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The upgrade of Genium INET to version 5.0.0205 scheduled for April 23 was postponed due to the data center incident on April 18. A new go-live date of the Genium INET upgrade to version 5.0.0205 is scheduled for June 9 with the first day of trading June 11.

The trading and clearing rules reflecting these changes will be published in due course. The upgrade affects the listing of German Only Contracts and the delisting German EPADs and certain Freight and Fuel Oil contracts. Please see final details for the upgrade below.

German Only Electricity Day and Week contracts to be listed on June 11, 2018

Quotation List As of launch date June 11, 2018, there will be four (4) weekly German Only Electricity Base and Peak Average Rate futures contracts and eight (8) daily German Only Electricity Base futures contracts listed. The nearest week and day contract available for trading and clearing will be week 25, 2018 and day June 13, 2018.

Weekly Base and Peak Load Futures Contracts EDEFBW25-18   EDEFPW25-18       EDEFBW26-18   EDEFPW26-18 EDEFBW27-18   EDEFPW27-18 EDEFBW28-18   EDEFPW28-18

Daily Base Load Futures Contracts EDEFBD1306-18, EDEFBD1406-18, EDEFBD1506-18, EDEFBD1606-18, EDEFBD1706-18, EDEFBD1806-18, EDEFBD1906-18, EDEFBD2006-18

From June 18 there will be five (5) weekly German Only Base and Peak Average Rate Futures contracts listed. From June 12 there will be nine (9) daily German Only futures contracts listed. Please see previously published exchange and clearing information for further information. https://cns.omxgroup.com/cdsPublic/viewDisclo...Id=1042204

Other announced changes to the Clearing and Trading Rules

In addition, the changes outlined in the below exchange and clearing information’s are also affected by the delay and will be launched on June 11, 2018. For the sake of clarity, all contracts that will be delisted on June 11, 2018 are already suspended and cannot be traded.

https://cns.omxgroup.com/cdsPublic/viewDisclo...Id=1047436

https://cns.omxgroup.com/cdsPublic/viewDisclo...Id=1042883

https://cns.omxgroup.com/cdsPublic/viewDisclo...Id=1042995

For further information, please contact Nasdaq Commodities:

Anne-Marit Rudby, Head of Business Development Commodities, +47 91580323, anne-marit.rudby@nasdaq.com

Mette Steinsland, AVP Head of Legal Nasdaq Commodities, phone +47 6752 8071, mette.steinsland@nasdaq.com

Knut Rabbe, Head of Sales, +47 67 52 8032, knut.rabbe@nasdaq.com

Media contact:

Sara Aadnesen, Director Corporate Communication, phone +47 9060 0759, sara.aadnesen@nasdaq.com

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