Nasdaq Baltic Welcomes New Member Erste Group Bank in Riga and Vilnius

Riga/Tallinn/Vilnius, Nasdaq Baltic Market, September 30, 2019 - Nasdaq (NDAQ)
announces that Erste Group Bank AG has been granted stock exchange membership
on the Nasdaq Riga and Nasdaq Vilnius markets as of October 1, 2019. 

Erste Group is the leading financial services provider in the Eastern part of
the EU. Erste Group Bank AG was founded in 1819 as the first Austrian savings
bank. Currently around 47 000 employees serve over 16.5 million customers in
more than 2 400 branches in 7 countries (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia).For more information, please
visiterstegroup.com. 

"Securing and disseminating prosperity in Central and Eastern Europe has been
our purpose since the foundation of Erste Group 200 years ago," says Ingo
Bleier, Chief Corporates and Markets Officer at Erste Group. "We are committed
to supporting strong and efficient capital markets in the broader CEE region,
as they play a vital role in allowing us to fulfill our purpose - even more so
in these times of extremely low interest rates. As a leading financial services
group we would like to help both issuers and investors on all regional
exchanges and play an important role in providing market research and liquidity
for our clients." 

"We are excited to welcome Erste Group Bank to the family of Nasdaq Baltic
members in Riga and Vilnius and believe that this step will benefit long-term
market development," says Daiga Auzina-Melalksne, CEO of Nasdaq Riga and Head
of Nasdaq Baltic Exchanges. 

Erste Group Bank will trade on the Nasdaq Baltic Market under the trading code
ERST. 
The full list of Members is available on the Nasdaq Baltic
website:nasdaqbaltic.com. 


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