Amendment of Market Cap Classification Standards at NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchanges

Stockholm/Helsinki/Copenhagen/Iceland, May 29, 2009 — NASDAQ OMX Nordic, part
of the NASDAQ OMX Group (NASDAQ:NDAQ) reports that it will make the following
amendments to its market capitalization (market cap) classification standards. 

o Effective July 2009, the annual review (based on average market cap in May
2009) will consider the total number of shares in the calculation of market
cap, instead of only including shares listed on a regulated market. Effective
January 2010, each segment (small-, mid- and large cap) will be reviewed
annually (based on average market cap in November) instead of bi-annually. 

o Effective July 2009, companies with a market cap value of more than 50
percent of the minimum or maximum threshold of each segment will be transferred
into the new segment with immediate effect. Companies with a  market cap value
of less than 50 percent of the minimum or maximum segment threshold, will have
a transitional period until the next review (or at least 12 months), and thus
be subject to one more review before transferring into the new segment. 

“Following the decision to cancel the amendments in January due to extreme
market conditions, we took the opportunity to review the market cap
classification standards to try to find a more sustainable model,” said
Hans-Ole Jochumsen, President NASDAQ OMX Nordic said. “We have listened
carefully to our customers to ensure that the amendments we are implementing
match their needs as well as the needs of investors.” 

Jenny Rosberg, Deputy President NASDAQ OMX Nordic said: “Through these
amendments we keep our current market cap classification structure in line with
international standards, while adopting a model that is built to withstand
strong market fluctuations and thus support financial stability for our listed
companies.” 

The decision to carry out the above mentioned amendments is made in accordance
with NASDAQ OMX Nordic's segmentation classification practices. 

About the market cap segments
Companies belong to a market cap segment (small-, mid- and large cap) based on
its average market value during the given review month. Companies with a market
value exceeding EUR 1 billion are in the group of “Large Cap”, while companies
with a market value smaller than EUR 150 million belong to “Small Cap”.
Companies with a market value between EUR 150 billion and EUR 1 billion belong
to the “Mid Cap” segment. 

SUMMARY OF MARKET CAP CLASSIFICATION AMENDMENTS

Calculate total number of shares 
Today NASDAQ OMX Nordic markets only include the number of shares that are
listed on a regulated market. According to the classification amendments the
total number of shares, i.e. both listed and non-listed shares, of a company
will be considered in the calculation of market cap. This amendment is
effective July 2009 (based on average market cap in May 2009). 

Annual review of segments
Today the NASDAQ OMX market cap segments (small-, mid- and large cap) are
updated bi-annually in July and January (based on average market cap in May and
November respectively). From January 2010 each segment will be reviewed
annually instead of bi-annually. Annual revision will be based on average
market cap value in November each year and take effect January 1st the
following year. 

12 month transitional period
Companies with a market cap value of more than 50 percent of the minimum or
maximum threshold of each segment will be transferred into the new segment with
immediate effect. Companies with a market cap value of less than 50 percent of
the minimum or maximum threshold of each segment will have a transitional
period until the next review (or at least 12 months), and thus be subject to
one more review before transferring into the new segment. 
Hence, based on the EUR 1 billion Large-cap and EUR 150 million Mid-cap
thresholds, a Large-cap a company whose market cap value has not fallen below
EUR 500 million, and a Mid-cap company whose market cap value has not fallen
below EUR 75 million, will be subject to a second review before moving down to
the new segment. 
Similarly, a Mid-cap company whose market cap value has not exceeded EUR 1.5
billion and a Small-cap company whose market cap value has not exceeded EUR 225
million, will be subject to a second review before moving up to the new
segment. 

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