BOURSORAMA : Launch of the third annual Investor Awards

their favourite companies

Boulogne-Billancourt, 29 August 2014 - After the success of the first two years, Boursorama and Morningstar have organised the third annual Investor Awards, the largest survey in France for independent and professional investors. The survey aims to identify investors' main decision-making criteria and their favourite companies, and will take place from 28 August until 2 November 2014. The overall results will be announced during the Investor Awards ceremony at the Palais Royal in Paris on 27 November 2014.

The Investor Awards survey is the most significant of its kind in France in terms of its scope (more than 320 listed companies and as many asset management companies), its jury (composed entirely of independent and professional investors), its duration (more than two months) and its format (in real time online)
The survey provides a platform for investors, who are asked to vote for the best listed and asset management companies according to criteria including governance, commitment, long-term performance, communication quality and innovation.
Boursorama and Morningstar also question investors on their decision-making criteria, both in terms of quantitative (dividends, performance, etc.) and qualitative factors (reputation of the companies and their CEOs, etc.). The Investor Awards survey is carried out in partnership with the independent market research company OpinionWay.
This unique and transparent online approach truly meets the expectations of the 36,000 votes collected in
2013.
The overall results of the survey will be announced on 27 November 2014 during an awards ceremony hosted by Ariel Wizman at the Palais Royal in Paris. The ceremony will also be shown live online. A conference entitled "How to strengthen ties between investors, issuers and directors" will start the event and will be attended by various specialists and managers of the main companies in the sector.
The survey has become a market reference for the financial community in the last three years, and is also a chance for listed companies and asset management professionals to meet and dialogue.

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The survey can be accessed until 2 November by visiting the websites wwww.investorawards.fr, http://www.boursorama.com/www.boursorama.com, www.morningstar.frand www.morningstarpro.fr. Boursorama is a national leader in economic and financial information, and Morningstar is an international leading provider of financial data and analyses. There are also a number iPad Minis to be won in a draw. The survey questions more than 320 companies listed in France (CAC All Tradable) and more than 320 asset management companies registered in France.

A series of conferences will precede the Investor Awards ceremony at the Palais Royal in Paris on 27 November 2014, and will be attended by renowned experts and directors of the sector's main companies. The "Investors and Issuers" meeting will be a chance to tou ch on themes such as "How to strengthen ties between investors, issuers and directors".

Boursorama, part of the Société Générale Group, is a major player in online banking in Europe with 733,536 customers,

1,179,110 direct accounts and total assets under management of 18.6bn euros at end of December 2013.

In France, Boursorama is the online bank of reference: more than 505,000 customers, at end of 2013, rely on its innovative, simple, inexpensive and secure bank offering. Its portal, www.boursorama.com, is the leading financial and economic online information website. Boursorama is also active in the United Kingdom and in Spain, under the respective brands Selftrade and Self Bank. In Germany, Boursorama is a major player in brokerage and in financial and economic online information, through its brand OnVista.

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company has operations in 27 countries, and offers an extensive line of services, online products, software and publications for private investors, financial advisors and institutions. Morningstar provides data on approximately 422,000 investment offerings, including stocks and mutual funds, along with real-time global market data on more than 4 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its subsidiary Morningstar Investment Consulting France, registered under no. D003806 with the CNCIF, an organisation registered with the French Financial Markets Authority.

Boursorama Publicis Consultants Diane-Charlotte Kermorgant Stéphanie Tabouis Press Relations and Investors Press Relations Tel.: +33 (0) 1 46 09 58 10 Tel.: +33 (0) 6 03 84 05 03 diane-charlotte.kermorgant@boursorama.frmailto:stephanie.tabouis@consultants.publicis.frstephanie.tabouis@consultants.publicis.fr

Morningstar Ingo Kellnar Press Relations

Tel.: +33 (0) 1 55 50 13 10

ingo.kellnar@morningstar.com

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