapés Mentaux were present as well on the podium of the Bell Ceremony. Actress Ann Ceurvels who supports this organisation was also a guest of honour.
This day is also marked by the 5th Light It Up Blue campaign, a global initiative where over 2000 iconic buildings and landmarks across the world, including the building of the Brussels Stock Exchange, are illuminated in blue to raise awareness for Autism.
To learn more about this day and its initiatives: www.autismeurope.org

Bell Ceremony in honor of World Autism Awareness Day

On Wednesday 2 April 2014 celebrated Euronext World Autism Awareness Day with a Global Bell Ringing in all its locations (New York, Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels).
For this special day, Minister for Health, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity of the Wallonian Government, Eliane Tillieux, rang the Opening Bell at Euronext Brussels. Representatives of Autism-Europe, Vlaamse Vereniging Autisme, APEPA! and Association Nationale d’Aide aux Handicapés Mentaux were present as well on the podium of the Bell Ceremony. Actress Ann Ceurvels who supports this organisation was also a guest of honour.
This day is also marked by the 5th Light It Up Blue campaign, a global initiative where over 2000 iconic buildings and landmarks across the world, including the building of the Brussels Stock Exchange, are illuminated in blue to raise awareness for Autism.
To learn more about this day and its initiatives: www.autismeurope.org

Euronext Brussels welcomes ABO-Group Environment

Since 31 March 2014 is the company ABO-Group listed on Euronext Brussels.  ABO-Group is the new name of Thenergo.

ABO-Group has developed into a cluster of integrated environmental companies specialized in testing en engineering in various sectors such as soil, geo-technics, environment, energy and waste management.

To celebrate this event, Frank Palmenaer, CEO of ABO-Group opened the markets with a Bell Ceremony on 31 March 2014 together with the other representatives of ABO-Group

The ticker code : ABO.

If you would like to find out more on ABO-Group : www.abo-group.eu

Launch of the first Leverage & Short Certificates on the BEL 20 index

Société Générale has launched the first daily leverage and short Certificates on Euronext Brussels. These new products are designed to provide investors with 5 x the daily performance of the BEL 20, the key index of the Brussels Stock Exchange. To celebrate this event, Sébastien David, Investors Relations Global Equity Flow of Société Générale has rang the Opening Bell on 26 March 2014 in the presence of Katherine Haesaerts, Global Markets, Cross Asset Solutions, Sales Benelux of Société Générale.

Launch of the first Leverage & Short Certificates on the BEL 20 index

Société Générale has launched the first daily leverage and short Certificates on Euronext Brussels. These new products are designed to provide investors with 5 x the daily performance of the BEL 20, the key index of the Brussels Stock Exchange. To celebrate this event, Sébastien David, Investors Relations Global Equity Flow of Société Générale has rang the Opening Bell on 26 March 2014 in the presence of Katherine Haesaerts, Global Markets, Cross Asset Solutions, Sales Benelux of Société Générale.

Launch of the first Leverage & Short Certificates on the BEL 20 index

Société Générale has launched the first daily leverage and short Certificates on Euronext Brussels. These new products are designed to provide investors with 5 x the daily performance of the BEL 20, the key index of the Brussels Stock Exchange. To celebrate this event, Sébastien David, Investors Relations Global Equity Flow of Société Générale has rang the Opening Bell on 26 March 2014 in the presence of Katherine Haesaerts, Global Markets, Cross Asset Solutions, Sales Benelux of Société Générale.

Bell Ceremony to celebrate the inclusion of bpost in the BEL 20

On Monday 24 March 2014, Martine Durez, chairwoman of the Board of bpost, rang the Opening Bell of the financial markets on Euronext Brussels to celebrate the entry of bpost in the BEL 20 and this in the presence of Pierre Winand, CFO.

Koen Van Gerven, CEO of bpost, was our guest of honour and gave a speech at the end of the ceremony (NL/FR).

If you would like to know more about bpost : please click on www.bpost.be

Bell ceremony for the listing of the KBC bond of 1.4 billion euro

On Wednesday 19 March 2014, Luc Popelier, CFO of KBC Group, opened the European stock markets with a Bell Ceremony at Euronext Brussels to celebrate the listing of 1.4 billion euros in additional Tier-1 (AT1) securities by KBC Group SA.

_{Luc Popelier, CFO of KBC Group, at bell ceremony (Dutch spoken)}

The securities are perpetual with an optional call from year 5 onwards and a coupon of 5.625% per annum, payable each quarter. They are qualified as CRD IV-compliant AT1 capital under Basel III standards. There was considerable interest in the issue, which was five times oversubscribed.

To learn more about this company : www.kbc.com

Celebrating Global Money Week on Euronext Brussels

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Euronext celebrates Global Money Week with a week-long series of partnership events and bell ringing ceremonies globally that highlights initiatives to help improve child and youth’s financial education. Euronext Brussels’ partner is Child & Youth Finance International (CYFI) which serves as a platform to align and support Global Money Week activities all over the world in coordination with national financial platform committees in every country.

Therefore Ignacio Bianco of Child & Youth Finance International rang the Opening Bell in Brussels on 12 March 2014 in the presence of student Sebastiaan Duivenvoorde. Representatives of  the European Banking Federation,  the European Association of Cooperative Banks,  Mastercard, World Savings Bank Institute, FSMA and EuroChild were also invited on the podium of the Bell Ceremony.

The Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool, the Karel de Grote Hogeschool Antwerp and the “Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg” (KHLim) were invited as well for this special occasion.

The Bell Ceremony was followed by a presentation for the students on the Role of the Stock Exchange in the Financing of the Companies by Vincent Van Dessel, CEO of Euronext Brussels.