PHLX To Begin Trading Two New Options (Ask Jeeves And Digital Island)

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) is pleased to announce that it will begin trading put and call options on Digital Island Inc. (option/stock symbol: SUH/ISLD), upon the opening of business today, January 3, 2000. In addition, the PHLX will begin trading put and call options on Ask Jeeves, Inc. (option/stock symbol: AUK/ASKJ), upon the opening of business Tuesday, January 4, 2000. Options on Digital Island Inc. will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, May, and August. Opening strike prices will be 85, 90, 95, 100, and 105. Options on Ask Jeeves, Inc. will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, April, and July. Opening strike prices will be 105, 110, 115, 120, and 125. The PHLX is the first securities exchange in the U.S. and the nation's fastest growing sectors index options exchange. Founded in 1790, PHLX is a market leader in the trading of over 2600 stocks, 950 equity options, 12 sectors index options, and 100 currency pairs.