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Global Data ProductsNORDIC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

April 11th 2012

#10HIGHLIGHT

HIGHLIGHT

“New Family of NASDAQ Commodity Indexes”

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“Change in STIBOR calcula-tion routine.”

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CONTENT Page

CurrENT prOduCTs aNd pOliCiEsIndex data

NASDAQ OMX to Launch New Family of NASDAQ Commodity Indexes on April 23rd, 2012 3

Global Data Policies & System Application

NASDAQ OMX Global Data Policies & System Application Update 5

MarkET daTa sysTEMs TEChNiCal fuNCTiONaliTyGenium Consolidated Feed (GCF)

Changes on the Genium INET commodities market 7

Next release of Genium Consolidated Feed with TIP 2.4.2 on April 23rd, 2012 7

Change in STIBOR calculation routine 8

Release Schedule

2012 9

System environments

Genium Consolidated Feed production environment 10

Genium Consolidated Feed test environments 10

Genium Consolidated Feed Connectivity

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NASDAQ OMX to Launch New Family of NASDAQ Commodity Indexes on April 23rd, 2012

NASDAQ Commodity Index FamilyThe NASDAQ Commodity Index Family provides a broad way to track U.S. dollar denominated commodi-

ties traded on U.S. and U.K. exchanges. NASDAQ’s transparent and rules-based selection criteria results

in a diverse index family with significant exposure across major commodity sectors. The family consists

of individual and sector indexes based on 33 different futures-based commodities that use the NASDAQ

Commodity Benchmark Index (NQCI) as the primary benchmark. The family is available in five different

roll schedules to offer the choice of different exposure and strategies along the commodity futures

curve. The indexes are calculated in Excess Return and Total Return, and facilitate a superior tracking,

trading and investing opportunity.

Index values dissemination

GCFEffective Monday, April 23rd, 2012, the new commodity indexes will be included in Genium Consolidated

Feed (GCF) in Nordic Equity and index products. Please see enclosed list of the new indexes. An up-

dated list with GCF ID codes will be published when available on April 16th, 2012. No index weights data

will be available in GCF or FDS.

GIDSEffective Monday, April 23rd, 2012, data recipients will receive end-of-day index information from the

proprietary GIDS data feed. For a list of the new indexes and data elements that will be disseminated

via GIDS, please clickhere.

NASDAQ OMX will support the following directory messages on GIDS:

• Index End of Day Summary (Category A - Type B): Disseminated at the end of the U.S. and European

trading session to relay closing index summary data.

• Index Directory (Category A - Type C): Disseminated at the start of each day to relay basic index infor-

mation.

Components and weightings dataNASDAQ OMX will offer a new NASDAQ Commodity entitlement on GIW to support these new indexes via

a secure website interface. Additionally, we expect that this new entitlement will be offered via our

redistributionpartners.

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In addition, the indexes will be supported via a new Unified File Format (UFF) web service specifi-

cally for commodity-based indexes. The new commodity-based index UFF data will be available upon

the launch of the NASDAQ Commodity Index Family on Monday, April 23, 2012. For details on the new

file format, please refer to the GIW Commodity-based indexes Weightings Service section in the

GIWWebServiceSpecificationdocument.

How can I order?For new NASDAQ OMX customers that wish to subscribe to the NASDAQ Commodity Index Family, the fol-

lowing forms must be completed:

• NASDAQOMXGlobalDataAgreement

• SystemApplication

• NewDataFeedRequestForm (print copy) or via the OnlineDataFeedRequestwebpage

For existing NASDAQ OMX customers, the following form must be completed:

• NewDataFeedRequestForm (print copy) or via the OnlineDataFeedRequestwebpage

For access to the NASDAQ Commodity Index Family offering via a vendor controlled terminal the follow-

ing form must be completed:

• GlobalIndexWatchApprovalRequestForm

How much will the data cost?For those interested in subscription pricing information, please contact the Global Data Sales team at

+1 301 978 5307 (Option #2) or +45 33 93 33 66.

Where can I find additional information?

• For additional information on the new index family, please refer to the

NASDAQCommodityIndexFamilyFactSheet.

• Please refer to the GlobalIndexWatchWebsite.

• For GIW subscription information, contact NASDAQ OMX GlobalDataSales at +1 301 978 5307 (Option

#2) or +45 33 93 33 66.

• For product-related inquiries, contact NASDAQ OMX GlobalDataProducts at +1 301 978 5307 (Option

#4) or +45 3393 3366.

• For index licensing opportunities, contact the NASDAQ OMX GlobalIndexGroup.

