Helios & Matheson Reports Receipt of Letter From NASDAQ on Continued Listing Standards

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 18, 2009) - Helios & Matheson North America Inc. (the
"Company" or "Helios & Matheson") (NASDAQ: HMNA), an IT and Business
Process Outsourcing ("BPO") services provider to Fortune 1000 Companies and
other large organizations, reported that it received a letter, dated August
12, 2009, from The NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ") regarding its
non-compliance with The NASDAQ Capital Market CM's continued listing
standards. The Company received communication from NASDAQ that its
stockholders' equity of $2,475,060 as of June 30, 2009, falls short of the
minimum stockholders' equity of $2,500,000 as set forth in NASDAQ Listing
Rule 5550(b)(1). Additionally, the Company currently does not meet the
alternatives of market value of listed securities or net income from
continuing operations.

NASDAQ had informed the Company that its common stock will be subject to
delisting from The NASDAQ Capital Market CM. Pursuant to the Listing Rules,
NASDAQ has communicated to the Company that it has 15 calendar days from
August 12, 2009 to submit a plan to regain compliance with The NASDAQ
Capital Markets CM's listing standards if the Company intends to continue
its NASDAQ listing.

The Company is currently evaluating various courses of action after which
it will decide whether to submit a compliance plan. When the Company
determines a course of action, the details will be set forth in a
subsequent 8-K/A filing and press release.

About Helios & Matheson North America Inc.

Helios & Matheson has built a reputation for cutting-edge IT and Business
Process Outsourcing solutions that is exemplified by its impressive roster
of Fortune 1000 customers and other large organizations. The Company
focuses on a business-oriented, value-added approach to its end-to-end, IT
services and business process outsourcing solutions, which include
staffing, projects and outsourcing. For over 20 years, the Company has
provided complete project life-cycle services in the areas of business
intelligence, custom application development, support and maintenance, data
supply chain, collaboration, quality assurance, project and application
portfolio management, and other specific vertical solutions. The Company
has offices in New York City, Clark, New Jersey, and Bangalore, India. More
information about the Company can be found at its web site at www.hmna.com.

"Safe Harbor" Statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995: Statements made in this press release which are not historical
facts, including those that refer to Helios & Matheson North America's
potential delisting, are "forward-looking statements" that involve
uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to
differ materially from the forward-looking statements, and include, but are
not limited to, Helios & Matheson North America's ability to scale its
existing and any new businesses. The Company cautions readers that results
predicted by forward-looking statements, including, without limitation,
those relating to the Company's future business prospects, revenues,
working capital, liquidity, capital needs, interest costs, and income are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking
statements. The important factors on which such statements are based,
include but are not limited to, assumptions concerning the magnitude of the
ongoing economic crisis, including its impact on the Company's customers,
demand trends in the information technology industry and the continuing
needs of current and prospective customers for the Company's services. For
a more complete description of the risks that apply to the Company's
business, please refer to the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Company's actual results may differ materially
from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a
result of certain factors set forth under Risk Factors and elsewhere in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 31, 2009.