no 53/10 Adjustment of margins for Nordic financial electricity base contracts

Lysaker, 18 October 2010

NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB hereby notifies the members that the risk intervals
affecting the daily margin call will be adjusted due to changes in volatility.
The adjustments are in accordance with the clearing rules. 

The risk intervals for Nordic financial electricity base contracts will be
adjusted downwards for contracts covering the three front months. There will be
no changes to contracts further out on the curve. For the updated margin curve,
please see www.nordpool.com/clearing/riskmanagement/margincurves. 

The new risk intervals will have impact on the calculation of daily margin
calls, for which collateral must be posted by 11.00 CET on Wednesday 20 October
2010. 


For further information, please contact NASDAQ OMX Commodities:

Siw Cecilie Søstrand, Risk Analyst, Clearing Risk Management - Europe, 
phone +47 6710 8443/+47 9593 7985

Kjetil Bundli, Risk Analyst, Clearing Risk Management - Europe,
phone +47 6710 8441/+47 9900 3690
                                                                 
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Trine Fersnes Riccardi, Director of Communications, Corporate Communications, 
phone +47 6752 8080/+47 9574 7497


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