NASDAQ OMX Commodities and Nord Pool ASA Offer New Members Six Month Annual Fee Relief Period

Oslo, March 23 2009 - Nord Pool ASA and NASDAQ OMX Commodities announced that   
beginning April 1, it will waive annual fees for new members for a temporary    
period. During this time new members will only be subject to traded and cleared 
volume fees. The promotion will be in effect until September 31.                

Head of NASDAQ OMX Commodities, Geir Reigstad, comments:                        
“This introductory offer will provide a further incentive for entering the Nord 
Pool markets and demonstrate the benefits of being a member of Europe's largest 
power exchange. Potential members will have the opportunity to trade and clear  
Nord Pool products with no fixed fees for this period.”                         

The annual fee will apply from 1 October for the remaining months of 2009.      


ABOUT NASDAQ OMX COMMODITIES AND NORD POOL ASA                                  
NASDAQ OMX Commodities and Nord Pool ASA provide access to the world's largest  
power derivatives markets and one of Europe's largest carbon markets. Nord Pool 
ASA is responsible for the exchange operations and trading activities, including
ownership of the Nordic power derivatives. NASDAQ OMX Commodities owns the      
international power derivatives, the carbon products, the clearing business and 
the consulting services. NASDAQ OMX Commodities and Nord Pool ASA have more than
390 members from 22 countries across a wide range of energy producers and       
consumers, as well as financial institutions.                                   
NASDAQ OMX Commodities is an entity in the NASDAQ OMX GROUP. For more           
information, please visit www.nasdaqomx.com/commodities and www.nordpool.com.   

ABOUT NASDAQ OMX GROUP                                                          
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trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, 
with over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising    
solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market,    
NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A 
sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including      
equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and               
exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 
exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more   
than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal        
entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki,
Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information
about NASDAQ OMX, visit www.nasdaqomx.com.                                      

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Media Contacts:                                                                 
NASDAQ OMX Commodities/Nord Pool ASA                                            
Lars Galtung                                                                    
Tel: + 47 98 21 48 12                                                           
E-mail: lars.galtung@nasdaqomx.com