Tallinn  and  Riga  Stock Exchanges invited Lithuania to be part of the

Baltic index, which will be launched towards the end of September.

The index will be launched along with a new trading platform in Estonia

and  Latvia. It will be the first step in creating an integrated Nordic

and Baltic marketplace, encompassing seven exchanges - Sweden, Denmark,

Iceland,  Norway,  Finland,  Estonia  and  Latvia - trading on the same

platform.

OMHEX  today  signed  privatisation  agreement  for 44.3 percent of the

shares  of  the  National  Stock  Exchange  of  Lithuania (NSEL) and 32

percent of the shares of the Central Securities Depository of Lithuania

(CSDL).  Together  with  the  shares  of  NSEL  that OMHEX has acquired

earlier  and  another  10  percent it is to acquire, OMHEX ownership in

NSEL will exceed 80 percent.

The  Baltic index would consist of shares listed on the current main or

official  lists  of  Estonian,  Latvian  and  Lithuanian  bourses.  The

introduced  index  will be a capitalisation-weighted total-return index

whereby  the  companies  will have weight limits of 10%. The history of

the  index  will  be calculated back to January 1, 2000. The index base

value is 100, i.e. its value on January 1, 2000.

The  calculation  of  Estonian TALSE index will continue, in Latvia the

current   indices   will   be   terminated  and  replaced  with  a  new

capitalisation-based total-return index.





Additional information:

Krista Grīntāle

Director of Coroprate Communications

Rigas Stock Exchange

Phone: 371  7212431