NASDAQ STOCKHOLM WELCOMES MAXKOMPETENS TO FIRST NORTH

Stockholm, November 23, 2015 — Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that the trading in Maxkompetens Sverige AB’s shares (short name: MAXK) commenced today on Nasdaq First North in Stockholm. Maxkompetens belongs to the industrial sector and is the 79^th company to be admitted to trading on Nasdaq’s Nordic markets* in 2015.

Maxkompetens is a consulting company specialized in temporary staffing and recruitment solutions. The company provides skilled competence to technology, IT and industrial companies as well as to student health departments at schools, and offers its services on a temporary, temporary-to-hire, and direct-hire basis. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Maxkompetens has local offices in nine additional locations across Sweden. For more information, please visit www.maxkompetens.se.

“Maxkompetens has grown rapidly while maintaining its profitability” said Ronny Siggelin, CEO of Maxkompetens. “Through the listing on Nasdaq First North, we will be able to continue our successful acquisition plan and we are convinced that we will show continued strong growth and profitability in the future. The first six months of this fiscal year have started very well and we have exceeded our growth objectives. Together with our shareholders, customers and employees we now look forward to develop Maxkompetens even further.”

“We welcome Maxkompetens to Nasdaq First North and to our family of companies” said Adam Kostyál, senior vice president and head of European listings at Nasdaq. “We continue to see a strong inflow of companies that use the public markets to raise capital, and today’s listing underlines that trend.”

Maxkompetens Sverige AB has appointed Remium Nordic 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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