NEW YORK, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following is being
issued by NASDAQ (Nasdaq: NDAQ):

What:

Chris Ahearn, President, Reuters Media division, Reuters Group PLC
(Nasdaq: RTRSY) will preside over Thursday, June 8th's NASDAQ closing bell
along with musical artists, The Wreckers, featuring Michelle Branch and
Jessica Harp, and break-out band, Gym Class Heroes, who will perform at
Reuters' annual Remix party located at the NASDAQ studio later that evening
to commemorate a year of double-digit advertising growth in the Consumer
Media group.

The annual Reuters Remix party is attended by advertising agency heads,
marketers, advertising industry influencers, and key media buyers and
planners.

Both bands are kicking off their summer concert tours by performing at
that evening's Reuters party and will promote their new releases on the
Reuters Sign and the NASDAQ Tower in Times Square.

Where:

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

When:

Thursday, June 8th, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. EDT

    Contacts:
    For Reuters:
    Pete Dorogoff
    917-273-8079
    pete@iprocommunications.com

    NASDAQ MarketSite:
    Stephanie Lowenthal; 646.441.5220

Feed Information:

The closing bell is available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on uplink
IA-6 C-band/transponder 17. The downlink frequency is 4040 Vertical; Audio
6.2- 6.8. The feed can also be found on Waterfront fiber 1623. If you have
any questions, please contact Stephanie Lowenthal at (646) 441-5220.

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Close, please go to
http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the
market close of your choice.

About Reuters Group PLC [RTRSY]:

Reuters (http://www.reuters.com), the global information company,
provides indispensable information tailored for professionals in the
financial services, media and corporate markets. Its trusted information
drives decision making across the globe based on a reputation for speed,
accuracy and independence. Reuters has 15,300 staff in 89 countries,
including staff from the acquisition of Telerate in June 2005. It also
includes 2,300 editorial staff in 189 bureaux serving 128 countries, making
Reuters the world's largest international multimedia news agency. In 2005,
Reuters revenues were euro 2.4 billion.

SOURCE NASDAQ

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http://www.reuters.com

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