University of Texas at Austin Moot Corp Competition Director to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell


ADVISORY, July 29, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --



 What:
 University of Texas at Austin Moot Corp Competition will visit the
 NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to celebrate the
 winner of the 2009 Global Moot Corp Competition, Novophage
 Therapeutics.

 In honor of the occasion, University of Texas at Austin Moot Corp
 representatives and the founders of Novophage Therapeutics, the 2009
 Global Champion, will preside over the Opening Bell.

 University of Texas at Austin is a NASDAQ OMX Educational Foundation
 partner.

 Who:
   * Rob Adams, Director of the University of Texas at Austin Moot
     Corp Competition
   * Michael Koeris, co-founder, Novophage Therapeutics

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

 When:
 Friday, July 31st, 2009 at 9:15 - 9:30 a.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Ann Whitt
 (512) 699-7444
 Ann.Whitt@mccombs.utexas.edu

 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 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 Moot Corp Program:

Begun at the University of Texas at Austin by MBA students in 1984, the Moot Corp Competition is the oldest new venture competition in the world. The Competition provides graduate students with a chance to simulate the real world process of raising venture capital. Each May, teams from around the world come to Austin to compete in "the Super Bowl of world business plan competition." Visit www.mootcorp.org for more information.

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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