Force Protection, Inc. (FRPT) Chairman to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell


ADVISORY, Jan. 17, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) --



 What:
 Frank Kavanaugh, Chairman of Force Protection, Inc. (FRPT), will
 preside over the opening bell.

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

 When:
 Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Michael Aldrich
 203-912-1350 - mobile; Michael.aldrich@forceprotection.net

 NASDAQ MarketSite:
 Jolene Libretto; 646.441.5220; mobile - 347.219.9539
 Jolene.Libretto@NASDAQ.com

Feed Information:

The opening bell is 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 also be found on Waterfront fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jolene Libretto at (646) 441-5220.

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 Force Protection, Inc. (FRPT):

Force Protection, Inc. manufactures the world's best blast- and ballistic-protected vehicles, which are protected against improvised explosive devices, land mines, and hostile fire, at their facilities outside Charleston, S.C.

The company's signature vehicles -- the Buffalo route clearance and Cougar troop carrier -- have logged more than 1.6 million hours of combat operations and withstood more than 2,000 improvised explosive device and mine attacks since 2003.

Popular with troops who credit the vehicles with saving lives, the Buffalo and Cougar are used by all branches of the U.S. military.


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