NASDAQ OMX Hosts 8th Annual Opening Bell From the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland

(January 23, 2013)

ADVISORY, Jan. 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. will open its market remotely from Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. On Thursday, January 24^th, NASDAQ OMX Chief Executive Officer, Bob Greifeld, and Executive Vice President, Bruce Aust, will participate in the market open along with NASDAQ OMX officials and more than 25 invited companies. This is the eighth market open that NASDAQ OMX has held remotely from Davos.

The Opening Bell ceremony will be displayed live on the NASDAQ MarketSite Tower, NASDAQ's iconic digital sign in the heart of Times Square, and on the NASDAQ studio wall within MarketSite.

Where:

Hallenbad Building, Davos, Switzerland

When:

Thursday, January 24^th, 2013

NASDAQ Opening Bell Ceremony:

6:20 a.m. P.T./9:20 a.m. E.T./2:20 p.m. G.M.T, 3.20pm Switzerland

6:35 a.m. P.T./9:35 a.m. E.T./2:35 p.m. G.M.T, 3.35pm Switzerland

Contact:

Jen Knapp

(212) 401-8916

Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

Domestic Feed Information:

*As of January 7, 2013 the Ceremony feeds will be in HD 1080i.

Fiber Line (Encompass Waterfront): 4463

Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West

18 mhz Lower

DL 3811 Vertical

FEC 3/4

SR 13.235

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MOD 4:2:0

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International Feed Information:

Telestar 12(Ku-Band)

U/L T12-K9 D03 (18Mhz)

U/L 14033.0 H

(D/L 12533.0 H)

FEC 3/4

SR 13.235

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4:2:0

DVBS QPSK

Facebook and Twitter:

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx.

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 NASDAQ OMX Group:

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 23 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 99.99+% 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 (www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500)

-NDAQA-

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