NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market welcomes Nomura as a new member

11.06.2012 TLN

Baltic market, June 11, 2012 – The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces that today Nomura International plc has been approved as a member on the NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market stock exchanges in Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius, thereby becoming the 29th pan-Baltic member.

A membership in all three Baltic exchanges gives Nomura International Plc and its clients direct access to trading in shares of 80 companies listed on the Baltic market.

“We are excited to expand our members’ list with Nomura International plc that is one of the biggest investment banks in UK. We are very pleased to see the growing interest from the UK based investors and believe that with the help of our new member and our attractive offering Baltic Market will be discovered as easily accessible and interesting place to invest by a number of foreign investors,” says Arminta Saladziene, NASDAQ OMX VP, Head of NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market.

Nomura International plc will trade on the NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market under the trading code NIP. The NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market stock exchanges have 36 members altogether.

More information about NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market can be found at www.nasdaqbaltic.com.

About Nomura
Nomura International plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a securities broker/dealer in the United Kingdom. The company trades and sells fixed income and equity products, including related derivatives; provides investment banking services; engages in the asset and principal finance business; and offers corporate finance and private equity services. It offers asset leasing, and investment advisory and management services, as well as employment and philanthropy services. The company is based in London, the United Kingdom. Nomura International plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Europe Holdings plc. More information about the company can be found at www.nomura.com.