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NASDAQ OMX Global Data Policies & System Application UpdateNASDAQ OMX has published an updated, consolidated version of the NASDAQ OMX

GlobalDataPoliciesdocument. In order to streamline the ordering process, NASDAQ OMX continues to

offer a single, consolidated data policies document for all NASDAQ OMX data products. Distributors are

required to follow the updated version of the Global Data Policies as of the date the information was

originally communicated in previously released Data New items or Nordic GDP Weekly Newsletters. In

addition, NASDAQ OMX has updated the System Application.

http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/content/AdministrationSupport/AgreementsData/datapolicies.pdf

Additions/changes to the data policies:• Changed of the delay timeframe for Global Index Components - delayed data is now fee liable at the

regular underlying product rates

• Inclusion of the details regarding the products that are liable for the Annual Administrative Fees

• Instructions for Distributors for the reporting of Managed Data Solution and Enhanced Data Solution

Subscribers

• Addition of new data products to the policy document including

• Commodities TotalView

• Event Driven Analytics

• Addition of Nordic Member information

• Inclusion of the policy information for Global Index Data Service Distributors and the associated Dis-

tributor fee charges that may apply

In addition, NASDAQ OMX has made the following updates to the data policies:• Clarifications to the Unit of Count Policy, including the addition of the Managed Data Solution for Nor-

dic data, as well as the Enhanced Data Solution

• Clarification Inclusion of the Nordic Managed Data Clarifications to the Retransmission Datafeed

Policy

• Updates to the Detailed Usage Reporting Policy, including the addition of a new reporting format

In addition, in response to feedback from market data distributors and subscribers, NASDAQ OMX

continues to utilize the plain English initiative, sponsored by the Securities and Exchange Commission

(SEC), as a guideline to improve our communication. NASDAQ OMX will continue to seek additional ways

to improve the policy documents and fee schedule and will announce such revisions wherever pos-

sible.

Global data policies & system application

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Required actions for market data DistributorsDistributors are required to begin following the new version of the NASDAQ OMX Global Data Policies as

of the date the information was originally communicated in previously released Data News items or

Nordic GDP Newsletters.

Is a redline version of the Data Policies document offered?No, a redline version is not available for this revision, as NASDAQ OMX has drastically improved this ver-

sion with an entirely new format. NASDAQ OMX expects to offer redline documents for future updates.

System Application updatesNASDAQ OMX has made the following updates to the system application:• Clarified the Units of Count in a summary table; Managed Data Solution and Enhanced Data Solution

are now included

• Moved system specific information related to product type into Appendices to simplify the process

• Clarified questions in each section

Associated pricing informationThe full price lists are accessible at the following links:

• U.S.DataProductsFeeSchedule

• EuropeanDataProductsFeeSchedule

Additional informationRefer to the NASDAQOMXGlobalDataProductsOperationspage.

Contact NASDAQ OMX GlobalDataProducts at +1 301 978 5307, Option#3, or +45 33 93 33 66.

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MarkET daTa sysTEMs TEChNiCal fuNCTiONaliTy

Genium Consolidated feed (GCf)

Changes on the Genium INET commodities market From April 23rd, 2012 a new state will be introduced on the commodities markets for Nordic, German

and Dutch Power. Due to the short time for this to go live this state will not be part of the next GCF re-

lease 2.4.2 in April, but will be introduced beginning of June. The specific date will be announced later.

In the period from April 23rd to beginning of June the Nordic Power market will in GCF have extended

continuous trading until 18.00 CET, but there will only be reported trades from 15.30 (CET). For the

German and Dutch Power market the continuous trading will also be extended to 18.00 CET, but from

17.00 CET only reported trades will be published.

From the beginning of June a new state called PRECL will be introduced and the markets will as shown

in the below table:

Market PREOP OPEN PRECL CLOSENordic Power 07.00 08.00 15.30 18.00

UK Power 07.00 08.00 N/A 18.00

UK Natural Gas 07.00 08.00 N/A 18.00

Dutch Power 07.00 08.00 17.00 18.00

German Power 07.00 08.00 17.00 18.00

European Union Allowance 07.00 08.00 N/A 18.00

Certified Emission Reduction 07.00 08.00 N/A 18.00

Next release of Genium Consolidated Feed with TIP 2.4.2 on April 23rd, 2012 The next release of Genium Consolidated Feed version 2.4.2 will be in GCF production environment on

April 23rd, 2012. The changes are mainly related to added and removed basic data fields.

TIP 2.4.2 specification and a TIP changes document is available on Genium Consolidated feed web

page:

http://nordic.nasdaqomxtrader.com/marketdata/datafeeds/geniumconsolidatedfeed/

Production Launch weekend for GENIUM Consolidated Feed with TIP 2.4.2 on April 23rd , 2012

Friday April 20th, 2012GCF Production will close as normal.

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Saturday April 21st, 2012GCF is closed.

Sunday April 22nd, 2012GCF is closed.

