NASDAQ OMX Riga Management Board on its meeting of March 1, 2010,
applied
surveillance status to AS „Parex Banka” and OJSC „Technikabank”.


The NASDAQ OMX Riga Listing and Disclosure rules stipulate that NASDAQ OMX
Riga
may assign Surveillance status to an issuer on the occasions when it
breaches
terms and stipulations of NASDAQ OMX Riga Listing and Disclosure
rules. 

AS „Parex Banka” and OJSC “Technikabank” have failed to submit their
12 months
financial reports of 2009 by March 1, 2010. The purpose of
assigning
surveillance status is to alert the market participants. 

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