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NASDAQ OMX Commodities Launches EUA Contracts For Next Compliance Period

Date 17/06/2009

NASDAQ OMX Commodities today announces the launch of EUADEC-13 and EUADEC-14 forward contracts for delivery in the first two years of next compliance period, starting from 2013 and onwards.

The contracts will be traded on the Nord Pool trading platform along with the 2009-2012 EUA contracts.

These contracts will be listed from 13 July 2009. The last trading day for EUADEC13 contract will be 2nd December-2013 and for EUADEC-14 contract - 1st December 2014. NASDAQ OMX Commodities offers a complete carbon product offering, including CER physical forward contracts for 2009-2012 and CER/EUA swaps and strips for 2009-2012 along with the EUA spot contracts.

“We are happy to offer a new extension of the EUA forward curve for future hedging purposes. This is one of several initiatives in order to further strengthen the carbon offering from NASDAQ OMX Commodities”, says Fredrik Voss, Vice President of Business Development and Carbon Markets.

 For further information about the product specification, please go to  www.nordpool.com.