Gartner Group Inc. To List on The New York Stock Exchange.STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 24, 1998--Gartner Group, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : GART GART Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase/Phosphoribosylglycinamide Synthetase/Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole Synthetase GART Graphics Address Remapping Table (AGP chipset) GART Graphics Address Relocation Table ) today announced that it has filed an application to list its stock on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange ). Pending final approval from the NYSE, GartnerGroup expects that its shares will commence trading under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors IT on or about September 15, 1998. GartnerGroup has approximately 102 million shares of common stock outstanding that are traded on Nasdaq under the symbol GART. Manny Fernandez, chairman and chief executive officer commented, "Listing on the New York Stock Exchange underscores the milestones we have achieved in growing sales, earnings and market capitalization Market Capitalization A measure of a public company's size. Market capitalization is the total dollar value of all outstanding shares. It's calculated by multiplying the number of shares times the current market price. This term is often referred to as market cap. . As our business has become global, the listing will enable us to have better visibility around the world." As the world's leading independent authority on information technology (IT), GartnerGroup provides clients with a wide range of products and services in the areas of IT advisory services, measurement, research, decision support, analysis and consulting. Founded in 1979, with headquarters in Stamford, Conn., GartnerGroup is at the center of a global community of more than 11,000 client organizations served by analysts in 80 locations worldwide. GartnerGroup's unique capabilities and resources help bring clarity to the direction of the world's hottest and most volatile industry. Additional information about the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.gartner.com.
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or
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Carol Wallace
203.316.3575
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