Nasdaq Copenhagen Welcomes Den Jyske Sparekasse A/S To List On the Main Market

Copenhagen, November 22, 2017 – Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces today that trading in Den Jyske Sparekasse A/S’ share commences today on the Nasdaq Copenhagen exchange. The share belongs to the Small Cap segment and is placed in the ICB sector 8000 – Financials.  Den Jyske Sparekasse is the tenth company to be admitted to trading on Nasdaq Copenhagen’s market* in 2018, and the 68^th on Nasdaq Nordic’s markets** this year. The Den Jyske Sparekasse share will be trading under short name DJS 

Den Jyske Sparekasse is a Danish regional bank offering a wide choice of financial services, advice and products with a commercial focus on retail clients and small and medium-sized enterprises in the regional communities. Today, Den Jyske Sparekasse runs 19 branches in Jutland. Headquartered in Grindsted, the local commitment is still an important cornerstone in the bank’s business model. Den Jyske Sparekasse was founded in 1872 under the name Grindsted-Grene & Omegns Spare- og Laanekasse.

CEO of Den Jyske Sparekasse Claus E. Petersen said:  ”The transformation into a public listed company is a milestone in the bank’s 146 year long history, and we are well prepared for this first day of trading at Nasdaq Copenhagen. With the listing we look forward to offering our new shareholders visibilty and good liquidity in the share and we hope that new investors share our belief in the continued positive development of the bank.”

Adam Kostýal, SVP Nasdaq Global Listing Services, EMEA, said: “We are proud to welcome Den Jyske Sparekasse to list on the Nasdaq Copenhagen main market. We hope that the company and its shareholders will benefit from this visibility and liquidity platform that attracts both local as well as global investors who are looking to invest and diversify in our strong Nordic financials sector. We look forward to partner with Den Jyske Sparekasse and their shareholders as they start their new journey as a public listed company.”

*Main market and Nasdaq First North

** Nasdaq Nordic represents the common offering by Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland and Nasdaq Stockholm. Nasdaq Baltic represents the common offering by Nasdaq Tallinn, Nasdaq Riga and Nasdaq Vilnius. Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland, Nasdaq Riga, Nasdaq Stockholm, Nasdaq Tallinn, Nasdaq Vilnius, Nasdaq Clearing and Nasdaq Broker Services are respectively brand names for Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S, Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd., Nasdaq Iceland hf., Nasdaq Riga AS, Nasdaq Stockholm AB, Nasdaq Tallinn AS, AB Nasdaq Vilnius, Nasdaq Clearing AB, Nasdaq Broker Services AB. 

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