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7th February 2011, London: Brady plc (BRY.L), the leading provider of trading, risk management and settlement solutions to the energy, metals and soft commodities sectors, is pleased to announce it has extended Brady Energy’s product offering through the acquisition of syseca AG (“syseca”). syseca is a Swiss-based company providing logistics software for the electricity markets and adds up-to-date physical electricity trading capabilities to Brady. syseca has been operating since 1994 and its clients are based throughout Europe.

The acquisition has a compelling strategic, commercial and financial rationale as it broadens Brady Energy’s product offering to include up-to-date, physical electricity real-time balancing and scheduling capabilities, with connectivity to most major transmission system operators (TSO’s).

HOUSTON, Texas (February 1, 2012) – Opportune is pleased to announce that it has been named an Allegro ‘Gold’ System Integrator partner. Allegro Development, a leading provider of energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software, invited Opportune to join their partner program in late 2010. Since then, Opportune has established one of the largest Allegro University-certified consulting practices in North America and Europe, meeting Allegro’s rigorous consultant certification and System Integrator partner requirements.

The North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) and Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) to introduce the transition from TSIN Registry to webRegistry.

MINNEAPOLIS — January 30, 2012 — The North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) and Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) announce 90 minute INFO SESSIONS to introduce webRegistry to industry participants.

OATI webRegistry is the system NAESB selected to replace the TSIN Registry. It will include many capabilities, as defined by NAESB. INFO SESSIONS are scheduled for the following dates and times (all times are Central):

• February 02, 2012    9:00 to 10:30 AM; 2:30 to 4:00 PM

Allegro Opens Office in Sydney
Leading Energy Trading & Risk Management Software Provider Expands to Meet Growing Global Demand

SYDNEY, JANUARY 19, 2012 - Allegro Development Corporation, a leading provider of energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software, announced today that it has opened an office in Sydney, Australia to meet the growing demand for its solutions in Australia and New Zealand. This expansion will enable Allegro to better support its existing customers in the region, and deliver new solutions to power and gas utilities, refiners, energy producers, traders, and commodity consumers.

REMIT Whitepaper: “Implications of REMIT for energy brokers”

London, 16th January 2011: Trayport®, provider of energy trading solutions to traders, brokers and exchanges worldwide, in collaboration with Sapient Global Markets, a provider of services to financial and commodity markets, have today published their regulatory whitepaper entitled: “Implications of REMIT for energy brokers”.

REMIT (Regulation on Energy Market Integrity and Transparency) came into force on 28th December 2011. It is possibly the most significant of the new European regulations to affect the wholesale European energy markets, bringing new regulatory burdens for the brokerage community in the form of: transaction reporting, data quality, market surveillance and compliance systems.