NASDAQ OMX : NEW OMX STOCKHOLM BENCHMARK PORTFOLIO SELECTED

Stockholm, Nov 10, 2014 - Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Stockholm Benchmark index, (Nasdaq Stockholm: OMXSB), which will become effective with the market open on Monday, December 1, 2014.

Africa Oil Corp. (AOI),  Klövern AB (KLOV),  Lundbergföretagen AB, L E ser. B (LUND B), SSAB AB ser. B (SSAB B), Scandi Standard AB (SCST) and Tethys Oil AB (TETY) will be added to the index.

EnQuest PLC (ENQ), Eniro AB (ENRO), Ratos AB ser. B (RATO B) and Stora Enso Oyj ser. R (STE R) will be removed from the index.

OMXSB includes some of the largest and most traded stocks on Nasdaq Stockholm and the portfolio is represented by companies in all ten industries. Included stocks are screened to ensure liquidity and the weight of the stocks is based on the free float adjusted market value, which means that only the part of the share capital that is considered available for trading is included in the index.

The index serves as an indicator of the overall trend on Nasdaq Stockholm and offers a cost effective index that an investor can fully replicate and use as a basis for financial products. OMXSB 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.

About Nasdaq Index Products

Nasdaq Global Indexes has been creating innovative, market-leading, transparent indexes since 1971. Today, our index offering spans geographies and asset classes and includes diverse families such as the Dividend Achievers, Global, Nordic, Green Economy, Sharia and Commodity Indexes. We continuously offer new opportunities for financial product sponsors across a wide-spectrum of investable products and for asset managers to measure risk and performance. Nasdaq Global Indexes also provides custom index services and design solutions to selected financial organizations.  For more information about Nasdaq indexes, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.

Daily index values, weightings and historical data for Nasdaq indexes are available via NASDAQ OMX Global Index Watch and NASDAQ OMX Global Index Data Service.

About Nasdaq Group

Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) is a leading provider of trading, exchange technology, information and public company services across six continents. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 70 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to more than 3,400 listed companies with a market value of over $8.5 trillion and more than 10,000 corporate clients.

Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland, Nasdaq Riga, Nasdaq Stockholm, Nasdaq Tallinn, Nasdaq Vilnius, Nasdaq Clearing and Nasdaq Broker Services are respectively brand names for the regulated markets of Nasdaq OMX Copenhagen A/S, Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Ltd., Nasdaq OMX Iceland hf., Nasdaq OMX Riga, AS, Nasdaq OMX Stockholm AB, Nasdaq OMX Tallinn AS, AB Nasdaq OMX Vilnius, Nasdaq OMX Clearing AB, Nasdaq OMX Broker Services AB. Nasdaq Nordic represents the common offering by Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland and Nasdaq Stockholm. Nasdaq Baltic represents the common offering by Nasdaq Tallinn, Nasdaq Riga and Nasdaq Vilnius. To learn more, visitwww.nasdaq.com/ambition or www.nasdaqomx.com.

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