ONGLYZA(TM) (saxagliptin) Receives Positive Opinion in Europe for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

PARIS and LONDON - Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) today announced that their marketing authorisation application for ONGLYZA(TM) (saxagliptin) received a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults as add-on therapy with metformin, a thiazolidinedione or a sulphonylurea.

MetraTech Wins 2009 Best Overall at the World BSS Awards

BOSTON, Massachusetts and LONDON - MetraTech Corp. (www.metratech.com/), the innovative charging, billing, settlement and customer care product provider has won the Best Overall prize at the prestigious World BSS Awards. The award was presented to two companies, MetraTech and Oracle Corporation at a ceremony during IIR’s BSS Summit 2009 in Amsterdam from June 8-11, 2009.

International School of Management Professor Honored With Teaching Excellence Award

PARIS - The International School of Management (ISM) is proud to congratulate Professor Michael Gordon who was recently honored by The Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), with their 2009 Teaching Excellence Award for ACBSP’s International Region 8. “There is no one more deserving than Professor Gordon,” commented Prof. Peter Horn, Chancellor of ISM. “We are extremely proud to have Professor Gordon, a distinguished scholar and respected educator, as a long-time member of our academic team. He is a conscientious and motivating educator and continually seeks to engage students on an individual level; leaving each one with meaningful and memorable information that they can apply to their particular business circumstances.”

toptable, Europe’s No 1 Restaurant Reservation Service, Goes Global… http://www.toptable.com

LONDON - toptable.com, Europe’s No 1 online restaurant reservation service, announces the launch of its French-language version, the newest phase of an ambitious global growth strategy. Major enhancements to the website mean its best-of-breed service will now be available in multiple languages. More translations will follow shortly.

The 13th Edition of the World’s Best Sommelier Competition

PARIS - Santiago, Chile, April 2010

With great panache, Moet & Chandon endorses this 13th Edition in celebration of its longstanding relationship with sommeliers the world over - a commitment of both the heart and the mind. Moet & Chandon itself has long been established as the leader wherever excellence reigns all across the globe.

Valeo Research Projects for Low-CO2 Vehicles Supported by French Environment Agency ADEME

PARIS - The French environment agency ADEME is supporting Valeo research projects. Two projects for low-CO2 vehicles, which have received 6 million euros in funding from ADEME, were presented yesterday at the French Sustainable Development Ministry:

TDF Selects Viaccess, Quadrille, 27M Push VOD Solution for a Trial on the French Market

PARIS - Viaccess, a France Telecom company and leader in conditional access, Quadrille editor of the software product Quadricast(TM) currently involved in the design of content push and VOD systems for both Satellite or DTT and IP DSL networks , 27M & Proxy Electronics announced today that they have been selected by TDF, a broadcasting transmission network operator and leading service provider in the audiovisual, multimedia, mobile telephony and broadband sectors to power on-demand services. This innovative solution will offer TDF a significantly enhanced value to its network by efficiently being able to deliver premium content to VOD channels’ subscribers.

Lockheed Martin Solar X-Ray Imager to be Launched on NOAA GOES-O Spacecraft

PARIS - PARIS AIR SHOW — The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument, designed and built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) at its Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) is ready for flight.

Blow on Your iPhone and Meet New People

PARIS - Following the successful release of Fotochat for mobile (with 1.4 million girls and boys already registered), the newest version of Fotochat is now available on iPhone.

Magellan Aerospace Awarded Contract for Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightening II Components

PARIS AIR SHOW, Le Bourget - Magellan Aerospace announced today the award of multi-year buys of complex machined titanium components for all three variants of the F-35 Lightening II aircraft - the Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL), the Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) and the Carrier Variant (CV). This $60M USD contract will be carried out at Magellan Aerospace’s Chicopee Manufacturing division in Kitchener, Ontario over the period of 2009 to 2015. The shipsets will be comprised of components for machined Wing Tie Bars for the Leading Edge Flap installation and Aft Engine Thrust Mounts.

Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellites Exceed 100 Years of Combined On-Orbit Service

PARIS - PARIS AIR SHOW — The US Air Force’s fleet of Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR and IIR-M satellites, designed and built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has accumulated 100 years of successful on-orbit operations.

