Third quarter 2008 -October 21, 2008

Hydro's Q3 results 2008 will be released at 07:30 CET (01:30 AM EST, 06:30 UK time), on Tuesday October 21, 2008.

The quarterly report and presentation slides will be made available on www.hydro.com at the same time.

Presentation in Oslo
Hydro will host a combined analysts and press conference at its corporate headquarters at Drammensveien 260, Oslo at 08:30 CET. The presentation will be held by President and CEO Eivind Reiten, and can also be seen on Web-TV at www.hydro.com (in Norwegian only).

There will be no presentation in London for this quarter.

International presentation and audio conference call
Hydro will host a conference call and a web presentation at 16:00 CET (10:00 AM EST, 15:00 UK time) the same day. The presentation will be held by Executive Vice President and CEO Eivind Reiten.
 
To participate in the web presentation, please log in via www.hydro.com
 
You participate in the conference call by dialing the following numbers:

Country                                      Number
  
International Dial In                    +44 207 806 1967
US Free Call                               1866 935 4577
UK Free Call:                              0800 028 1299
Conference ID:                           6485328
 
Replay:
Encore Replay Access Number:    6485328 #
US Free Call                               1866 239 0765
UK Free Call                               0800 559 3271
International Dial In                    +44 20 7806 1970
 
The web presentation and  conference call will be available for two months on www.hydro.com