Monday April 23rd , 2012GCF production will be running with TIP 2.4.2 and open as normally

A full basic data load in the morning is mandatory. (scope 3)

General informationThe OpenInterest-field in the BasicDataDerivative-message has been removed and replaced with the

OpenInetrest-field in the new real-time message: OpenInterest-message (Oi) (TIP 15.21).

As earlier announced in Exchange Notice 13/12, extended CCP functionality (competitive clearing) will

be in INET Production environment as of Friday, April 20th, 2012 and in GCF Production environment as

of Monday, April 23rd, 2012.

Please note that five basic data messages from this release no longer have a UpdateCode. The back-

ground for this is that UpdateCode handling for these messages does not work appropriately; and as a

consequence, we recommend that scope 3 is used both for basic data load and real time messages.

Affected messages:• BasicdataExchange (BDx)

• BasicdataMarket (BDm)

• BasicdataIndex (BDIn)

• BasicdataList (BDLi)

• BasicdataSector (BDs)

Change in STIBOR calculation routineNASDAQ OMX routine for calculation of STIBOR rates will change as from April, 16th, 2012. The changes

will ba according to the following description:

• Instead of removing the highest and lowest rate contribution (as is today) the new calculation include

all rate contributions except those contributions which are a) 25 points more below the next smallest

rate, and/or b) 25 points more above the next largest rate (this means that the number of contributions

may be either 3, 4, or 5.)

• Royal Bank of Scotland will cease to participate in the STIBOR fixing.

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release schedule

2012

APRIL

date product/systemApril 23rd Genium Consolidated Feed TIP 2.4.2

The next release of Genium Consolidated Feed version 2.4.2 will be in GCF production environment on

April 23rd, 2012. The changes are mainly related to added and removed basic data fields. For detailed

information, please see revision history in the TIP specification document.

Affected systems: GCF, FDS

OCTOBER

date product/systemPreliminary in October Genium Consolidated Feed TIP 2.4.4

A preliminary target date for Genium Consolidated Feed 2.4.4 is in October 2012.

Affected systems: GCF, FDS

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system environments

Genium Consolidated feed ConnectivitySITE A - IP & Port SITE B - IP & PortIP Address DDS Port IP Address DDS Port

GCF Production 192.176.3.132 29900 192.176.3.164 29900

GCF Prod. history 192.176.3.132 29909 192.176.3.164 29909

GCF2 192.176.3.133 29100 192.176.3.165 29100

GCF3 192.176.3.165 29200 N/A (single site)

GCF4 192.176.3.133 29300 N/A (single site)

GCF Environment Source SystemsVer. TIP Equities and related Fixed Income/ Derivatives/

CommoditiesIndex

GCF2 2.4.2 2.4.2 • INET Production

(ITCH version: 1.86)

• Genium INET test 4. • ICS - test systems

GCF3 2.4.0 2.4.0 • INET Production

(ITCH version: 1.86)

• Genium INET test 4 • ICS - prod.-like data

• ICS_INDEX - prod.-like data

• ICS_INDEX2 - prod.-like data

• ICS_FI - prod-like data

GCF4 2.4.2 2.4.2 • INET OTF/test (ITCH ver-

sion: 1.86)

• Genium INET test 3 • ICS - test systems

• Service window in GCF2 test system every Thursday between 09:00 and 12:00 CET.

• Service window in GCF3 test system every Wednesday between 09:00 and 14:00 CET. During the service windows the

GCF test systems may be inaccessible.

Genium Consolidated Feed test environments

Genium Consolidated Feed production environment

GCF Source SystemsApplication

versionTIP

versionEquities and re-lated

Fixed Income Derivatives/Commodi-ties

Index

2.4.0 2.4.0 • INET

(ITCH version: 1.86)

• Genium INET • Genium INET • ICS

• ICS_INDEX

• ICS_INDEX2

• ICS_FI

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Nordic subscription service for Market DataThe subscription service for NASDAQ OMX Nordic now also offers the possibility to subscribe for Nordic

and Baltic Market Data information. The distribution of Global Data Products Nordic weekly newsletter

to the

Genium Consolidated Feed Technical Contacts list is migrated to this subscriptionservice and to con-

tinue to receive this newsletter you will have to sign-up and select the market data information on

categories: Market Data and IT-information.

Information from Global Data Products Nordic is now distributed to subscribers via the online subscrip-

tion tools on NASDAQ OMX Nordic and U.S Trader web sites.

• Market Data - Product InformationInformation about Nordic and Baltic Market Data products and product setup

• Global Data Products - Nordic Weekly NewsletterConsolidated Nordic and Baltic market data news

• IT Information - Market DataTechnical information regarding market data systems.

• System DisturbancesInformation about system disturbances on NASDAQ OMX Nordic and Baltic trading and market data

systems.

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