December 17, 2015 052 Schools in Bogotá and the surrounding area won the Millionaire Exchange contest hands down - Ninth grade student at Colegio Nuevo Reino de Granada won first place José Sebastián Garzón had a return of 4.27% on 10 trading sessions The Luis López Mesa School in Barrancabermeja was the only school outside Bogotá that made it to the Top 10 Bogotá. December 17, 2015 --- José Sebastián Garzón, a 15-year old student in the ninth grade at Colegio Nuevo Reino de Granada, came in first place in the fourth edition of the Millionaire Exchange Contest for Schools, where ninth, tenth and eleventh-grade students meet to learn about the securities market by using real information on the 24 stocks of Colombia's main index, the COLCAP. Sebastián had a return of 4.27% during the contest's ten trading sessions. This result is even more meaningful considering that during the contest, between October 19 and 30, the COLCAP dropped 2.28%. Sebastian's victory consolidated the brilliant performance of the schools in Bogotá and the surrounding area, which managed to make it to 9 out of the top 10 places, where the Luis López Mesa School of Barrancabermeja was the only one from outside Bogotá to make it to the ranking in seventh place. In previous editions of the contest, schools of Santander and Antioquia had significant representation in the top 10. "The students' response to the contest and their growing interest in learning more about the securities market have driven us to go deeper into this type of financial education initiatives that result in increasing knowledge of the securities market and, in turn, becoming recognized as a key asset for the country's growth," said Adriana Cárdenas, the BVC's Education Manager. In this edition, the first three places won, among other prizes, COP 10 million, COP 5 million and COP 3 million, respectively. A total of 1,383 students took part in the contest from 77 schools of 13 departments in Colombia. See the top 10 of the contest below. No. Group Return School Winner City Cota 1 THE WOLF OF BROKERS 4.27% Colegio Nuevo Reino De Granada 2 FERSTONE 2.07% Colegio La Amistad IED José Sebastián Garzón Maria Fernanda Velásquez 3 FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS 1.82% Colegio Nuevo Reino De Granada David Leonardo Sánchez Cota 4 DANIBAGON 1.50% Daniel Ibagón Rojas Cota 5 DANIEL BELTRÁN 1.49% Colegio Nuevo Reino De Granada Colegio Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento Daniel Alexander Beltrán Bogotá Eduardo Tores Bogotá Daniel Homez Cristian Carrera Vega Bogotá Barrancaber meja Barrancaber meja ETN&ASOCIADOSDH 0.86% 6 Colegio Abraham Lincoln Kevin Orlando Álvarez 0.77% 7 BIG INVERTION A & C LTDA 8 SIBEL AVILA TRONCOSO, MARÍA JOSÉ 9 10 FUNDACION BALACERA Colegio Luis López de Mesa Cota Omar Esteban Silva Bogotá 0.65% Colegio Abraham Lincoln Nicolás Beltrán Bogotá 0.43% Fundación Nuevo Marymount María José Ávila Bogotá 0.39% Liceo Edad De Oro Liceo Edad De Oro Mateo Waldron Pablo Alejandro Romero Chía Chía Press Contact: Colombian Securities Exchange (BVC) Department of Media and Public Relations Jaime Sarmiento – Daniel Bernal Tel.: +57 (1) 313-9800 Ext. 1246 / 1126 E-mail: dbernal@bvc.com.co About the BVC: The Colombian Securities Exchange (BVC:CB) is Colombia’s primary trading platform. It is a private company listed on the public securities market. The BVC is a multi-product, multi-market exchange offering a trading platform for the equity, fixed income and standardized derivatives markets. Likewise, the BVC provides issuer list and market information services. Also, through its subsidiaries, the BVC trades and provides services on the Foreign Exchange Markets (Set Icap FX S.A.); fixed income and OTC derivatives (Set Icap Securities); Energy Spot Market (Derivex S.A.); Innovative Technology Services (Sophos Banking Solutions); and it offers services of price assessment (Infovalmer PPV S.A.). Additionally, the BVC is involved in the whole securities industry value chain through holdings in the Central Securities Depository (Deceval), the Central Counterparty Risk Clearing House (CRCC) and in the FX Clearing House (CCDC).