OMX: Avanza Extends Its Membership on the Nordic Exchange

Jouni Torasvirta, President of the Helsinki Stock Exchange, says:"We are very pleased to see a new Nordic member on the NordicExchange. It shows that an increasing number of banks and brokers wishto be ready to offer their customers - professional and private - easyaccess to trading in all shares on our Nordic List, which will belaunched on October 2, 2006."

Avanza is an online broker with approximately 120,000 customers.Avanza offers private customers possibility to invest their savingsand pensions in stocks, investment funds and derivates. Avanza wishesto offer its customers automatic order routing as well as thepossibility of trading at their own expense at the Helsinki StockExchange and the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

OMX has altogether 152 members (excluding 104 members that aremembers of more than one exchange) of which Stockholm Stock Exchangehas 87 members, Helsinki Stock Exchange 52 members, Copenhagen StockExchange 55 members, Tallinn Stock Exchange 19 members, Riga StockExchange 18 members and Vilnius Stock Exchange 25 members.

About OMX

OMX is a leading expert in the exchange industry. Through theNordic Exchange in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn andVilnius, OMX offers access to approximately 80 percent of the Nordicand Baltic securities market. Our integrated technology solutions spanthe transaction chain enabling efficient securities transactions forexchanges, clearing organizations, central securities depositories andother financial institutions around the world. OMX is listed on theNordic Exchange in Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen. For moreinformation please visit www.omxgroup.com.

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