How to join First North?

If you think First North in the Baltics may be right for your company, the first step is to book a meeting with us or with one of our Certified Advisers. A complete list of our Certified Advisers is available here.

Your Certified Adviser will explain more about First North and provide details regarding the application and market requirements.

Joining First North in the Baltics will include:
1) Discussion with Certified Adviser regarding your company’s readiness to be traded on First North
2) Agreement with one of the Certified Advisers
3) Shareholders’ decision on issue of additional shares (if needed)
4) Preparation of application and company description (or prospectus, if necessary), in cooperation with Certified Adviser
5) Submission of documents to local operator of First North
6) Exchange decision on admission to trading
7) Entering into agreement with local operator of First North

The length of application process can vary from case to case, but generally the time from application to decision should not take more than three weeks.

Our Market Services department will help you with all your questions.

Important information

First North is an alternative market, operated by the different exchanges within NASDAQ OMX. It does not have the same legal status as a regulated market in EU, which is a term used in the EU directive, called MiFID. According to MiFID, trading can be organized with a less complicated set of rules within the framework of a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF). First North is operating as MTF and Companies traded there are subject to the rules of First North and not the legal requirements of regulated market. Due to lower requirements in First North, the risk in such an investment may be higher than on the regulated market.