The Nasdaq Tallinn AS, formerly known as the Tallinn Stock Exchange, is a stock exchange operating in Tallinn, Estonia. Nasdaq Tallinn is the only regulated secondary securities market in Estonia. The major stock market index is Nasdaq Tallinn, formerly known as TALSE. History The foundation of Estonian Central Securities Depository in 1994 created the basis for the development of the secondary market based on electronic trading system. This was realized with the founding of the Tallinn Stock Exchange in April 1995 by 10 commercial banks, 9 brokerage firms and state players (Hüvitusfond, Bank of Estonia, and Ministry of Finance), equal holding of each of them. Licensed by the Ministry of Finance, Tallinn Stock Exchange opened for trading on May 31, 1996 with 11 securities listed. June 3 was the first calculation day for the TALSE index. In 1999 September 24, The alliance of Nordic Exchanges (NOREX) formally invited Tallinn Stock Exchange, alongside Riga Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania, to start negotiations for the potential merger with the union. In 2001 May 28, the Baltic exchanges and the NOREX officially announced that they suspended further cooperation. In 2000 October, Tallinn Stock Exchange and Estonian CSD formed, based on the two companies, a group under single strategic management. In 2001 April, HEX Group from Finland acquired strategic ownership in the Tallinn Stock Exchange Group. Trading in Estonian securities in the HEX trading system started on February 25, 2002. In 2003 September 4, The first day of operations for OMHEX, the new parent company of HEX Tallinn, created by the merger of Swedish OM and Finnish HEX. In 2004, as a result of merger between Finnish and Swedish securities market operators into OMX, the Tallinn Stock Exchange adopted new trading platform. In 2007, the alternative market “First North” was launched. In 2008, NASDAQ and OMX merged; NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. was formed. OMX Tallinn became NASDAQ OMX Tallinn. In 2014, NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. changed its business name to Nasdaq, Inc. NASDAQ OMX Tallinn became Nasdaq Tallinn. Tradable securities Main list As of August 2022, there were 18 companies listed on the main list of Nasdaq Tallinn: Arco Vara (ARC1T) Baltika (BLT1T) Coop Pank (CPA1T) EfTEN Real Estate Fund III (EFT1T) Ekspress Grupp (EEG1T) Enefit Green (EGR1T) Harju Elekter (HAE1T) Hepsor (HPR1T) LHV Group (LHV1T) Merko Ehitus (MRK1T; previously MKO1T) Nordecon (NCN1T; previously Eesti Ehitus) PRFoods (PRF1T) Pro Kapital