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24.01.2012

NYSE Euronext Lisbon Awards

The 1st edition of the "NYSE Euronext Lisbon Awards" will take place on 26 January 2012 at the auditorium of Champalimaud Foudation from 05:00 p.m. to 08:00 p.m..

The Awards will be granted to listed companies, market members and other institutions and individuals for their activity in the Portuguese capital markets. The selection will be granted by a jury composed by PSI 20 Committee members - João da Silva Ferreira, João Duque and Rui Alpalhão..

The NYSE Euronext Lisbon Awards are dedicated to highlighting the engagement of the financial community with the Portuguese capital markets, rewarding the performance and activity of issuers, brokers, investment houses, analysts, fund managers and lawyers, among others.

Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva is one of the finalists for the award "Most Active Law Firm".

The "NYSE Euronext Lisbon Awards" will be divided into 10 distinct categories:

1- Listed company
a. Best Performance - Compartment A
b. Best Performance - Compartments B and C

2- Market member
a. Most Active Trading House in Shares
b. Most Active Trading House in Shares - Compartments B and C
c. Most Active Trading House in Bonds
d. Most Active Broker in ETFs
e. Most Active Broker in Derivatives Market

3- IPO House
a. No. 1 - IPO & SEO House
b. No. 1 - Corporate Bond House

4- No.1 - Certificates and Warrant Issuer & Market Maker

5- Most Active Research House

6- Most Active Law Firm

7- Investment Fund / Open Pension fund in Portuguese Stocks

8- Financial Innovation

9- Best Scientific Research on Portuguese Capital Markets

10- Best Capital Market Promotion Event

Program:

05:00 p.m. – Welcome Coffee
05:30 p.m. – "The Portuguese stock exchange in the new year"
                      Luís Laginha de Sousa, President of NYSE Euronext Lisbon
06:00 p.m. – "The past in the present: economy, finances and politics in Portugal 1870-2010"
                      Pedro Lains, Professor Doctor of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon
06:45 p.m. – The launching of the NYSE Euronext Lisbon Awards
07:30 p.m. – Closing conference