London, Amsterdam, Brussels: 5 October 2011

The Gas NL (TTF) spot market sees new records: daily high with 252,474 MWh traded, the Withinday market reaches 89 GWh; Number of trades reach 1,606. Biomass exchange launch date set for 3 November 2011.

Energy exchange APX-ENDEX today announces the September volumes of its power and gas exchanges. The total volumes experienced healthy growth with a total of 50.83 TWh traded and cleared on the exchange. The futures markets recorded 33.58 TWh while a total of 17.25 TWh was traded on the spot markets.

Power

A total of 8.47 TWh was registered on the APX-ENDEX futures and spot power markets in September. The continental power futures markets recorded a total volume of 2.88 TWh in September.

The Power NL futures market reported a total volume of 2.05 TWh, of which 1.45 TWh was traded on the exchange and 601 GWh was registered for clearing via the OTC clearing service.

Power BE futures registered a total of 830 GWh, of which the majority was traded on the exchange.

September saw a total of 170 trades registered on the power futures markets.

The total volume of the APX-ENDEX power spot and prompt markets saw increased volumes year-on-year, up by 13% recording a total of 5.59 TWh.

The Power NL Day-Ahead auction continued recording a strong monthly volume with 3.34 TWh traded, up by 14% year-on-year. The Dutch Intraday market experienced significant growth year-on-year with 32.67 GWh traded.

The volume of the Day-Ahead Auction of Belpex recorded 922 GWh while 34.81 GWh was traded on the Intraday market.

The Power UK market recorded a total of 1.26 TWh, up by 22% year-on-year, with the continuous markets seeing a total of 992 GWh traded while the Day-Ahead Auction recorded 264 GWh. A total of 134,989 trades were registered on the power spot markets in September.

In September the entire CWE region had full price convergence for approximately 72% of the time. The Dutch market was connected 98% of the time with at least one neighbouring country (Germany or Belgium) and the Belgian market was converging with a neighbouring market (Netherlands or France) 100% of the time. PRESS RELEASE 05.10.2011 For Immediate release

Gas

The APX-ENDEX futures and spot gas markets recorded a total of 42.36 TWh in September.

The total volume of the APX-ENDEX TTF Gas futures saw 24% growth year-on-year in September and recorded a total of 30.7 TWh, with 24.67 TWh traded on the exchange and 6.03 TWh registered for clearing via the OTC clearing service.

A record high number of trades, a total of 564, were registered on the gas futures market.

The APX-ENDEX Gas spot markets saw increased volumes year-on-year with a total of 11.66 TWh traded across the markets.

The volume traded on the Gas UK spot market exceeded last year September’s volume with a total of 9.99 TWh (341 million therms) traded, all on the OCM market.

The APX-ENDEX Gas NL (TTF) spot market experienced significant growth year-on-year with the total volume seeing 24% increase. The market also experienced an all time daily high on 23 September when a total of 252,474 MWh was traded. The Day-Ahead market saw 1.58 TWh traded in September, while the Withinday market experienced another monthly record with 89 GWh traded. The Day-Ahead market as well as the Withinday market both saw a record number of trades placed on the market with a total number of trades reaching 1,606 with a record high 25 market participants actively trading.

4.4 GWh was traded on the Zeebrugge gas market.

A total of 6,839 trades were registered on the gas spot markets in September.

APX-ENDEX confirms the launch date of the biomass exchange

APX-ENDEX confirms the launch of the biomass exchange on 3 November 2011. The exchange will be developed in two phases. Phase one starts with non-cleared products where the physical settlement is arranged bilaterally by the counterparties, allowing market participants to trade standard contracts in a transparent environment. During phase two, clearing services for biomass contracts will be developed and implemented, providing further financial security to market participants. This is scheduled to take place during the course of 2012.

Contracts offered for trading include three months contracts, three quarters and three calendars. As with all the APX-ENDEX futures contracts, biomass contracts are listed on Trayport’s Global Vision Trading Gateway.

EGL AG joins the APX-ENDEX Gas NL (TTF) spot market

Swiss EGL AG extended its current memberships to the Gas NL (TTF) spot market in September. The previous memberships of EGL AG included the APX-ENDEX Gas UK spot, Power UK spot, Power NL spot, Power NL futures, Power BE futures and since June 2011 the TTF Gas futures market. With the new membership of EGL AG, the APX-ENDEX Gas NL (TTF) market now has 34 trading members. PRESS RELEASE 05.10.2011 For Immediate release

Spot Indices

In September, the Dutch power index for the Day-Ahead Market, APX NL DAM Index, had a monthly average price of €52.67/MWh. The Dutch gas index, APX Gas NL TTF, had a monthly average price of €23.27/MWh. Belix, index for the Belpex Day-Ahead Market, had a monthly average price of €49.99/MWh.

APX Power UK’s Spot Base Load Index (derived from APX Power UK’s Reference Price Data (RPD)) had a high of £57.50/MWh on 9 September and a low of £42.36/MWh on 25 September.

The Spot Peak Load Index (also RPD-derived) had a high of £68.54/MWh on 30 September and a low of £42.26/MWh on 25 September.

The SAP index, based on APX Gas UK’s OCM trades, experienced a high at 60.51 p/therm on 8 September and a SAP low of 41.33 p/therm on 26 September.

The SMP Buy had a high of 61.35 p/therm on 8 September and a low of 42.17 p/therm on 26 September. The SMP Sell reached a high of 59.56 p/therm on 8 September and a low of 33.25 p/therm on 26 September.

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