no 94/08 Launch dates for upgrades of Nord Pool's trading and clearing systems 2009


Lysaker, 12 December 2008

Information to all exchange and clearing members
With reference to exchange information no 73/08, regarding business system upgrades within the first quarter of 2009, Nord Pool ASA and Nord Pool Clearing ASA announce the following launch dates: 

The new business systems are planned to be launched 23 March 2009 . The last trading day with the existing system will be 20 March 2009. 

• The current clearing desk application (CDA) will be replaced by a new clearing application tool, Secur Participant Interface (PI). The application will be accessible on the http protocol with RSA authentication, equivalent to the current solution. 

• The new version of the clearing report application (CRA) will be launched stepwise, starting 9 March 2009  and ending 23 March 2009. The members will be transferred to the new CRA-version in groups within this time period. 

• The PowerCLICK application and the OMX CLICK/Secur interface OMnet API will be upgraded to version 19.2. 
Updated information on the technical interface, OMnet API and XML documentation, can be found on ftp://ftp.nordpool.com/marketreadiness/ ftp.nordpool.com/marketreadiness/  . A PI test system will be provided for the market participants. Information about this will follow. 

For any enquiries, please contact market.readiness@nordpool.com market.readiness@nordpool.com 
For further information, please contact: 

Camilla Christiansen, head of market & credit, Nord Pool Clearing ASA, 
phone +47 6710 8414/ +47 9181 4112

Ronny Hagen, technical account manager, Nord Pool Clearing ASA, 
phone +47 6752 8058/ +47 4542 4893
GlobeNewswire