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Published: 2019-02-15 08:30:00 CET
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Nasdaq Helsinki welcomes LeadDesk to Nasdaq First North

February 15, 2019 – Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announces that trading in LeadDesk shares (short name: LEADD) commence today on Nasdaq First North Finland. The company belongs to the Technology. LeadDesk Ltd is the third company to be admitted to trading on Nasdaq’s Nordic markets* in 2019, and it represents the first listing on Nasdaq Helsinki in 2019.

LeadDesk Ltd is a rapidly expanding and globalising software company operating on the cloud-based software market in Europe. The company offers a LeadDesk cloud service to meet the needs of high-volume sales and customer service and has grown into the Nordic companies’ leading supplier of sales and customer service software delivered as a cloud service. The company’s turnover has risen during the last six years (2012-2018) on average by 46% a year and, in 2018, turnover came to about 11.0 million euros. The company has offices in six countries in Northern Europe. The LeadDesk cloud service is used by over 700 customers in 34 countries. For more information: https://leaddesk.com/

”We are delighted by the interest investors have shown in our listing. LeadDesk is a viably growing, leading company in its field in the Nordics. Our goal is to be Europe’s largest SaaS company serving the needs of high-volume sales and customer service. The listing places us in an even better position to execute our growth strategy. We want to thank all of our new shareholders for their trust – let’s continue growing on the cloud market together”, said Olli Nokso-Koivisto, LeadDesk’s CEO.

“We welcome LeadDesk to Nasdaq First North,” said Henrik Husman, President of Nasdaq Helsinki. “LeadDesk joins our strong technology sector and we congratulate the company on its successful listing.”

LeadDesk Ltd has appointed Oaklins Merasco Ltd as its Certified Adviser.

*Main markets and Nasdaq First North at Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland and Nasdaq Stockholm
 

About Nasdaq First North

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