Burcon NutraScience (BUR) President & COO to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell in Celebration of Dual-Listing on the NASDAQ Global Market

ADVISORY, Oct. 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Burcon NutraScience Corporation (BUR), a world leader in the innovation and development of highly functional sustainable plant protein ingredients,will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to celebrate their dual listing on the NASDAQ Global Market. Burcon NutraScience will commence trading on NASDAQ under the symbol "BUR" today, October 27, 2011. 

In honor of the occasion, Johnann F. Tergesen, President & COO will ring the Opening Bell.

Where:

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

When:

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET        

Contact:

Nancy Tamosatis-Thompson

Vorticom, Inc.

(212) 532-2208

nancyt@vorticom.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:

Jen Knapp

(212) 401-8916

Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:

The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on AMC3 / C20, downlink frequency 4100 vertical. The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jen Knapp at (212) 401-8916.

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Webcast:

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

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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 Burcon NutraScience (BUR):

Burcon is a leader in nutrition, health and wellness in the field of functional, renewable plant proteins. Since 1999, Burcon has developed a portfolio of composition, application, and process patents originating from our core protein extraction and purification technology. Burcon is developing Puratein® and Supertein™ canola protein isolates with unique functional and nutritional attributes, and CLARISOY™, a revolutionary soy protein isolate which is 100% soluble and completely transparent in low pH solutions. Burcon's team of highly specialized scientists and engineers work from its private research facility to develop and optimize environmentally sound technologies. To date, Burcon's patent portfolio consists of 173 issued patents in various countries, including 30 issued U.S. patents, and in excess of 300 additional pending patent applications, 71 of which are U.S. patent applications.

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 3,500 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 http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). 

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