YEREVAN, February 16, /ARKA/. The Panarmenian Bank ojsc was registered as a Market participant at NASDAQ OMX Armenia today and granted the right to participate in credit resources market. Panarmenian Bank will operate under PNARB exchange code.

Panarmenian Bank ojsc was established in 2011 as an investment bank, which aims to mobilize long-term resources from the international financial institutions and development-orientated private sources to finance investment projects of private enterprises.

As of today overall 32 banks and investment companies are members and market participants at NASDAQ OMX Armenia, of which 25 are members, while the rest 7 are market participants.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, and with over 3,900 companies, it is number one in worldwide listings among major markets. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries.

In January 2008, Nordic exchange operator OMX Group acquired 100% of shares of the Armenian Stock Exchange (Armex) and the Central Depository of Armenia (CDA). After the combination of NASDAQ and OMX in February 2008, Armex and CDA have become fully owned by the NASDAQ OMX Group,

On January 27, 2009, “Armenian Stock Exchange” ojsc was officially renamed as “NASDAQ OMX Armenia” ojsc. On June 5, 2009, “NASDAQ OMX Armenia” ojsc became the owner of 100% of the shares of the “Central Depository of Armenia” ojsc. -0-