NASDAQ OMX WELCOMES DELARKA HOLDING AB TO FIRST NORTH

Stockholm, December 17, 2013 — NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) announces that the trading in Delarka Holding AB (DELARK) shares commenced today on First North at NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. Delarka belongs to the Financials sector and is the 17th company to be admitted to trading on First North’s Nordic markets (Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen and Iceland) in 2013.

Delarka Holding AB (publ) is a holding company which through its subsidiaries owns the property unit Solna Polisen 2, PostNord’s headquarter in Stockholm. The building was completed in November 2003 and consists of approximately 53 000 m2, of which around 14 000 m2 constitute approximately 450 parking spaces. The company was established in November 2013 by Pareto Securities AB and Pareto Project Finance AS and the company is managed by Pareto Business Management AB.

“Through Delarka, Pareto is making it possible for a wider audience to invest in a single property in a way previously reserved for institutional investors,” said Delarka’s CEO Sven I Hegstad. “Pareto has over 20 years of experience as an arranger of attractive real estate investment opportunities. On behalf of our investors, Pareto has properties for more than SEK 26 billion under management mainly in Norway and is very pleased to now introduce the same products to the Swedish market.”

“We are excited to welcome Delarka to First North, where we continue to experience a strong inflow of new exciting growth companies,” said Adam Kostyal, Senior Vice President at NASDAQ OMX. “Delarka will make a great addition to investors looking for opportunities in the real estate sector.”

Delarka Holding AB has appointed Wildeco Ekonomisk Information AB as Certified Adviser.

To view a CEO interview from the listing ceremony click here.

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