Representatives From Atlas Copco (ATCOA) (ATCOB) to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell


ADVISORY, May 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --


 What:
 Mark Cohen, President, North America, and Ingrid Andersson of Atlas
 Copco (ATCOA) (ATCOB), will preside over the opening bell.

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

 When:
 Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Ingvar Ljungqvist
 phone: 212-692-4760 mobile: 646-732-1309
 ingvar@enskilda.se

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

Feed Information:

The Opening Bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on Galaxy 19 C/15, downlink frequency 4000 vertical. The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jolene Libretto at (646) 441-5220.

Radio Feed:

An audio transmission of the Opening Bell is also 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 be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.

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 Atlas Copco (ATCOA) (ATCOB):

The Atlas Copco Group, founded in 1873, is a global industrial group of companies headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Revenues for 2008 totaled BSEK 74 (BEUR 7.7, $10.8 Billion) with 34,000 employees at year-end. The Atlas Copco Group manufactures products in more than 20 countries.

Atlas Copco companies develop and manufacture industrial tools, compressed air equipment, construction and mining equipment, assembly systems, and offer related service and rental. The products are sold and rented under different brands through a worldwide sales and service network reaching 160 countries, half of which are served by wholly or partly owned customer centers.

The Group operates through a number of divisions within three business areas; Compressor Technique, Construction and Mining Technique and Industrial Technique. The vision of Atlas Copco is to be a leader in each one of those. This vision is supported by the Group's values that are shared by all our employees; interaction, commitment, and innovation.

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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