OMX -- Financial Statement for year-end 2004

2004 -- Many important steps toward an integrated Nordic Baltic marketplace


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 2, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- OMX:

- Revenue amounted to SEK 3,115 m (2,686), including a gain of SEK 92 m from the sale of NGX, SEK 16 m from the sale of XACT Fonder and SEK 101 m from the divestment of APK.

- Total expenses declined to SEK 2,599 m (3,256), including SEK 130 m in provisions for premises and SEK 99 m in VAT repayments.

- Operating income rose to SEK 524 m (loss: 449)

- Adjusted operating income increased to SEK 544 m (113)

- Income after financial items rose to SEK 462 m (loss: 472), including SEK 12 m in accrued interest expenses pertaining to repayment of VAT

- Income after tax increased to SEK 276 m (loss: 431)

- Earnings per share increased to SEK 2.39 (loss: 4.33)

- The Board proposes a dividend of SEK (0) (0) per share

- Merger of APK and VPC -- NCSD formed

- Common trading platform in entire Nordic region

- Proposed merger with the Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Fourth quarter 2004

- Revenues amounted to SEK 796 m (750), including SEK 101 m in gain from divestment of APK

- Operating loss was SEK 17 m (income: 19)

- Adjusted operating income was SEK 113 m (57)

- Loss after financial items amounted to SEK 40 m (income: 10)

- Loss after tax was SEK 45 m (income: 10)

- Earnings per share was a loss of SEK 0.39 (income: 0.08)

Enclosed you will find OMX's Financial Statement for year-end 2004. The report is also available at www.omxgroup.com.

A press and analyst briefing will be held today at 11.00 CET at OMX's head office at Tullvaktsvagen 15, Stockholm. For those unable to attend, it will be possible to listen in via conference call at the following numbers, UK: +44 (0) 20 7162 0181, US: +1 334 323 6203, Sweden: +46 8 505 201 14.


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 Magnus Bocker, CEO                        +46 8 405 66 44
 Kristina Schauman, CFO                    +46 8 405 71 35
 Jakob Hakanson, VP Investor Relations     +46 8 405 60 42
 Anna Rasin, VP Marketing & Communications +46 8 405 66 12

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