NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market welcomes Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB as a new member

22.07.2008 VLN

NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market, July 22, 2008 – Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) has been approved as a member on the NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market stock exchanges in Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. SEB AB becomes the 27th pan-Baltic member.

SEB has more than 250 institutional users, who will have direct market access to the Baltic securities market. SEB membership will rise interest towards listed companies in the Baltic market through growing activity and visibility.

SEB AB will trade on the NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market under the trading code ENS. The NASDAQ OMX Baltic Market stock exchanges have 42 members altogether.

About Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
SEB is a North European financial group offering universal banking services in Sweden, Germany and the Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It also has local presence in the other Nordic countries, Poland, Ukraine and Russia and a global presence through its international network in another ten countries – serving some 400,000 corporate customers and institutions and five million private individuals.

SEB is top-ranked within many areas, such as foreign exchange trading, cash management, equity research, asset management and private banking.

SEB is the largest broker on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Nordic stock exchanges in total.

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.


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

Āris Dreimanis, Head of Corporate Communications
Riga Stock Exchange +371 67 212431

Gintare Blazyte, Communication Manager
Vilnius Stock Exchange +370 5 272 3458