OMX – Interim report January-March 2007

Record high exchange activity

• Revenues during January – March increased to SEK 1,062 m (903)
• Operating income rose to SEK 348 m (334)
• Income after financial items rose to SEK 329 m (319)
• Income after tax rose to SEK 257 m (244)
• Earnings per share rose to SEK 2.12 (2.05)
• Return on shareholders’ equity rose to 20 percent (14)
• Record high equity trading
• Launch of Genium – next generation of systems for the exchange industry
• Widespread interest in information services

”Operating income of SEK 348 m is the highest quarterly earnings in the company’s history, excluding the capital gains received during prior periods. There is a high level of activitiy in all of our operations.
The earnings increase is primarily attributable to the record high levels of trading activities on the OMX Nordic Exchange – the number of equity transactions rose by a total of 50 percent compared with the year-earlier period and by 27 percent compared with the preceding quarter.” says Magnus Böcker, President and CEO of OMX.


OMX’s interim report for the period January-March 2007 is presented on the following pages. The report is also available at www.omxgroup.com.
A press and analyst briefing will be held today at 11:00 a.m. CET at OMX’s premises at Tullvaktsvägen 15, Stockholm. For anyone unable to attend, it is possible to participate via teleconference on the following numbers, Sweden: +46 (0) 850 520 270, UK: +44 (0) 208 817 9301, USA: +1 718 354 1226. The report will be presented by OMX’s President and CEO Magnus Böcker and CFO Kristina Schauman.