VINX Index Information: Adjustment of VINX Benchmark Index due to rights issue in Norsk Hydro (18/10)

The following information is based on a press release from Norsk Hydro (NHY)
(NO0005052605) published on June 21, 2010 and may be subject to change. 

The Board of Directors has proposed that the Extra General Meeting (EGM), on
June 21, 2010, approves a rights issue (7:23), whereby shareholders are
entitled to seven (7) new shares for every twenty-three (23) shares held. The
subscription price is set at NOK 26.30 per share. The Ex-date is June 22 ,
2010. 

Provided that the EGM approves the proposed rights issue, NASDAQ OMX Global
Index Group will act and adjust NHY in the VINX Benchmark Index in accordance
to the “Rules for the Construction and Maintenance of the NASDAQ OMX and Oslo
Børs All-Share, Benchmark, Tradable and Sector Indexes”, rule 5.3. 
On the Ex-date June 22, 2010, the number of shares for NHY in the VINXB index
will be increased to 865 692 687. 

For further information concerning this notice please contact Fredrik von
Platen or Lukas Wäsström, telephone + 46 8 405 6296, e-mail index@nasdaqomx.com