NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market welcomes “DnB NORD Banka” as a new pan-Baltic member

02.03.2009 VLN

Riga, March 2, 2009 – The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces that AS DnB NORD Banka has been approved as a member on the NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market stock exchanges in Tallinn and Vilnius.

DnB NORD Banka is already a member at NASDAQ OMX Riga, and thereby becomes the 28th pan-Baltic member. The membership in all three Baltic exchanges gives DnB NORD Banka and its clients direct access to trading with shares of 94 companies, 90 debt securities and 9 funds listed on the Baltic market.

„One of DnB NORD Banka business priorities this year is the development and improvement of our investment products and services, and the pan-Baltic membership secures our position in the Baltic region, offering wider and faster ways of trading financial instruments,” says Uldis Bušs, Head of Financial Markets Department at DnB NORD Banka.

DnB NORD Banka will trade on the NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market under the trading code NLB. The NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market stock exchanges have 42 members altogether.

About DnB NORD Banka*
AS DnB NORD Banka is one of the leading universal banks in Latvia, which offers its clients, both private individuals and legal entities, financial products and high level of customer service, combining know-how, expertise and infrastructure of both the biggest bank in Northern Germany NORD/LB and Norwegian leading bank DnB NOR.

AS DnB NORD Banka has two subsidiary companies: leasing company SIA DnB NORD Līzings and asset management joint-stock company DnB NORD Fondi.

Regardless of the current tensions in global and local economy, DnB NORD Banka continues its well-balanced development, maintaining stable position among the top three Latvian banks.

About The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world’s largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, and with over 3,900 companies, it is number one in worldwide listings among major markets. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; the OMX Nordic Exchange, including First North; and the 144A PORTAL Market. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 60 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. OMX Nordic Exchange is not a legal entity but describes the common offering from Nasdaq OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit www.nasdaqomx.com.

* in accordance with the information provided by AS DnB NORD banka.

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Media Contacts:
Tex Vertmann, Communications Manager
NASDAQ OMX Tallinn +372 640 8862

Āris Dreimanis, Head of Corporate Communications
NASDAQ OMX Riga +371 67 212431

Gintare Blazyte, Communication Manager
NASDAQ OMX Vilnius +370 5 272 3458