OMX: FIM Ready for Listing on the Nordic Exchange in Helsinki.STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- As of April 13, 2006, FIM FIM The ISO 4217 currency code for the Finnish Markka. Group Corporation, a Finnish investment services group, will be listed on Helsinki Stock Exchange “HEX” redirects here. For other uses, see HEX (disambiguation).
For Wikipedia's help pages, see . . Media are invited to follow the welcome ceremony held on the company's first trading day In Business, the trading day is the time span that a particular stock exchange is open. For example, the New York Stock Exchange is, as of 2006, open from 09:30AM to 4:00PM. Trading days never take place on weekends. . FIM will be the third new company to be welcomed to the Helsinki Stock Exchange and the tenth to the Nordic Exchange this year.
R.S.V.P.: Notify Outi Ylitalo no later than April 12 at
outi.ylitalo@omxgroup.com
Where: The Helsinki Stock Exchange, Fabianinkatu 14, Helsinki
When: 9.30 a.m. (EET) in the reception. The ceremony will last
for about an hour.
Jan Forsbom, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of FIM and Jouni Torasvirta, President of the Helsinki Stock Exchange are participating in the ceremony. "We warmly welcome FIM as a new listed company listed company n → compañía cotizable listed company n → société cotée en Bourse listed company list n → to the Nordic Exchange in Helsinki. The listing of FIM will further diversify our financials sector. I believe that FIM offers an interesting new alternative for investors in the Nordic equity market," says Jouni Torasvirta, President of the Helsinki Stock Exchange. "The stock exchange and the world of investment are a familiar operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. for FIM. Still, becoming a listed company is a major step for us. We believe it is the best way for us to develop the company. Our large shareholder base will get floating market valuation for their holding, but former shareholders can still continue their work to develop the company and to increase the wealth of FIM's customers as owners and employees. The listing also increases our options for developing personnel incentive programs. Furthermore, it opens a channel to raise additional capital from the capital markets if necessary. The stock listing also supports FIM's strong efforts to build its brand and to make itself better known among customers", says Jan Forsbom, CEO of FIM. Photos of the listing ceremony of FIM will be available on the Helsinki Stock Exchange's website at www.omxgroup.com/helsinkistockexchange FIM, whose short name will be FIM1V, is included in the Financials sector. About FIM Established in 1987, FIM is a Finnish investment services group that offers asset management, brokerage and investment banking for private persons and organizations. In addition to the head office, which is located in Helsinki, FIM has regional offices in Espoo, Jyvaskyla, Kuopio, Lahti, Oulu, Tampere, Turku, Vaasa and, as of May 2006, in Riihimaki. FIM also operates in Stockholm and Moscow. The company's net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight in 2005 were 63.2 million euros and operating profit Operating profit (or loss) Revenue from a firm's regular activities less costs and expenses and before income deductions. operating profit See operating income. 19.1 million euros. FIM employs approximately 260 persons. www.fim.com About OMX OMX Office Max (stock symbol) OMX is a leading expert in the exchange industry. Through the Nordic Exchange in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius, OMX offers access to approximately 80 percent of the Nordic and Baltic securities market. Our integrated technology solutions span the transaction chain enabling efficient securities transactions for exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories around the world. OMX is listed on the Nordic Exchange in Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen. For more information, please visit www.omxgroup.com. This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net |
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