Lysaker, 26 August 2011
NASDAQ OMX Commodities has received the following information from Nord Pool Spot:
Due to maintenance, the UMM-application, the web-site and ftp-site of Nord Pool Spot will be unavailable in periods on Saturday 27 August from 15:00 to 18:00 CET. This means that it is not possible to publish UMMs or operational messages during this time period. As soon as the maintenance is finished, an operational message will be published informing about this.
Participants holding inside information while the web-site and ftp-site of Nord Pool Spot is unavailable and wanting to make trades in Elbas may call the helpdesk at Nord Pool Spot at +47 67 10 91 10 to get out of the insider position. The helpdesk will then publish the inside information as a market message in Elbas. When such a message has been published in Elbas, the participant in question may start or continue its trading activities in Elbas.
However, we ask senders of UMMs to observe the operational messages and publish any outstanding UMMs as soon as possible after the UMM application has been made available again, even if the information has already been published in Elbas. Any questions relating to the publication of UMMs during the period may be directed to Market Surveillance (8:00-15:30 CET on weekdays) or to the helpdesk outside these hours. Their contact details are:
Market Surveillance:
Phone: + 47 67 10 91 36
E-mail: market.surveillance@npspot.com
Elspot helpdesk:
Phone: + 47 67 10 91 10
E-mail: elspot@npspot.com
This may affect the Nord Pool Spot related data published on the NASDAQ OMX Commodities’ website www.nasdaqomxcommodities.com
For further information, please contact NASDAQ OMX Commodities:
Press contact:
Sara Aadnesen, Director Communication, phone +47 6752 8080/+47 9060 0759
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