The Philadelphia
Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade
seven new options on July 10, 2007. The following six options were
allocated to LaBranche Structured Products, LLC:
Alliance One International, Inc. (option/stock
symbol: AOI) will trade on the March expiration
cycle with initial expiration months of July, August, September
and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 200,000
contracts.
Associated Banc-Corp (option/stock symbol: QVS/ASBC)
will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration
months of July, August, September and December. Position and exercise
limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
Belo Corporation (option/stock symbol: BLC)
will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration
months of July, August, September and December. Position and exercise
limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.
DepoMed, Inc. (option/stock symbol: DQN/DEPO)
will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration
months of July, August, September and December. Position and exercise
limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
National Financial Partners Corporation (option/stock
symbol: NFP) will trade on the January expiration
cycle with initial expiration months of July, August, October and
January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (option/stock
symbol: TDY) will trade on the January expiration
cycle with initial expiration months of July, August, October and
January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
The final option was allocated to McGowan Investors, L.P.:
Teleflex Incorporated (option/stock symbol: TFX)
will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration
months of July, August, October and January. Position and exercise
limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, 2,543 equity options, 17 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.
