The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Eight New Options On Wednesday, December 27

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin trading eight new options beginning Wednesday, December 27. The following options have been allocated to Group One Ltd.:

• Builders FirstSource, Inc. (option/stock symbol: UWH/BLDR) will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, May and August. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
• Cash America International, Inc. (option/stock symbol: CSH) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, March and June. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
• iShares Cohen & Steers Realty (option/stock symbol: ICF) will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, May and August. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
• Riverbed Technology, Inc. (option/stock symbol: UEX/RVBD) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, March and June. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
• XenoPort, Inc. (option/stock symbol: QXD/XNPT) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, March and June. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.

The final three options were allocated to Susquehanna Investment Group:

• Hercules Offshore, Inc. (option/stock symbol: HIQ/HERO) 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 75,000 contracts.
• iShares Russell 3000 Index Fund (option/stock symbol: IWV) will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expiration months January, February, May and August. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
• Powershares Lux Nanotech Portfolio (option/stock symbol: PXN) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of January, February, March and June. 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.