Lockheed Martin Orion Team Prepares for Integration and First Flight Test of Launch Abort System

PARIS - PARIS AIR SHOW — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that two launch abort system (LAS) motors for NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle are now in place at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico for integration and preparation for the first flight test, known as Pad Abort 1.

B32Trust Releases First Mutual Authentication Solution: B-Authenticated

PARIS - B32Trust’s B-Authenticated leaps ahead of competition by releasing on the market the first multi-factor strong mutual online authentication and transaction validation system.

Doha: Pascal Lamy’s Theses and Figures Questioned by the Conclusions of a Group of International Economists

PARIS - While Some States Envisage a “New Approach” to Resume the Doha Round, the Theses and Figures Put Forward by Pascal Lamy were Contested at the end of the International Workshop Organized at the Sorbonne on June 4th and 5th by momagri’s Head Economist

Joint Statement From Ronald D. Sugar, Chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman and Louis Gallois, CEO of EADS

PARIS - Ronald D. Sugar, chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman and Louis Gallois, CEO of EADS issued a joint statement today.

Lockheed Martin Completes Mars Science Laboratory Heatshield For NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

PARIS - PARIS AIR SHOW — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed production and testing of the heatshield for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The heatshield is half of the large and sophisticated two-part aeroshell that will encapsulate and protect the Curiosity rover during its deep space cruise to Mars, and from the intense heat and friction that will be generated as the system descends through the Martian atmosphere.

Lockheed Martin Begins Critical Environmental Test of First Advanced EHF Military Communications Satellite

PARIS - Steady Progress Continues on Second and Third Advanced EHF Spacecraft

PARIS AIR SHOW — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (Advanced EHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing final thermal vacuum testing at the company’s Sunnyvale, Calif. facilities.

Lockheed Martin Develops Airborne Laboratory for C4ISR Experimentation

PARIS - Testbed Will Accelerate Delivery of Critical Capabilities to the Warfighter

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced the development of an Airborne Multi-INT Laboratory (AML), which will be used for operational testing and experimentation of C4ISR capabilities. The AML provides a platform for both advanced research and realistic testing and demonstration of emerging intelligence, communications, networking and sensors capabilities that can improve strategic and tactical responsiveness for military, strategic and homeland security forces.

Lockheed Martin Marks 25th Anniversary of World’s First Hit-to-Kill Missile Intercept

PARIS - Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the world’s first hit-to-kill intercept of a ballistic missile target outside the earth’s atmosphere. The U.S. Army’s Homing Overlay Experiment vehicle, developed by a Lockheed Martin-led team, destroyed a test missile above the Pacific Ocean June 10, 1984. This proved the ability to destroy enemy missiles with sheer force of impact, without explosive warheads on the interceptor, to minimize lethal effects on the ground.

Paris Dates for CPhI Worldwide 2010

MAARSSEN, Netherlands - CPhI Worldwide returns to Paris for 2010 when, with ICSE, PMEC and BioPh, the world’s leading pharma services industry event will be staged at Paris-Nord Villepinte on Tuesday 5 - Thursday 7 October. This is a week earlier than the 2009 event in Madrid, but close to the dates of the last staging in Paris, in 2006.

XIII International Winter Road Congress - Start of Registration Period for Congress Delegates

QUEBEC - The Organizing Committee for the XIII International Winter Road Congress is inviting all winter road experts to register now to take part in this international congress.

Lockheed Martin GPS III Team Shifts Into Critical Design Review Phase

PARIS - Paris Air Show — The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) team developing the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) III program has entered the Critical Design Review (CDR) stage on-schedule, an extensive phase that precedes production of the next-generation satellite system.

Lockheed Martin Delivers New Flight Software Architecture for SBIRS GEO Spacecraft

PARIS - PARIS AIR SHOW — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that it has delivered the final block of a new flight software architecture that will provide highly reliable spacecraft command and control operations for the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite constellation.

