Stockholm, June 12, 2015 — Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that the trading in Nilörngruppens AB’s preference shares (short name: NIL B) commenced today on Nasdaq First North in Stockholm. Nilörngruppen belongs to the Consumer Goods sector and is the 47th company to be admitted to trading on Nasdaq’s Nordic markets* in 2015. Nilörngruppen will be traded in Nasdaq First North’s Premier segment where companies commit to follow the disclosure rules of Nasdaq Nordic’s main markets.
Nilörngruppen develops and produces branded labels. The company has offices and manufacturing bases located in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, United Kingdom, Portugal, Turkey, Hong Kong, China, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. In total, Nilörn produces more than one billion branded labels of various types and sizes yearly. For more information, please visit www.nilorn.com .
“I am very excited about the introduction of Nilörngruppen and I am confident that the future is looking promising,” said Claes af Wetterstedt, CEO of Nilörngruppen. “The trend is that customers, regardless of the price level on the brand and products, put more care into their labels and branding concepts. Nilörngruppen’s products support the growing need for well-developed brand strategies in order to compete in the international market.”
“We welcome Nilörngruppen to Nasdaq First North and to our family of companies,” said Adam Kostyál, senior vice president and head of European listings at Nasdaq. “We continue to welcome exciting and entrepreneurial companies to Nasdaq First North, and Nilörngruppen is a great example of exactly that.”
Nilörngruppen AB has appointed Erik Penser Bankaktiebolag AB as Certified Adviser.
*Main markets and Nasdaq First North at Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland and Nasdaq Stockholm.
About Nasdaq First North Nasdaq First North is regulated as a multilateral trading facility, operated by the different exchanges within Nasdaq Nordic (Nasdaq First North Denmark is regulated as an alternative marketplace). It does not have the legal status as an EU-regulated market. Companies at Nasdaq First North are subject to the rules of Nasdaq First North and not the legal requirements for admission to trading on a regulated market. The risk in such an investment may be higher than on the main market”
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