The Icelandic FSA has announced to NASDAQ OMX Iceland (The Exchange) a prolongation of a prohibition on short selling, cf. an announcement previously published in the Exchange's News System on 7 October 2008: http://www.omxnordicexchange.com/newsandstatistics/marketnotices/Article/?msgId= 675085&lang=en The prohibition involves a continued limit on short selling of financial instruments issued by specified companies, in accordance with the previous announcement. The limit is applicable through 31 January 2009.