no 32/10 Technical preparation for N2EX referenced UK power futures contracts

London, 3 June 2010

Nord Pool ASA invites market participants and existing members of N2EX and the
Nord Pool financial market to start technical preparations for trading and
clearing of N2EX referenced UK cash-settled power futures contracts. The
contracts will be part of the NASDAQ OMX Commodities offering. 

Participation in testing of systems

Members and independent software vendors are invited to participate in test
trades to verify that the new incorporated products comply with established
routines. NASDAQ OMX Commodities will upgrade the test and training system on
14 June. Log in information will be provided when the system is ready for use. 

Upgrades to membership agreements

Existing members at the Nord Pool financial market will be able to trade and
clear UK power futures contracts under their existing memberships, but need to
establish new bank accounts for settlement and collateral arrangements in the
United Kingdom. They also need to provide a revised entry form. 

New members can contact our sales and marketing representatives to get a brief
introduction to the sign up procedure as well as an introduction to the UK
power futures contracts. 
The sales and marketing team will be of assistance during the sign up and
membership application process for existing and new members. 

The UK power futures will be traded on Nord Pool ASA's financial market, and
clearing will be operated by NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB and NASDAQ OMX Oslo. 

For information on changes to the Trading Rules and the Clearing Rules due to
the N2EX referenced UK power futures contracts, please refer to the exchange
and clearing information no 26/10 at www.nordpool.com. 

The revised Trading and Clearing Rules will become effective on 7 June 2010 and
can be found at www.nordpool.com/membership/legalframework. 





 
For further information, please contact NASDAQ OMX Commodities/Nord Pool:
Geir Reigstad, senior vice president, NASDAQ OMX Commodities, phone +47 9084
6735 

Marianne Wergeland Jenssen, senior vice president, financial market, Nord Pool
ASA 
phone +47 6752 8076

Media contact: 
Trine Fersnes Riccardi, corporate communications, NASDAQ OMX Commodities,      
                        phone +47 6752 8080/+47 9574 7497,
trine.riccardi@nasdaqomx.com 

Sales and marketing contacts for signing up for UK futures:
Christina König, phone +46 8 405 7842, christina.konig@nasdaqomx.com
Deirdre Lane, phone +44 (0) 207 065 8078, deirdre.lane@nasdaqomx.com

About NASDAQ OMX Commodities                                                   
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name for offerings related to commodities within the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc and
is not a legal entity. NASDAQ OMX Commodities provides access to the world's
largest power derivatives exchange and one of Europe's largest carbon markets,
through Nord Pool ASA. Nord Pool ASA is a commodity derivatives exchange
authorised by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and supervised by the Norwegian
Financial Supervisory Authority. NASDAQ OMX Commodities also provides clearing
services through NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB and its Norwegian branch NASDAQ OMX
Oslo, acting as an authorised clearinghouse. N2EX is the brand name for NASDAQ
OMX Commodities' and Nord Pool Spot AS offering in the UK power market and
NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB is the authorised clearinghouse. NASDAQ OMX Commodities
has more than 380 members from over 20 countries covering a wide range of
energy producers, consumers and financial institutions. 
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