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ADVISORY, March 4, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

StealthGas, Inc. [GASS], a ship-owning company primarily serving the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector of the international shipping industry, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square.

In honor of the occasion, Harry Vafias, CEO will ring the Closing Bell.

Where:

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

When:

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET     

Contact:
Konstantinos Sistovaris
+30 210625284950
sistovaris@stealthgas.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jen Knapp
(212) 401-8916
Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:
Fiber Line (Encompass Waterfront): 4463

Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West
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DL 3811 Vertical
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DR 18.295411
MOD 4:2:0
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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell will be available at:
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Photos:

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About StealthGas, Inc. [GASS]:

Headquartered in Athens, Greece, StealthGas, Inc. is a ship-owning company primarily serving the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector of the international shipping industry. StealthGas, Inc. currently has a fleet of 33 LPG carriers with a total capacity of 161,822 cubic meters (cbm), three M.R. product tankers and one Aframax oil tanker with a total capacity of 255,804 deadweight tons (dwt). The Company has purchased four newbuilding LPG carriers with expected delivery in 2014. Once the delivery of these acquisitions is completed, StealthGas, Inc's fleet will be composed of 37 LPG carriers with a total capacity of 184,822 cubic meters (cbm). StealthGas, Inc's shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and trade under the symbol "GASS".

About NASDAQ OMX Group:

The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 26 markets including 3 clearinghouses and 5 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-55 microsecond average speeds with 99.99% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,300 listed companies worth $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500)

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