Tanganyika Joins Nordic Exchange's Main Market

Tanganyika Oil Company was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange Wednesday, moving up from First North to the Nordic Exchange's main market.

Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with interests in exploration and development properties in Syria and Egypt. Corporate headquarters are situated in Vancouver, British Columbia and the company's other offices are located in Cairo, Egypt and Damascus, Syria.

"It is very gratifying that Tanganyika Oil Company now takes the step from First North to our main market. Through the listing of Tanganyika Oil Company the investors get a new Nordic Mid Cap company in the Energy sector," said Jenny Rosberg, President of Company Services at OMX (STO:OMX).

A round lot of shares in Tanganyika Oil Company, whose short name is TYKS SDB, amounts to 100. Tanganyika Oil Company is a Mid Cap company in the Energy sector.

OMX is a leading expert in the exchange industry. Through the Nordic Exchange, OMX offers access to approximately 80 percent of the Nordic and Baltic securities market. The Nordic Exchange is a term used for marketing purposes and is not a legal entity. It describes the common offering from the Helsinki Stock Exchange, Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Stockholm Stock Exchange, Iceland Stock Exchange, Tallinn Stock Exchange, Riga Stock Exchange and Vilnius Stock Exchange. OMX integrated technology solutions cross the transaction chain enabling efficient securities transactions for over 60 exchange organizations in more than 50 countries. OMX is a Nordic Large Cap company in the Financials sector on the OMX Nordic Exchange.