ADVISORY, Sept. 15, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What: Bill Watkins, CEO of Seagate Technology, Inc. (STX), will preside over the opening bell to celebrate the switch of its stock exchange listing from The New York Stock Exchange to The Nasdaq Stock Market, an exchange of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), effective September 16, 2008. Seagate Technology will be listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market and trade on the exchange with the ticker symbol Nasdaq:STX. Where: NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio When: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. EDT Contact: Brian Ziel Seagate (831) 439-5429 brian.ziel@seagate.com Audrey Webb Eastwick Communications audrey.webb@verizon.net 408-472-2603 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 Galaxy 28 C/9, downlink frequency 3880 horizontal. The feed can also be found on Waterfront 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 Waterfront 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 Seagate (STX):
Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of hard disc drives and storage solutions, providing products for a wide-range of applications, including Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Branded Solutions. Seagate's business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, with the goal of being the time-to-market leader in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support and reliability to meet the world's growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.seagate.com.
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