The National Society of High School Scholars Foundation to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

ADVISORY, Aug. 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

The National Society of High School Scholars Foundation, an organization that seeks to support education in the form of scholarships targeted to deserving young people pursuing careers that fuel the global economy, stimulate innovation and creativity, or yield a strong ethical foundation for decision-making, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square.

In honor of the occasion, Mr. Claes Nobel, Chairman and Founder, will ring the Closing Bell.

Where:

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

When:

Monday, August 20, 2012 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

Contact:

Natalie Haney

(866) 343-1800 x 552

natalie.haney@nshss.org

NASDAQ MarketSite:

Jen Knapp

(212) 401-8916

Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:

Fiber Line (Encompass Waterfront): 4463

Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West

18 mhz Lower

DL 3811 Vertical

FEC 3/4

SR 13.235

DR 18.295411

MOD 4:2:0

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Webcast:

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

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About The National Society of High School Scholars Foundation:

The NSHSS Foundation seeks to support education in the form of scholarships, with emphasis on targeting underrepresented minorities who express interest in business, finance, economics, public policy, and STEM career majors--Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The Foundation was established by Claes Nobel, a senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prizes, to fulfil this mission. The Foundation recognizes the need to produce more graduates with knowledge and skills in these disciplines in order to meet the competitive challenges of the technology-driven global economy of the 21st century.

About NASDAQ OMX:

The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 24 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.999% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,400 listed companies worth $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500)

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