Neonet Wins World Finance Best Service Provider Award

Press Release February 8, 2010

Neonet Wins World Finance Best Service Provider Award

Neonet, the global agency broker and trading technology provider, has won World
Finance's award for Best Service Provider of the Year 2010. World Finance
recognises that Neonet represents the future of high-speed services and
sophisticated trading functionality.

The award, which pinpoints organizations that represent the benchmark of
achievement and best practice in the business world, is determined by a
distinguished panel of judges gathered by the financial publication World
Finance. Neonet excelled in criteria including market leadership, proof of
development and continued progress to emerge number one in the ‘Best Service
Provider of the Year Western Europe 2010' category in World Finance Exchanges
and Brokers Awards 2010.

Sebastian Wikström, Head of Capital Markets at FIM Bank Ltd, a current client of
Neonet, states: “Neonet is a reliable and innovative partner that is actively
participating in the transformation of the global financial landscape. This is a
well-deserved achievement. We strongly believe that the announced merger with
Orc Software will create an even more powerful customer offering, with an
extended range of technology and services for advanced trading.”
 
“Liquidity in the marketplace is a major concern of the readers of World Finance
and Neonet are at the forefront of providing the cutting edge technology
required to take advantage of a fast moving market. World Finance recognises the
pioneering nature of Neonet with products such as the European Consolidated
Orderbook helping the efficiency of global trading. With an ever changing
financial landscape, Neonet is ideally positioned to create maximum benefits for
its clients”, comments Michael McCaw, Executive Editor at World Finance.

Simon Nathanson, President and CEO of Neonet, says. “This award is a recognition
of Neonet's dedication to serve our clients by providing leading solutions and
services that facilitates global trading. Liquidity in the marketplace is of
utmost importance to our clients and we focus on delivering cutting edge trading
technology.” 

World Finance is a leading provider of financial news, which reaches 120,000 key
decision-makers around the world. Please visit
www.worldfinance.tv/banking-finance/nathanson-video to view the ceremony at
London Stock Exchange, when Simon Nathanson receives the Best Service Provider
Award.
 

For further information, please contact:

Ulrika Lilja
Head of Communications, Neonet
+46 8-454 15 82

Neonet is a global agency brokerage firm and technology provider, offering
professional market participants neutral, high speed brokerage services and
advanced trading software solutions. Neonet's in-house developed platform offers
connectivity to the world's leading market places globally across the key
regions of North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Neonet's
cutting-edge technology solutions, Neonet XG, include an integrated product
suite. It features high speed market connections, a comprehensive execution
management system, market data services and advanced trading tools. Neonet is
listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm and has clients in over 20 countries globally.
For more information, please visit: www.neonet.com

ABOUT FIM
FIM is a Finnish investment services provider owned by its personnel. FIM offers
individual and versatile investment, savings and asset management services. The
FIM group consists of parent company FIM Corporation and subsidiaries FIM Bank
Ltd and FIM Asset Management Ltd. FIM Bank Ltd has been granted permission to
operate as a credit institution and the right to act as a Finnish deposit bank.
FIM Bank Ltd is a member of the Finnish Deposit Guarantee Fund. In addition to
the head office in Helsinki, FIM has regional offices in Jyväskylä, Kuopio,
Lahti, Oulu, Tampere and Turku. FIM also operates in Stockholm, Sweden.
www.fim.com.