Stockholm, June 9, 2008 - The Nordic Exchange, part of the NASDAQ OMX Group,
Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces today that trading in Hexpol AB shares commence on
OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm.
HEXPOL AB is a world-leading polymers group with strong global positions in
advanced rubber compounds (Compounding), gaskets for plate heat exchangers
(Gaskets) and wheels made of plastic and rubber materials for truck and castor
wheel applications (Wheels). Customers are primarily OEM manufacturers of plate
heat exchangers and fork lift trucks, as well as global systems suppliers to the
automotive industry. The Group has about 2 300 employees in nine countries. In
2007, HEXPOL had sales of about 2 700 MSEK.
”We are happy to welcome Hexpol to the Nordic Exchange today. The company is
this year's sixth new company on the Nordic Exchange's main market,” Jenny
Rosberg, Senior Vice President OMX Listings & Capital Markets.
A round lot of shares in Hexpol, whose short name is HPOL B, amounts to 100
shares. Hexpol is a Mid Cap company in the Industrial sector.
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