business wire's first wholly owned european operation launched in 2001, with the opening of an office in london. on june 1, 2005, business wire entered the german ad-hoc market with a disclosure network for companies with primary or secondary listings on the deutsche boerse. the service was established in compliance with bafin, germany's national securities regulator. on september 15, 2005, business wire established regulatory disclosure networks in france, sweden, switzerland and luxembourg. the move came in planning for the organization of the eu's transparency obligations directive (tod). on january 1, 2007, autorité des marchés financiers, the french financial markets regulator, approved business wire to operate as a regulatory disclosure service in france.