Nasdaq Nordic: Nasdaq Helsinki launches Premier segment within Nasdaq First North Growth Market

New segment designed to raise investor visibility and prepare companies for a
Main Market listing 

Helsinki, May 11, 2020 - Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that Nasdaq Helsinki
launches a new Premier segment on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland
today. The new segment was first introduced in Sweden in 2009 and supports
companies who seek to enhance investor visibility by complying with higher
standards than imposed under the regular Nasdaq First North Growth Market
rules. 

Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market Finland is designed to attract
entrepreneurs and fast growing companies, and a number of listing requirements
are aligned with those of the Main Market. Specifically, companies on the
Premier segment need to apply the IFRS standard in their accounting and
financial reporting. In addition, companies should have a free float of 25
percent and apply the Corporate Governance Code. 

"Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland has grown remarkably during the past
few years and we have now 33 companies admitted to trading", says Henrik
Husman, President of Nasdaq Helsinki. "By introducing the Premier segment, we
want to offer companies an opportunity for increased investor visibility in
their shares, while preparing them for a potential Main Market listing." 

 "For more than ten years, Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market has served
as an important platform for growth, enabling Nordic and international
entrepreneurs to access capital to develop and expand their businesses," said
Adam Kostyál, SVP and Head of European listings of Nasdaq. "Currently, more
than 50 companies are listed on the Premier segment in Sweden. With the
positive development of the Nasdaq First North Growth Market in Finland, we see
that the Finnish market is ready for the launch of the Premier segment. This is
also a great opportunity for companies that are preparing for the next step --
data from our Swedish market shows that 39 companies in the Premier segment
have switched to the Main Market since the introduction of the segment." 

Further information on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market can be
found here. 

About Nasdaq First North Growth Market

Nasdaq First North Growth Market is a registered SME growth market, as defined
by the Directive on Markets in Financial Instruments (EU 2014/65). It does not
have the legal status as an EU-regulated market. Companies at Nasdaq First
North Growth Market are subject to the rules of Nasdaq First North Growth
Market and not the legal requirements for admission to trading on a regulated
market, such as the Nasdaq Nordic Main Market. The risk in such an investment
may be higher than on the Main Market. 

The Premier segment within Nasdaq First North Growth Market is designed to
further assist companies in raising investor visibility and to prepare them for
a Main Market listing. The Premier segment targets companies that make a
conscious decision to comply with higher disclosure and accounting standards
than imposed under the Nasdaq First North Growth Market rules. 

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