The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Is Set To Begin Trading Three Additional New Options On Friday, December 29

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade three additional options, along with the four options previously posted, beginning Friday, December 29. The following two options were allocated to LaBranche Structured Products LLC:

• The Warnaco Group Inc. (option/stock symbol: QDC/WRNC) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, April and July. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
• GateHouse Media, Inc. (option/stock symbol: GHS) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, April and July. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.

The final option was allocated to Market Street Securities:

• Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (option/stock symbol: ETE) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, April and July. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, 2,327 equity options, 17 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.