Nasdaq Baltic Welcomes Orion Securities as Certified Adviser


Tallinn/Riga/Vilnius, Baltic Market, May 29th, 2015 Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that the brokerage and financial advisory company Orion Securities is granted the status of Certified Adviser on the First North Market in Lithuania as of May 29, 2015 by Nasdaq Vilnius.

Certified Advisers guide growth companies through the application process to the Nasdaq First North Market and ensure that the companies fulfill all the requirements of the First North on a continuing basis.

“Recently we have been observing an increasing interest in the alternative First North market both from the side of investors and potential issuers,” said Alius Jakubėlis, Director of Orion Securities. “We believe that by obtaining a Certified Adviser status Orion Securities will help even more small and medium enterprises to discover the strategic benefits provided by the capital markets.”

“We are pleased to welcome Orion Securities as a Certified Adviser,” said Daiga Auziņa-Melalksne, Head of Exchange Services at Nasdaq Baltic. “For growth companies attracted to benefits of being on-market, the First North is a right place to start moreover with the support of an experienced financial market intermediary”.

With the inclusion of Orion Securities, there are now 14 Certified Advisers available to support businesses that decide to list on the First North in the Baltic countries.

For further information about  UAB FMĮ Orion Securities please refer to www.orion.lt/en/orion.

About Nasdaq Baltic First North
First North is regulated as a multilateral trading facility, operated by the different exchanges at Nasdaq. It does not have the legal status as a regulated market in the EU. Companies at First North are subject to the rules of First North and not the legal requirements for regulated market. The risk in such an investment may be higher than on the regulated market.

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