Lysaker, 27 May 2010 From 1 June 2010, NASDAQ OMX Commodities, through Nord Pool ASA, will implement the following initiatives to attract liquidity to German power: Liquidity Pool NASDAQ OMX Commodities has invited key players in the German power market to participate in a liquidity pool. The liquidity pool will consist of 4 to 8 members, actively contributing to boost liquidity. Lift in /clear old positions for free From the 1 June 2010 until the 30 December 2010, we will offer all exchange and clearing members the opportunity to clear old positions with no clearing fee. The offer is limited to German power contracts and requires both counterparts to agree on receiving a Nord Pool defined contract. E.g. swap a German physical non-cleared forward to a cleared Nord Pool German settled financial forward. Inter Commodity Spread Credit As informed in /en/asa/Quotes-and-market-information/Exchange-information/2010/no-2510-Inter-Commodity-Spread-Credit-/ exchange and clearing information no 25/10 , Inter Commodity Spread Credit (ICSC) calculation is now in operation, which gives margin benefits for products from the same product series (e.g. Nordic power vs. German power) and for products from separate product series (e.g. Nordic power vs. EUA allowances). For further information, please contact Nord Pool ASA and NASDAQ OMX Commodities: Marianne W. Jenssen, senior vice president, financial market, Nord Pool ASA, phone +47 6752 8076 Georg Aasen, head of market place, financial market, Nord Pool ASA, phone +47 6752 8024 Press contact : Trine Fersnes Riccardi, corporate communications, phone +47 9574 7497, trine.riccardi@nasdaqomx.com trine.riccardi@nasdaqomx.com About NASDAQ OMX Commodities NASDAQ OMX Commodities NASDAQ OMX Commodities is the brand 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 authorized 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 authorized clearing house. 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 authorized clearinghouse. NASDAQ OMX Commodities has more than 380 members from over 20 countries covering a wide range of energy producers, consumers and financial institutions. For more information about NASDAQ OMX Commodities, visit http://www.nordpool.com www.nordpool.com and http://www.nasdaqomx.com/Commodities www.nasdaqomx.com/Commodities About NASDAQ OMX The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,600 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 http://www.nasdaqomx.com http://www.nasdaqomx.com . Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/nasdaqomx http://www.facebook.com/nasdaqomx ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx ). NASDAQ OMX's Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about NASDAQ OMX's products and offerings. We caution that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond NASDAQ OMX's control. These factors include, but are not limited to factors detailed in NASDAQ OMX's annual report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements.