Agreements signed regarding merger of APK and VPC

Agreements signed regarding merger of APK and VPC VPC AB and OMX AB (publ) have today signed the final agreements regarding the merger between the OMX-owned Finnish Central Securities Depository (APK), and VPC, the Swedish equivalent, as communicated earlier in the Letter of Intent described in a press release dated April 22, 2004. The creation of a Finnish-Swedish CSD (NCSD) will further facilitate the harmonization of rules and settlement processes and promote the development of a common technology platform, which will accelerate the horizontal integration of the post-trade part of the