Correction/update: NASDAQ OMX lifts suspension of HQ Bank AB as a trading and clearing member


Stockholm, September 5, 2010 - This is a correction/update to yesterday's press
release in the same matter. Correction/update within closed brackets in the
text below. 

Following a request by the liquidator of HQ Bank as well as new information
regarding the status of the bank, NASDAQ OMX has decided to lift its suspension
of HQ Bank as an equity trading member with NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, [NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki] and NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen as of Monday, September 6, 2010. The
suspension of HQ Bank as a [derivatives trading] and clearing member with
NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB is also revoked as of Monday, September 6, 2010. 


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with approximately 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital
raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings
market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the
U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes
including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and
exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70
exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more
than 50 countries. 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. For more
information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. 


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CONTACTS:
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

Anna Rasin
+46 8 405 66 12
anna.rasin@nasdaqomx.com

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