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.