MP Investment Bank extends its membership of the Nordic Exchange


MP Investment Bank hf. will become a member of the Helsinki Stock Exchange and  
the Copenhagen Stock Exchange as of Wednesday, February 28. They will thereby   
gain trading access to the Finnish and Danish equity markets.                   

MP Investment Bank is already a member of the Nordic Exchange in Stockholm,     
Iceland, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. With the membership of Helsinki and         
Copenhagen Stock Exchanges, MP Investment Bank will become a fully Nordic       
member.                                                                         

”We are very happy to welcome MP Investment Bank as a member of OMX Nordic      
Exchange in Helsinki and Copenhagen. The expanded membership into all seven OMX 
exchanges gives MP Investment Bank an excellent opportunity to offer their      
customers easy and direct access to trading on the Nordic Exchange”, says Jukka 
Ruuska, President OMX Nordic Exchange.      
                                    
MP Investment Bank was founded in 1999 as a securities brokerage and became an  
investment bank in 2003. The bank is a financial company with emphasis on       
smaller and emerging European markets. The bank provides asset management for   
individuals and companies, brokerage services in domestic and foreign markets   
and takes on a diversity of projects in connection with financial services and  
consulting. The bank's headquarters are in Reykjavik, Iceland and branches are  
operated in London, UK and Vilnius, Lithuania. 
                                 
The Nordic Exchange has 159 members in 13 different countries. 

Jarmo Holopainen, OMX Nordic Exchange, Helsinki  +358 9 6166 7203              
Ellen-Margrethe Soelberg, OMX Nordic Exchange, Copenhagen  +45 33 77 04 30 



About OMX | OMX is a leading expert in the exchange industry. Through the Nordic
Exchange, OMX offers access to approximately 80 percent of the Nordic and Baltic
securities market. The Nordic Exchange is a term used for marketing purposes and
is not a legal entity. It describes the common offering from the Helsinki Stock 
Exchange, Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Stockholm Stock Exchange, Iceland Stock    
Exchange, Tallinn Stock Exchange, Riga Stock Exchange and Vilnius Stock         
Exchange. OMX integrated technology solutions cross the transaction chain       
enabling efficient securities transactions for over 60 exchange organizations in
more than 50 countries. OMX is a Nordic Large Cap company in the Financial      
sector on the OMX Nordic Exchange. For more information, please visit           
www.omxgroup.com.

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