Saga Capital becomes member of the Nordic Exchange


Press Release, 30 April, 2007                                                   


Saga Capital becomes member of the Nordic Exchange                              

Saga Capital will become a member of the Nordic Exchange in Iceland as of 30    
April. They will be the first member to gain trading access to the equity and   
bond markets of the Nordic Exchange in Iceland since the integration with OMX on
2 April.                                                                        

”We are very pleased to welcome Saga Capital as a member of the Nordic Exchange 
in Iceland. Through its membership to the Icelandic market, Saga Capital will   
have the opportunity to build its strategy on the wide variety of investment    
opportunities the Nordic Exchange offers and is continually improving. Saga     
Capital is a brand new player on the Nordic financial scene and we expect to see
them expanding their membership to all the other markets very soon,” says       
Thordur Fridjonsson, President OMX Nordic Exchange in Iceland.                  

Saga Capital is an international investment bank which operates in selected     
areas of finance and provides services in corporate finance, debt finance, and  
capital markets. The bank also plays an active part in international securities 
markets through its proprietary trading unit. Saga Capital is a limited company 
established in 2006 by former employees of the major Icelandic commercial banks 
and selected investors. The company plans to become a force to be reckoned with 
in the expansion of Icelandic business operations, at home and abroad.  Saga    
Capital aims to list its shares on a stock exchange within five years.          

The Nordic Exchange has 160 members in 13 different countries. The company's    
code in the trading system is SGA The trading access is active as of today.     


For more information, please contact:                                           
Kristin Rafnar, OMX Nordic Exchange in Iceland						+354 525 2869               






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