NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market welcomes AS Regionala investiciju banka as a new pan-Baltic member

01.04.2010 VLN

Vilnius, April 1, 2010 – NASDAQ OMX Vilnius, part of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ), announces that AS Regionala investiciju banka has been approved as a member on the NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market stock exchanges in Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius, thereby becoming the 28th pan-Baltic member.

A membership in all three Baltic exchanges gives Regionala investiciju banka and its clients direct access to trading in shares of 87 companies, 117 debt securities and 9 funds listed on the Baltic market.

”Continuing the successful development of services related to financial instruments, this is a logical step that will allow our customers to make quick and qualitative securities transactions on the Baltic stock exchanges. Moreover, in the future we plan to offer our customers new trading places and new types of financial instruments,” says Janis Bebris, Head of trading of Regionala investiciju banka.

Regionala investiciju banka will trade on the NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market under the trading code RGB. The NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market stock exchanges have 41 members altogether.

Information about NASDAQ OMX Baltic market can be found at www.nasdaqbaltic.com.

About Reģionālā investīciju banka *

AS Regionala investiciju banka is one of the youngest banks in Latvia, it was founded in 2001; its largest shareholder is Ukrainian public joint stock company – bank “Pivdennij”. Regionala investiciju banka specializes in services to companies connected with Ukraine, as well as actively attracts deposits from wealthy individuals, by offering one of the highest deposit rates in Latvia. Regionala investiciju banka’s assets on December 31, 2009 amounted to 126.26 million LVL, loans granted amounted to 67.62 million LVL, and Customer deposits grew to 109.23 million LVL.

* Information provided by Regionala investiciju banka.

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