Adjustment of OMX Helsinki Benchmark Index due to rights issue in Nordea Bank AB (02/09)

The board of Nordea Bank AB has proposed that the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on March 12, 2009, approves a rights issue (11:20), whereby shareholders are entitled to 11 new shares for every 20 shares held. The subscription price is set at EUR 1.81 and the Ex date is March 13, 2009.

In accordance with the “Rules for the Construction and Maintenance of the NOREX Exchanges’ Tradable, All-Share, Sector and Benchmark Indexes” rules 5.1 and 5.3 Nordea Bank AB (NDA1V, FI0009902530) will be adjusted in OMXHB index, conditional approval on the EGM. The new ordinary shares do not entitle to the dividend of EUR 0.20 proposed to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which will be held April 2, 2009, which is why the proposed dividend is added to the issue price in the formula for the adjustment factor.

After the adjustment the number of shares in OMXHB will increase to 464 165 872.