Keep America Beautiful, Inc. Representatives and Miss America 2009 to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell


ADVISORY, April 21, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --



 What:
 Keep America Beautiful, Inc. will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in
 New York City's Times Square to celebrate the 2009 Great American
 Cleanup, which mobilizes millions of volunteers for 30,000 cleanup
 events in all 50 states from March 1st through May 31st.

 The City of New York will celebrate the second anniversary of the
 "Keep New York City Beautiful Coalition," an affiliate of the
 national organization, and will rally city residents around the
 "Green Starts Here" platform, as part of the national Great
 American Cleanup campaign.

 In honor of the occasion, Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
 representatives, White House and New York City officials, the cast
 of Broadway's "Wicked," and Miss America 2009, will preside over
 the Closing Bell.

 Who:
 * National nonprofit Keep America Beautiful
 * Miss America 2009 Katie Stam
 * NYC Department of Sanitation
 * Keep New York Beautiful Coalition
 * Cast of Broadway's "Wicked"

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

 When:
 Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Jim Greenwood
 (203) 378-1152 ext. 114
 jgreenwood@cjpcom.com

 Joe McGurk
 (203) 378-1152 ext. 121
 jmcgurk@cjpcom.com

 Robert Wallace
 (203) 659-3016 (office)
 (203) 313-4937 (mobile)
 rwallace@kab.org

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

Feed Information:

The Closing Bell is available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on AMC-3/C-3 (ul 5985V; dl 3760H). 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 Closing Bell is also available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.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 Closing Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx

Photos:

To obtain a high-resolution photograph of the Market Close, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market close of your choice.

About Keep America Beautiful, Inc.:

Keep America Beautiful, Inc., established in 1953, is the nation's largest volunteer-based community action and education organization. This national nonprofit forms public-private partnerships and programs that engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments. For additional information, visit www.kab.org.

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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