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BOX’s Average Improvement Stays Strong During Penny Pilot Program, Launches 310 New Classes

Date 03/05/2007

In the month of April, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via the Boston Options Exchange’s (“BOX”) price improvement auction (‘PIP’*) averaged $2.80 per contract, a strong level considering the impact from the Penny Pilot Program. An average of 67,175 contracts per day received price improvement during the month. This represented savings to investors of $3.8 million.

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