NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market Welcomes Instinet Europe Limited

17.03.2008 VLN

Baltic Market, March 17, 2008 – Instinet Europe Limited has been approved as a member on the NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market stock exchanges and now has access to trading on the exchanges in Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. With its membership, Instinet can offer direct access to the Baltic Market to its customers worldwide. Instinet becomes the 23rd pan-Baltic member.

“As a global agency broker whose clients are increasingly looking outside of the traditional market centres for Alpha, we strive to provide connectivity to as many trading destinations as possible,” said Peter Howard, Head of Equities, Europe at Instinet. “We’re happy to expand our electronic offering to include the Baltic Markets, adding to the 80 plus securities markets worldwide in which Instinet customers can trade today.”

Instinet will trade on the NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market under the trading code INT. The NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market stock exchanges have 41 members.

About Instinet
Instinet, through its subsidiaries, is a global agency broker providing the trading expertise and advanced technology necessary to successfully interact with more than 80 securities markets worldwide. Acting solely as an agent for its customers, Instinet seeks to improve institutional investment performance and lower overall trading costs through its various front-end trading systems, securities crossing networks, smart-routing technology, algorithms, commission management programs and investment research products.

Instinet operates a wide array of ATS platforms around the world, including CBX in the United States, JapanCrossing in Asia and Chi-X Europe. The firm, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., has offices in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

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.

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The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about NASDAQ OMX’s products and offerings. We caution that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond NASDAQ OMX’s control. These factors include, but are not limited to factors detailed in NASDAQ OMX’s annual report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements.

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The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

Media Contacts:
Tex Vertmann, Communications Manager
Tallinn Stock Exchange +372 640 8862

Āris Dreimanis, Head of Corporate Communications
Riga Stock Exchange +371 7212431

Gintare Blazyte, Communication Manager
Vilnius Stock Exchange +370 5 272 34 58

Instinet Contact:
Matthew Hergest, Head of Trading Operations
Instinet Europe Limited, +44 (0)20 7154 7255