Plus500 Limited Plus500 Signs Official Sponsor of Brumbies
December 05 2016 - 2:47AM
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Plus500 Limited
05 December 2016
5 December 2016
Plus500 Ltd.
("Plus500" or "the Company")
New Sponsorship Agreement
Plus500 to become official sponsor of top Australian rugby union
team, the Brumbies
Plus500 Ltd., a leading online service provider for retail
customers to trade CFDs internationally, is pleased to announce
that it has entered into a sponsorship agreement ('Agreement') with
the Brumbies, the Australian professional rugby union team ('the
Brumbies'), to be its Official Sponsor for the 2017/18 season.
As part of the Agreement, the Plus500 logo will feature on the
front of the home and away Brumbies shirts for both national and
overseas matches. Plus500 will enjoy a range of branding rights as
the team will be officially named as 'Plus500 Brumbies', at the
Brumbies' GIO stadium and beyond as well as a host of other
sponsorship benefits.
The Brumbies is an Australian professional rugby union team
based in Canberra that competes in the Super Rugby competition and
is a member of the Australian Rugby Union. Super Rugby is the
preeminent professional men's rugby union football competition in
the Southern Hemisphere and Japan featuring teams from Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Japan. The Brumbies is the
current champion of the Australian conference of Super Rugby, and
is also one of the most successful of the Australian teams, having
been the Super Rugby champions in 2001 and 2004. The Brumbies are
based at the GIO stadium, which has capacity for more than 25,000
spectators.
Asaf Elimelech, Chief Executive Officer of Plus500, said: "We
are honoured to be partnering with such an esteemed rugby team as
the Brumbies, which has established a strong pedigree over the last
twenty years. The Brumbies is a natural fit for us as Australia
represents one of our key markets, while the team shares a winning
mentality and mutual passion for striving for success.
"This partnership with a top Australian Super Rugby team that
plays in the premier global rugby union club competition, together
with our existing partnership with Atletico Madrid in football,
extends our strategy of increasing our brand recognition and
expanding our customer base globally."
Simon Chester, General Manager - Commercial of the Brumbies,
added: "We are delighted to welcome Plus500 on board. We are eager
to leverage their support of sport around the world and in the
process extend the Brumbies already strong global brand. Plus500 is
a well-regarded business and we are very pleased to be part of the
same team."
Enquiries
Plus500
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Elad Even-Chen, Chief Financial +972 4 8189503
Officer ir@Plus500.com
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Liberum - Nomad and Broker
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Clayton Bush, Neil Elliot, +44 20 3100
Josh Hughes 2222
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Berenberg (Joint Broker)
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Chris Bowman, Amritha Murali, +44 20 3207
Marie Stolberg 7800
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MHP Communications
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Reg Hoare, Tim Rowntree, +44 20 3128
Kelsey Traynor 8100
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About Plus500
Plus500 has developed and operates an online trading platform
for retail customers to trade CFDs internationally over more than
2,250 different underlying global financial instruments comprising
equities, indices, commodities, options, ETFs and foreign exchange.
The Company enables retail customers to trade CFDs in more than 50
countries. The trading platform is accessible from multiple
operating systems (Window, smartphones (iOS, Android and Windows
Phone), tablets (iOS, Android and Surface), Apple Watch and web
browsers. The Directors believe that the success of the Company to
date has been primarily due to the proprietary technology it has
developed and continues to develop to support the trading platform.
The trading platform has been designed to be as intuitive and easy
to use as possible. The trading platform has been localised into 31
languages. The Directors believe that this emphasis on technology,
together with the Company's targeted online marketing strategy, has
helped to differentiate the Company from its competitors.
www.plus500.com
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