New York, NY, January 9, 2013 – This morning, Addison Armstrong, Tradition’s Sr. Director, Market Research, was featured on a live CNBC broadcast from the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Sharon Epperson, energy correspondent for CNBC, interviewed Mr. Armstrong about next week’s release of Tradition’s annual Forecast for energy commodity prices.

During the broadcast Mr. Armstrong provided background on the key market factors driving the price forecast, many of which hold the potential to drive price volatility in the natural gas and electricity markets.

Mr. Armstrong will host a presentation of the complete 2013 Energy Market Forecast for Tradition clients via a live web conference call on Tuesday, January 15, 12:30PM Eastern.

Details of today’s broadcast can be viewed at the following link:

• http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&video=3000140179

Inquiries

For information, contact: Scott Merrell, Sr. Director, Sales & Marketing, 713-609-9922, Scott.Merrell@TraditionEnergy.com

About Tradition Energy

Tradition Energy is one of the world’s largest energy management and procurement advisors to commercial, industrial and governmental organizations with over 300 energy specialists in 11 offices covering both the wholesale and retail energy markets since 1986. Tradition Energy is part of the Tradition Group, a leading global institutional broker of financial and commodity products. Tradition employs over 2,500 people in 27 countries around the world and is publically listed on the Swiss stock exchange (CFT).  www.tradition.com