no 28/09 Nord Pool ASA and Nord Pool Clearing ASA offer new members six month annual fee relief period

Lysaker, 23 March 2009 

Nord Pool ASA and Nord Pool Clearing ASA announce that beginning 1 April, it will waive annual fees for new members for a temporary period. During this time new members will only be subject to traded and cleared volume fees. The promotion will be in effect until 31 September.

The introductory offer will provide a further incentive for entering the Nord Pool markets and demonstrate the benefits of being a member of Europe's largest power exchange and clearing house for power derivatives. Potential members will have the opportunity to trade and clear Nord Pool products with no fixed fees for this period.
      

For further information, please contact Nord Pool/NASDAQ OMX Commodities: 

Marianne W. Jenssen, senior vice president, financial market, Nord Pool ASA  
phone +47 6752 8076/+47 9013 6853

Jan Vidar Thoresen, managing director, Nord Pool Clearing ASA/NASDAQ OMX Commodities, phone +47 6710 8510/+47 9201 8416

Press contact: Lars Galtung, corporate communications, Nord Pool/NASDAQ OMX Commodities, phone +47 6752 8080/+47 9821 4812