NEW YORK, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pink OTC Markets Inc. (Pink Sheets: PINK), the leading electronic inter-dealer quotation system, trading technology and financial information provider for Over-the-Counter (OTC) securities, today announced that Lupatech S.A. (OTCQX: LUPAY, BM&FBovespa: LUPA3), a leading Brazilian manufacturer for the oil & gas sector, has chosen to list its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on OTCQX®. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090708/NY43125LOGO ) Lupatech's ADRs began trading today on the OTC market's highest tier, OTCQX International Premier. Investors can find current financial disclosure and real-time Level 2 quotes for the company on http://www.otcqx.com/ and http://www.pinksheets.com/. "OTCQX enables companies, like Lupatech, to communicate with and engage their U.S. investors, while providing them with transparent trading and easy access to company information," said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of Pink OTC Markets. "We are pleased to welcome Lupatech to OTCQX." J.P. Morgan, which acts as Depositary for Lupatech's ADR program, will serve as Lupatech's Principal American Liaison ("PAL") on OTCQX, responsible for providing guidance on listing requirements. About Lupatech S.A. (OTCQX: LUPAY, BM&FBovespa: LUPA3) Lupatech's ADRs will trade in the United States on OTCQX under the symbol "LUPAY", where each ADR will represent 1 ordinary share. Lupatech's shares are also listed on BM&FBovespa's Novo Mercado, under the symbol LUPA3. Lupatech is the only Brazilian public company supplying equipment and services to the oil & gas sector. Lupatech's main products are anchoring ropes for platforms, oil & gas valves, completion tools, coating, compressors, sensors and services. Lupatech also produces industrial valves and parts for the automotive chain. For more about Lupatech, visit http://www.lupatech.com.br/. About OTCQX The OTCQX marketplace is the premier tier of the U.S. Over-the-Counter market. Investor-focused companies use the quality controlled OTCQX listing platform to offer investors transparent trading, superior information, and easy access through their regulated U.S. broker-dealers. The innovative OTCQX platform offers companies and their shareholders a level of marketplace services formerly available only on a U.S. exchange. For more about OTCQX, visit http://www.otcqx.com/. About Pink OTC Markets Inc. Pink OTC Markets Inc. (Pink Sheets: PINK) is a financial information and technology services company that operates the leading electronic quotation and trading system in the Over-the-Counter, or OTC, securities market. The OTCQX and Pink Sheets® marketplaces that we operate constitute, by dollar volume, the third largest U.S. liquidity pool for trading public company shares, after The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. and The New York Stock Exchange. Our technology platform provides a comprehensive suite of information products and trading services for OTC market participants. Our products and services promote market transparency, improve price discovery, facilitate regulatory compliance, and increase the quality of issuer disclosure, to the benefit of all OTC market participants. To learn more about how Pink OTC Markets' products and services make the OTC marketplace more transparent, informed, and efficient, please visit our websites at http://www.pinkotc.com/, http://www.pinksheets.com/ and http://www.otcqx.com/ or contact us at . Pink OTC Markets is headquartered in New York City. Subscribe to the OTCQX RSS Feed http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090708/NY43125LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Pink OTC Markets CONTACT: Matthew Sheldon, CCG Investor Relations, +1-310-954-1346, Web Site: http://www.pinkotc.com/

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