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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Ten New Options On Wednesday, March 14

Date 13/03/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade ten new options on March 14, 2007. Seven of the options were allocated to McGowan Investors, L.P:

RAIT Financial Trust (option/stock symbol: RAS) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (option/stock symbol: PBB/PRAA) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.

NATCO Group, Inc. (option/stock symbol: NTG) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.

Houston Wire & Cable Company (option/stock symbol: UKL/HWCC) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.

Great Plains Energy Incorporated (option/stock symbol: GXP) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.

SRA International, Inc. (Class A) (option/stock symbol: SRX) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.

Third Wave Technologies
(option/stock symbol: QIT/TWTI) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.

The final three options were allocated to Susquehanna Investment Group:

Pinnacle Airlines Corporation (option/stock symbol: QZP/PNCL) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, June, September and January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.

Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (option/stock symbol: ULH/OMRI) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.

Intevac, Inc. (option/stock symbol: IKQ/IVAC) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, 2,340 equity options, 15 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.