Outokumpu Technology ready for listing on the Nordic Exchange in Helsinki

As of October 10, 2006, Outokumpu Tecnology will be listed on the Nordic Exchange in Helsinki. Outokumpu Technology is a company focused on providing process solutions, technologies and services for the mining and metals industries, will be listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Media are invited to follow the welcome ceremony held on the company’s first trading day. Outokumpu Technology will be the sixty-fourth* new company to be welcomed to the Nordic Exchange and the sixth to the Helsinki Stock Exchange this year.

R.S.V.P.: Notify no later than October 9 at info.helsinki@omxgroup.com Where: The Helsinki Stock Exchange, Fabianinkatu 14, Helsinki When: 9.30 a.m. (EET) in the reception. The ceremony will last for about an hour. “We warmly welcome Outokumpu Technology to the Nordic Exchange in Helsinki. The listing of Outokumpu Technology will diversify further our Industrials sector,” says Jouni Torasvirta, President of the Helsinki Stock Exchange. “Listing on the Helsinki Stock Exchange will improve our possibilities to grow and develop our business and it further strengthens our position as one of the leading technology suppliers for the mining and metals industries,” says Tapani Järvinen, President and CEO of Outokumpu Technology. Outokumpu Technology is included in the Industrials sector (Sub-industry: 20103010-Construction & Engineering). The trading code of Outokumpu Technology’s share will be OTE1V (ISIN code FI0009014575). For more information, please contact: Jarmo Holopainen, OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki +358 9 6166 7203 About Outokumpu Technology Outokumpu Technology is a worldwide technology leader in minerals and metals processing, providing innovative tailored solutions for a wide variety of customer needs in iron and steel, aluminum and non-ferrous metals industries. With a global network of sales and service centers, research facilities and 1800 experts the company generated annual sales of 556 million euro in 2005. Additional information at www.outokumputechnology.com. About OMX OMX is a leading expert in the exchange industry. Through the Nordic Exchange in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius, OMX offers access to approximately 80 percent of the Nordic and Baltic securities market. Our integrated technology solutions span the transaction chain enabling efficient securities transactions for exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories around the world. OMX is listed on the Nordic Exchange in Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen. For more information, please visit www.omxgroup.com. __________________________________ * 34 companies originated from the Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius Stock Exchanges main lists, and 30 from First North.