Helsinki, July 17, 2012 – NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces that trading with the shares of Sotkamo Silver AB (trading code: SOSI1) will start today on the main market of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Sotkamo Silver AB is a small cap company within the sector Basic Materials. Sotkamo Silver shares have been listed on the NGM Equity Stock Market in Stockholm since 2004, and from today the shares of the company are also secondary listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Sotkamo Silver is the second company to be listed in Helsinki this year.
The business concept of Sotkamo Silver AB is to exploit mineral deposits in the Nordic countries, taking into account the requirements set by the society and environment. Sotkamo Silver owns silver and gold mineral deposits in Finland through its subsidiary Sotkamo Silver Oy. Currently, the main development project of the company is the Taivaljärvi Silver Mine.
Lauri Rosendahl, President of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, said: “We welcome Sotkamo Silver AB to the family of NASDAQ OMX listed companies among which the company is a great addition to our Nordic offering in the small cap sector. We hope the example of Sotkamo Silver leads the way also for other entrepreneurs to consider an exchange listing as a valuable funding alternative to fuel future growth”.
“The listing of Sotkamo Silver shares has served our shareholders well. However, it has proved difficult for Finnish investors to invest in our shares through NGM market in Stockholm. More than 500 shareholders of approximately total 5,000 shareholders of Sotkamo Silver are Finnish. As a result of our Helsinki listing, investing in our shares will be much easier for Finnish investors. I think we are an interesting investment alternative for many Finns, as we are the only silver mining company and one of the very active junior mining companies located in Finland”, says CEO Timo Lindborg of Sotkamo Silver.
- # -
About NASDAQ OMX
The inventor and transformer of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies with revolutionary technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the US and Europe, we own and operate 24 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 6 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-80 microsecond speeds with 99.999% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 exchanges in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world’s securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to 3,400 listed companies worth $5.1 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500)
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about NASDAQ OMX's products and offerings. We caution that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond NASDAQ OMX's control. These factors include, but are not limited to factors detailed in NASDAQ OMX's annual report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements.
- # -
More information:
NASDAQ OMX
Maarit Bystedt
+358 (0)9 6166 7274
maarit.bystedt@nasdaqomx.com