The new portfolio of the OMX Stockholm Benchmark index will become effective on
June 1, 2009
Stockholm, May 11, 2009 - The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces
today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Stockholm Benchmark
index, (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: OMXSB), which will become effective with the
market open on Monday, June 1, 2009
Four new members will be added to the index: Loomis AB (LOOM B), Net
Entertainment NE AB (NET B), PA Resources (PAR SEK) and Transcom WorldWide S.A
(TWW SDB B).
As a result of the evaluation, the following three shares will be removed from
the OMXSB index: Cybercom Group Europe (CYBE), Nokia (NOKI SEK) and Rederi AB
Transatlantic (RABT B).
“The OMXSB index, a benchmark for the Swedish equity market, is a free
float-capitalization index designed to act as a transparent and liquid benchmark
with low transaction costs for the investors. It serves as underlying for ETFs,
futures as well as a benchmark for mutual funds, says Magdalena Hartman, Vice
President Global Financial Products.
OMXSB is well diversified and the major sectors are financials, industrials,
consumer discretionary and information technology. With 81 constituents in OMXSB
compared with the 291 in the All-share index, OMXSB represents 71% of the
All-share market capitalization and has a close correlation of 99,9%. The OMXSB
index is evaluated on a semi-annual basis in May and November, and the new index
portfolio becomes effective on the first trading day in June and December
respectively.
OMX Stockholm Benchmark constituents after review effective June 1, 2009:
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| ABB Ltd | Husqvarna AB ser. B | Sandvik AB |
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| Acando AB ser. B | Industrial & Financial | SAS AB |
| | Systems AB ser. B | |
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| ÅF AB ser. B | Intrum Justitia AB | Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA |
| | | ser. A |
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| Alfa Laval AB | Industrivärden, AB ser. A | Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA |
| | | ser. B |
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| Autoliv Inc. SDB | Industrivärden, AB ser. C | SCANIA AB ser. B |
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| Addnode AB ser. B | Investor AB ser. A | Skandinaviska Enskilda |
| | | Banken ser. A |
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| ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B | Investor AB ser. B | Securitas AB ser. B |
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| Atlas Copco AB ser. A | JM AB | Svenska Handelsbanken |
| | | ser. A |
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| Atlas Copco AB ser. B | Kinnevik, Investment AB | Skanska AB ser. B |
| | ser. B | |
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| Axfood AB | Kungsleden AB | SKF, AB ser. B |
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| AstraZeneca PLC | Know IT AB | SkiStar AB ser. B |
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| Betsson AB ser. B | LBI International AB | SSAB Svenskt Stål AB |
| | | ser. A |
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| Boliden AB | Atrium Ljungberg AB ser. | SSAB Svenskt Stål AB |
| | B | ser. B |
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| Castellum AB | Loomis AB ser. B | Swedbank AB ser A |
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| Connecta AB | Lundbergföretagen AB, L E | Swedish Match AB |
| | ser. B | |
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| Elekta AB ser. B | Lundin Petroleum AB | Tele2 AB ser. B |
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| Electrolux, AB ser. B | Meda AB ser. A | Tieto Corporation |
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| Enea AB | Millicom International | TeliaSonera AB |
| | Cellular S.A. SDB | |
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| Eniro AB | Modern Times Group MTG AB | TradeDoubler AB |
| | ser. B | |
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| Ericsson, Telefonab. | Nordea Bank AB | Tricorona AB |
| L M ser. B | | |
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| Fabege AB | Net Entertainment NE AB | Transcom WorldWide S.A |
| | ser. B | SDB ser. B |
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| Getinge AB ser. B | Niscayah Group AB ser. B | Unibet Group plc |
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| Hakon Invest AB | Orc Software AB | Wallenstam Byggnads AB., |
| | | Lennart ser. B |
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| HiQ International AB | Oriflame Cosmetics S.A, | Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB |
| | SDB | |
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| Hennes & Mauritz AB, | PA Resources | Volvo, AB ser. A |
| H & M ser. B | | |
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| Holmen AB ser. B | Ratos AB ser. B | Volvo, AB ser. B |
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| Hufvudstaden AB ser. | Rezidor Hotel Group AB | West Siberian Resources |
| A | | Ltd. SDB |
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