Stockholm, October 6, 2009 – Arminta Saladžienė, President NASDAQ OMX Vilnius has been honored with the Swedbank Baltic Sea Award for her work in heading up the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance on a voluntary basis. The Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance is a non-governmental organization with the aim of advancing the Corporate Governance agenda in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as educating and certifying Board members in the region. 

The award was presented to Ms Saladžienė at a Gala Dinner on Monday evening in connection with the Baltic Development Forum’s annual Summit. The Summit, which is held in Stockholm October 5-6, includes speakers like the Prime Ministers of Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden and Finland as well as the CEO of Swedbank. The Baltic Development Forum is an independent non-profit organization which promotes the Baltic region as an integrated and internationally competitive growth region. Its members include large corporations, cities, institutional investors and business associations in the Baltic Sea region. For more information about the Baltic Development Forum and the 2009 Summit, please visit www.bdforum.org. 

The Swedbank Baltic Sea Award was created in 2007 as a joint cooperation between the Baltic Development Forum and Swedbank. The award is given to an individual or organization that has made an extraordinary contribution to the development of the Baltic Sea region, and consists of EUR 5000 aside from the honor. Arminta Saladžienė will join the group of previous winners: Björn Carlsson, the founder of “Baltic Sea 2020” and Tarja Halonen, President of Finland, awarded for her strong commitment to the Baltic Sea region.