Representatives From World Gold Council - Leaves of Change to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

 What:
 Representatives from World Gold Council - Leaves of Change along
 with Oscar winning actress, Marcia Gay Harden, will preside over the
 opening bell.

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

 When:
 Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Shaye Strager
 Studio PR
 Shaye@Studio-PR.com

 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 World Gold Council - Leaves of Change:

World Gold Council is the global advocate for gold. Always seeking to stimulate innovative new gold jewelry design, the World Gold Council asked 12 leading celebrities, Christina Applegate, Whoopi Goldberg, Marcia Gay Harden, Samantha Harris, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Chris Noth, Lena Olin, Rachael Ray, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields and Pauletta & Denzel Washington to design a piece of jewelry with a leaf motif. These celebrity designs have been brought to life in the radiant allure of yellow gold by leading jewelry designers. Tonight, this Leaves of Change gold collection will be auctioned off to benefit the charity of each celebrity's choosing. Marcia Gay Harden, Brooke Shields and Lena Olin will be among the distinguished guests at the Leaves of Change charity benefit in New York.

A changing leaf is one of life's most symbolic and beautiful gifts. Combining this meaningful inspiration of nature with the enduring radiance of gold, one can give hope to our ever changing world. Learn how to bid in the online auction at www.leavesofchange.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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SOURCE: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

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