The two-day conference will give the management of small and midcap companies listed on Euronext markets in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris opportunities for individual meetings with European fund managers and analysts specializing in midcaps.
With midcap indices turning in healthy performances, the event, which will be mainly attended by companies with market capitalizations of under €1 billion (90%), appears set for success. The number of meetings scheduled for individual issuers ranges from 5 to 52, which is significantly more than in previous years.
Interest has been particularly strong in the smallest, with the number of meetings scheduled for companies with capitalizations of between €100 million and € 500 million up 70% from last year. Some with capitalization under €100 million have over 30 scheduled.
All told, there will be a record 2,100 meetings between 350 European investors and 115 businesses from Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Portugal. The number of investors is thus significant, and shows a healthy rise from last year's Midcap Events. Of the total, 15% are from the UK and 10% are Swiss, while others are from the countries where Euronext operates, from Denmark, Norway and Italy. Investors from Germany and Spain will also be on hand for the first time.
Midcap Events has been organized by communications consultancy CF&B and is sponsored by Euronext, CompanynewsGroup and Ernst & Young, in partnership with the following financial intermediaries: Arkeon Finance, Bank Degroof, Fortis Bank, Gilbert Dupont, BPI, ING Financial Markets, Ixis Midcaps, Oddo Midcap, Portzamparc and SNS Securities.
