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The Climate Group to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

ADVISORY, Sept. 20, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What:
/ Source: GlobeNewswire

ADVISORY, Sept. 20, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

The Climate Group will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square during Climate Week NYC – an annual global forum to mobilize an international public-private response to climate change hosted by international NGO, The Climate Group, taking place September 20 – 26, 2010.

In honor of Climate Week NYC, Boudewijn Poelmann, Chairman and Co-founder of the Dutch Postcode Lottery—a generous supporter of The Climate Group—will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to ring the NASDAQ Opening Bell with Steve Howard, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of The Climate Group.

Climate Week NYC represents a series of high-profile events in the City exploring how greater dialogue between governments and business around low carbon policies, technologies and finance can unlock a clean industrial revolution.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 at 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET    

Contacts:

Sasha Tenenbaum
(646) 912-8034 (office)
(917) 435-6671 (mobile)
stenenbaum@theclimategroup.org

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Robert Madden
(646) 441-5045
Robert.Madden@NASDAQOMX.com

Feed Information:

The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on AMC3 / C22, 87 degrees West, downlink frequency 4140 vertical. The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Robert Madden at (646) 441-5045.

Radio Feed:

An audio transmission of the Opening Bell is also available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at:

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.

About The Climate Group:

The Climate Group ( www.theclimategroup.org ) is an independent, not-for-profit organization working internationally with government and business leaders to advance smart policies and technologies to cut global emissions and accelerate a clean industrial revolution.

Its global coalition of companies, states, regions and cities around the world recognize the economic and environmental imperatives of taking decisive action now.

The Climate Group was founded in 2004 and has operations in Australia, China, Europe, India and North America.                            

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with approximately 3,600 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries.  NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit . Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook () and Twitter ().

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