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UPDATING and REPLACING -- Methanex Corporation (MEOH) President and Chief Executive Officer to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

ADVISORY, Nov. 9, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release sent earlier today by The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., please note that first paragraph has been revised to better reflect the nature of the event. The revised release follows:
/ Source: GlobeNewswire

ADVISORY, Nov. 9, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release sent earlier today by The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., please note that first paragraph has been revised to better reflect the nature of the event. The revised release follows:

What:

Bruce Aitken, President and Chief Executive Officer of Methanex Corporation (MEOH) will visit NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square and preside over the opening bell.

Methanex is the world's largest supplier of methanol to major international markets in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America.

Where:

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

When:

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. ET   

Contact:
Chris Cook
Director, Government & Public Affairs
Methanex Corporation
T: 604.661.2600
ccook@methanex.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jolene Libretto
(646) 441-5220
Jolene.Libretto@NASDAQOMX.com

Feed Information:

The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on AMC3/C20 DL 4100 vertical. The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jolene Libretto at (646) 441-5220.

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:

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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 Methanex Corporation (MEOH):

Methanex is the world's largest supplier of methanol to major international markets in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America.

Methanol is a versatile chemical building block used in countless industrial and consumer products, including plastics and paints, building materials, and a variety of health and pharmaceutical products. Methanol is also used increasingly in energy applications such as direct gasoline blending into transportation fuels, dimethyl ether (DME) and biodiesel. The fastest growing markets for methanol are in the energy sector, which today represents about one third of global methanol demand.

As a global enterprise, Methanex has manufacturing, marketing and supply chain capabilities in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East and throughout the Asia Pacific region.

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 more than 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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