Icelandic-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (IACC) Executive Director to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell


ADVISORY, April 8, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --



 What:
 Kjartan Olafsson, Executive Director of the Icelandic-American
 Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (IACC), will preside over the Opening Bell.

 Where:
 NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio

 When:
 Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 9:15 - 9:30 a.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Hlynur Gudjonsson
 (646) 282-9366 (office)
 (917) 575-6758 (mobile)
 Hlynur.gudjonsson@utn.stjr.is

 NASDAQ MarketSite:
 Robert Madden
 (646) 441-5045 (office)
 (347) 219-9539 (mobile)
 Robert.Madden@NASDAQOMX.com

Feed Information:

The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on Galaxy 19 C/15, downlink frequency 4000 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.

Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm.

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 Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce:

The Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce is a membership organization founded in New York in 1986. The chamber promotes the development of business and trade between the United States and Iceland through membership networking events, business conferences and other occasions in which leaders of the business and government participate. IACC's day to day operations are managed by the Iceland trade office at the Consulate General of Iceland in New York. The Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce maintains a close relationship with the Chamber of Commerce in Iceland.

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 over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group 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 ETFs. NASDAQ OMX Group 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 Group exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.

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