As part of a new brand strategy, OM HEX AB - owner and operator of
Northern Europe's largest securities marketplace and a leading provider
of transaction technology, processing and outsourcing solutions - has
changed name to OMX AB, following a decision by an Extraordinary General
Meeting of shareholders held today in Stockholm.

An important result of the company's new brand strategy is a simplified
brand structure, with all operations now affiliated to one master brand,
OMX. The simplified brand structure aims to make it easier for the
market at large to understand OMX's complex operations and the value and
benefits the company brings the industry.

OMX's business is organized into two divisions:

· OMX Exchanges operates the Nordic and Baltic stock markets -
the Stockholm Stock Exchange, Helsinki Stock Exchange, Riga Stock
Exchange, Vilnius Stock Exchange and Tallinn Stock Exchange as well as
the...