Wyeth Presents New Analyses of Data From Three Studies of ENBREL(R) at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual Meeting

MAIDENHEAD, England - Two-year Data From COMET Study in Early Active Moderate-to-Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Indicated Sustained Halt of Progressive Joint Damage

Tetrahedron Symposium Launches Virtual Conference

AMSTERDAM - Virtual Environment Brings Renowned Organic Chemists Live From Paris to Your Desk Top

Sony Clicks With Emailvision

PARIS - Electronics giant implements Campaign Commander(TM) to drive European email marketing

Sony has extended its contract with Emailvision and has announced that it will utilize Emailvision’s Campaign Commander (TM) software across its European electronics division, which covers 35 countries and 5 product divisions.

European Jewish Congress Alarmed by Extreme Right’s Success in European Elections

PARIS - Calls Upon New European Parliament and Commission to Immediately and Actively Engage in Issues of Tolerance and Intercultural Dialogue

Valeo: 2009 Combined Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting

PARIS - Valeo’s Combined Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting (AGM) was held today under the chairmanship of Pascal Colombani, Chairman of Valeo. The AGM approved the 2008 accounts which were published on February 13, 2009.

Skyscanner Sees Late Surge on Summer Flights: Recession Changing the Way Brits Book Travel

EDINBURGH - Visitor Traffic on Skyscanner up 85%

Cheap flight site Skyscanner (www.Skyscanner.net) saw an unprecedented spike in user traffic last month (May 09), reflecting a surge of late bookings which has led to record visitor numbers.

Northrop Grumman Highlights Global Security Capabilities at the International Paris Air Show 2009

LONDON - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) will display a wide variety of its industry leading global security capabilities and programmes at the International Paris Air Show, including unmanned aerial vehicles, advanced fire control radar, targeting and electronic warfare systems and its airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) capabilities.

EPDA Life With Parkinson’s Campaign Launches in Ten Languages to Improve Knowledge of Parkinson’s Disease Across Europe

PARIS - Survey Reveals Most Europeans Know so Little About Parkinson’s They Would be Unlikely to Recognise its Early Symptoms and See Their Doctor for Prompt Diagnosis and Treatment

RTS to Launch Gateway to Xetra International Market

CHICAGO and FRANKFURT - Strategic Commitment to Deutsche Boerse’s New Offering for European Blue Chips Scheduled Q4/2009

ADM to Present at Deutsche Bank - Global Consumer & Food Retail Conference

ROLLE, Switzerland - Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) will participate in the Deutsche Bank Global Consumer & Food Retail Conference in Paris, France, on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Steve Mills, executive vice president and chief financial officer, and John Rice, executive vice president, commercial and production, will present at 1:45 p.m. Central European Summer Time (7:45 a.m. Eastern Time).

Reminder: Sanofi Aventis - Live Webcast: Breaking News From the American Diabetes Association 69th Scientific Sessions

NEW ORLEANS - What Live Webcast: Delivering real patient benefit: Update on new clinical excellence & future company vision Live from the American Diabetes Association 69th Scientific Session When Sunday, June 7th, 2009 10:30am - 11:30am CDT (Central Daylight Time) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 17:30pm - 18:30pm CEST (Central European Summer Time) Paris, France

Alcan Packaging Celebrates World Environment Day by Launching its Global Sustainability Moments(SM) Campaign

MONTREAL - Alcan Packaging, a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan, is launching its global Sustainability Moments(SM) campaign to coincide with World Environment Day celebrations. “This internal campaign is intended to increase awareness and educate employees about sustainability throughout the next year. Sustainability is a core value for Alcan Packaging, and we hope this will inspire all our employees to organise activities that will positively contribute to our communities and the environment,” said Jean-Christophe Deslarzes, president and chief executive officer, Downstream Aluminium Businesses and Alcan Packaging. All sites have been supplied with Alcan Packaging’s newly developed catalogue offering various activity ideas to promote sustainability in their local areas, such as a design contest, planting trees, landscaping of neighbouring sites, and more. To emphasise World Environment Day celebrations, the first moment of the Sustainability Moments(SM) campaign, each site is also able to hold Sustainability Challenge game sessions for employees today. The Sustainability Challenge educational game, which has been popular at several trade shows, was developed by Alcan Packaging to spark open discussion about environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability. “We are confident that each of our sectors will respond to our communities’ challenges with the energy and enthusiasm we’ve come to expect, and create memorable and impactful sustainability moments,” said Michael Rubenstein, chief growth and innovation officer, Alcan Packaging.