(Lysaker, 11 January 2008) Nord Pool, Europe's leading international commodity exchange for power and emissions, launched derivative contracts for the German and Dutch power markets today. Vattenfall AB will be market marker for the new contracts. Completing the first German trade, Nord Pool is also pleased to announce that Vattenfall AB will be market maker on the new German products. The start up of their market making service will commence during second quarter 2008. “Vattenfall is in favour of integrated and competitive energy markets and we would like to attract additional liquidity by providing liquidity - motivating market participants to take the step into the continental power markets,” says Henrik Valgma, head of Vattenfall trading services. Year 09 first traded Barclays Capital and DONG Energy were the first to trade German power derivatives at Nord Pool trading 5 MW in the year 09 contract (EDEBLYR-09) at €62.50 Commenting on the launch, Simon Hastings, managing director European power & gas, Barclays Capital, says: “This is an exciting development, bringing increased competition and the associated benefits for market participants. Nord Pool's derivative contracts also enhance the international standing of the German and Dutch power markets, reinforcing their status as significant trading arenas for futures.” DONG Energy has been trading power in both the Nordic and German market for several years. “The development with Nord Pool now offering a single platform for financial power trading in both markets is something that we are pleased with. DONG Energy supports the simple and smooth financial power trading that Nord Pool offers,” says Frank Rasmussen, VP, market trading, DONG Energy. “Nord Pool offers customers cross margining between all markets cleared at Nord Pool, meaning one daily collateral call for all markets combined. By facilitating netting and cross margining, combined with a competitive fee level, Nord Pool supports the drive to make transactions as efficient as possible with low costs,” says Torger Lien, CEO at Nord Pool. Nord Pool's fifteen years of operation has created the most liquid power market in Europe. Last years annual volume of traded and cleared contracts were 2 369 TWh, worth EUR 81.6 billion. This figure includes the highest volume ever for exchange trading with 1 060 TWh, up 38.4 per cent compared with 2006. Please see http://www.nordpool.com www.nordpool.com for additional information about the contracts, including price statistics. For further information, please contact Nord Pool ASA: Torger Lien, president and CEO, phone +47 6752 8070/+47 9188 8112 Lars Galtung, vice president communications, phone +47 6752 8080/+47 9821 4812 About Nord Pool ASA Nord Pool ASA is the largest power derivatives exchange and the only exchange to provide trade in emissions allowances (EUAs) and carbon credits (CERs). The company has more than 400 members from 20 countries across a wide range of energy producers and consumers, as well as financial institutions. Nord Pool ASA embraces the wholly-owned Nord Pool Clearing ASA and Nord Pool Consulting AS subsidiaries. It is jointly owned by the transmission system operators (TSOs) Svenska Kraftnät and Statnett. The company has offices in Lysaker (Oslo), Stockholm, Helsinki and Amsterdam. For more information, please visit http://www.nordpool.com www.nordpool.com .