NASDAQ OMX Welcomes Goldinvest Asset Management to First North Baltic

09.03.2011 RIG

Riga, March 9, 2011 — The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ), announces that the shares of Latvian company Goldinvest Asset Management (short name: GAM1R) will begin trading on First North Baltic on March 22nd, 2011. Goldinvest Asset Management is the first company to trade on alternative market First North Baltic, which is operated by the NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Founded in 1997, Goldinvest Asset Management purchases, processes, and sells precious metals and industrial products containing precious metals. The company also trades investment quality bullion and bullion coins, and offers loans secured by precious metals. The company has subsidiaries in Russia and Lithuania.

The company has appointed Ardente as their Certified Adviser.

P?teris Avoti?š, Chairman of the Supervisory Council of Goldinvest Asset Management, said, “In joining First North Baltic, our top priority is to increase visibility of Goldinvest Asset Management for our clients and potential investors. Gaining admission to trade on First North Baltic will help us improve our management system and procedures, quality of financial reports, disclosures and investor relations. We consider these elements crucial for raising capital and a future IPO.”

?irts Aps?tis, Chairman of Management Board, Ardente, said, “With the help of certified advisors, gaining admission to trade on the market is possible for every company that wants to benefit from the opportunities provided – increasing visibility and effectively raising capital.”

Indars Aš?uks, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board at NASDAQ OMX Riga, added, “We are pleased to welcome Goldinvest Asset Management to First North Baltic. We hope that Goldinvest Asset Management will encourage other companies in the region, especially those working to increase their transparency and raise capital, to join the alternative stock market. First North Baltic can provide companies with greater visibility and access to equity capital, combining the benefits of being on-market with less stringent requirements.”

For more information about Goldinvest Asset Management, visit: http://www.latgold.lv/

About First North Baltic

First North Baltic is regulated as a multilateral trading facility, operated by the different exchanges within NASDAQ OMX Baltic. First North in the Baltic countries has the same business model as First North in the Nordic countries with some country and region-specific adjustments and differences. It does not have the legal status as an EU-regulated market. Companies at First North Baltic are subject to the rules of First North Baltic and not the legal requirements for admission to trading on a regulated market. The risk in such an investment may be higher than on the main market.

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