Stockholm, June 18, 2010 — NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announced that MQ Holding
AB (MQ), a small cap company within the Consumer Discretionary sector, today
starts trading of its shares on the main market of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. MQ is
the tenth company to list on NASDAQ OMX Nordic markets in 2010, and the fourth
IPO this year. To view and download pictures from today's listing ceremony
please visit: http://bit.ly/cTEgA3
MQ was founded over 50 years ago and is today one of Sweden's leading retailers
of fashion brands with over 100 stores all over Sweden. MQ offers a product
portfolio comprising both its own and external brands and the company's
ambition is to grow its business by expanding retail space in existing stores,
new store openings in Sweden and expansion into the other Nordic countries.
Jenny Rosberg, Senior Vice President at NASDAQ OMX, said; “We are very pleased
to welcome MQ as the fourth IPO at NASDAQ OMX in Europe this year. MQ is a well
established company that will make a valuable addition to our consumers sector,
which today entails many of the Nordic's leading clothing retailers and brand
names.”
Johan Elfner, CEO for MQ Holding AB, said; “MQ is one of Sweden's leading brand
chains and we see favorable opportunities for continued growth in Sweden and
further expansion in the Nordic region. A distribution of ownership and listing
of the company's share are important steps in ensuring access to capital and
further increasing the awareness of MQ, and I look forward to continuing to
develop MQ in a listed-company environment.”
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