St. Baldrick's Foundation to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell

ADVISORY, March 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What: 
St. Baldrick's Foundation, the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square.

Bill and Joey's Excellent Shaving Adventure, a St. Baldrick's event supported by IT industry and led by executives from Fortinet, Inc. FTNT, NetApp, Inc. and 20 other technology companies, will be held on April 3rd in New York City, helping conquer childhood cancer.

In honor of the occasion, Bill Hogan, Vice President of Sales at Fortinet, Knight and Commander at St Baldrick's, will ring the Opening Bell. 

Where:
Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43^rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:
Thursday, March 16, 2017 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET    

St. Baldrick's Foundation Media Contact:
Cristine Lovato
(626) 792-8247 ext. 275 
cristine.lovato@stbaldricks.org

Nasdaq MarketSite:
Emily Pan
(646) 441-5120 
emily.pan@nasdaq.com

Feed Information:
Fiber Line (Encompass Waterfront): 4463

Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West
18 mhz Lower
DL 3811 Vertical
FEC 3/4
SR 13.235
DR 18.295411
MOD 4:2:0
DVBS QPSK

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Webcast:
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Photos: 
To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://business.nasdaq.com/discover/market-bell-ceremonies and click on the market open of your choice. 

About St. Baldrick's Foundation
As the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, the St. Baldrick's Foundation believes that kids are special and deserve to be treated that way. St. Baldrick's funds are granted to some of the most brilliant childhood cancer research experts who are working to find cures and better treatments for all childhood cancers. Kids need treatments as unique as they are – and that starts with funding research just for them. Join us at StBaldricks.org to help support the best cancer treatments for kids.

About Fortinet
Fortinet FTNT secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud, or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 300,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. Learn more at https://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog, or FortiGuard Labs.

About NetApp
Leading organizations worldwide count on NetApp for software, systems and services to manage and store data. We help customers capitalize on the value of their data in the hybrid cloud through our Data Fabric strategy, data management expertise, portfolio and ecosystem. To learn more, visit www.netapp.com.

About Nasdaq
Nasdaq NDAQ is a leading provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services across six continents. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables clients to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 85 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to approximately 3,800 listed companies with a market value of $10.1 trillion and nearly 18,000 corporate clients. To learn more, visit: business.nasdaq.com.

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