NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market welcomes Reģionālā investīciju banka as a new pan-Baltic member

01.04.2010 RIG

Riga, April 1, 2010 – NASDAQ OMX Riga, part of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ), announces that AS Reģionālā investīciju 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 Reģionālā investīciju 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 Reģionālā investīciju banka.

Reģionālā investīciju 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 the NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market can be found at www.nasdaqbaltic.com.

About Reģionālā investīciju banka *
AS Reģionālā investīciju 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”. Reģionālā investīciju 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. Reģionālā investīciju 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 Reģionālā investīciju banka.

About NASDAQ OMX
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world’s largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with approximately 3,700 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com