The Nordic Exchange welcomes Ellen to First North


Trading in Ellen will commence today on First North in Sweden. Including Ellen, 
First North now comprises 118 companies.                                        

Ellen AB is a biotech company that focuses on women's health and targets the    
global market. Ellen AB is the first company in world to offer women tampons    
treated with lactic acid bacteria. These tampons have been sold in the Nordic   
countries for three years. The company is presently expanding on the European   
market via distributors as well as developing two new products based on the same
technology. Ellen has a strong patent portfolio and sound clinical evidence for 
its unique, beneficial bacteria.                                                

“We warmly welcome Ellen as the forty-first company to join First North this    
year. By joining First North, Ellen will represent yet another investment       
opportunity within the consumer staples sector, ” says Jenny Rosberg, President 
of Company Services at OMX.                                                     

Thenberg & Kinde Fondommission AB is Certified Adviser for Ellen. A round lot of
shares in Ellen, whose short name is ELN, amounts to 1000 and the company is    
included in the Consumer staples sector.                                        


For further information, please contact                                         
Jonas Rodny, OMX	+46 8 405 72 67                                                



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