SUGAR LAND, Texas, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Arabian American Development Co. (NYSE: ARSD) today announced that it has been invited to ring the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 10, 2012, to commemorate the Company's recent listing. The Company began trading on the NYSE on Monday, April 2, 2012. The bell ringing will be webcast live on the NYSE website and may be viewed at: http://www.nyse.com/about/Video/newsbriefings.html. The archive will be available shortly after the event. Nick Carter, President and CEO of Arabian American, will be joined by the Company's senior management and members of its Board of Directors at the bell ringing event.

Mr. Carter commented, "Ringing the NYSE bell is a huge honor for Arabian American, our employees, board and shareholders as we celebrate our successful listing on this premier stock exchange. We appreciate the opportunity and look forward to a long partnership with the NYSE that will benefit current shareholders and potential investors."

"We welcome Arabian American Development Company to the NYSE Euronext community of listed companies and look forward to celebrating the occasion next week," commented Scott Cutler, NYSE Executive Vice President and Head of Global Listings.

About NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets - the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Amex, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca - represent one-third of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the Fortune 500. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com. (Source: NYSE Euronext)

About Arabian American Development Company (ARSD)

ARSD owns and operates a petrochemical facility located in southeast Texas just north of Beaumont which specializes in high purity petrochemical solvents and other solvent type manufacturing. The Company is also the original developer and now a 37% owner of Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Co., a Saudi Arabian joint stock company.

Safe Harbor

Statements in this release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward looking statements are based upon management's belief as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Because such statements are based upon expectations as to future economic performance and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ from those projected. These risks, as well as others, are discussed in greater detail in Arabian American's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Arabian American's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,  2011, and the Company's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

SOURCE Arabian American Development Co.