Stockholm, November 30, 2015 — Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced that Attendo AB (short name: ATT), a mid cap company within the health care sector, has started trading of its shares on the main market of Nasdaq Stockholm. Attendo is the 82 nd company to list at Nasdaq’s Nordic markets* in 2015.
Founded in 1985, Attendo is the largest private care service provider in the Nordics. Attendo’s services include care for older people, care for people with disabilities, individual and family care, as well as healthcare. The company has a strong local presence across Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark, with operations in 490 units in more than 200 municipalities. Headquartered in Danderyd, Sweden, Attendo currently employs more than 18,000 people across the Nordics. For more information, please visit www.attendo.com .
“I am very pleased to see the great interest in the Attendo share, both from important institutional investors and the general public as well as our own employees,” said Henrik Borelius, CEO of Attendo. “It confirms a broad confidence in our work with personalization and high quality in care as key ingredients in our operations. The listing will strengthen Attendo’s opportunities to address the challenges that an ageing society faces in the field of social care, both in the Nordic region and in new markets in Europe, with new units and our own concept nursing homes.”
“We welcome Attendo to the main market and to the Nasdaq family of companies,” said Adam Kostyál, senior vice president and head of European listings at Nasdaq. “Attendo will make a strong addition to our health care sector, and we look forward to supporting the company on its journey as a publicly traded company.”
*Main markets and Nasdaq First North at Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland and Nasdaq Stockholm.
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