NASDAQ STOCKHOLM WELCOMES CAPACENT TO FIRST NORTH

Stockholm, October 2, 2015 — Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that the trading in Capacent Holding AB’s shares (short name: CAPAC) commenced today on Nasdaq First North in Stockholm. Capacent belongs to the Industrial sector and is the 69^th company to be admitted to trading on Nasdaq’s Nordic markets* in 2015.

Founded in 1990, Capacent has widened its service offering over time to become a full service management consulting firm operating primarily in the Nordic countries. More than half of the firm’s revenues come from implementation work, where Capacent’s fees often are tied to the realized results. Capacent employs around 100 consultants located at four offices in Sweden and Finland. For more information, please visit www.capacent.se.

“This is a new stage for Capacent and we now have even better preconditions for the continued profitable growth path that we have selected,” said Edvard Björkenheim, CEO of Capacent. “I’m very excited to be part of this and hope that we can attract many new investors.”

“We welcome Capacent to Nasdaq First North and to our family of companies” said Adam Kostyál, senior vice president and head of European listings at Nasdaq. “We congratulate Capacent on its listing and look forward to supporting them with the increased investor visibility that comes with being a publicly traded company.”

Capacent Holding AB has appointed Mangold Fondkommission AB as the Certified Adviser.

*Main markets and Nasdaq First North at Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland and Nasdaq Stockholm.

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