The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Three New Options On Tuesday, February 6

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade three new options on February 6, 2007. The following options were all allocated to Timber Hill Inc.:

• Hittite Microwave Corporation (option/stock symbol: QDH/HITT) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of February, March, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
• Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. (option/stock symbol: HB) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of February, March, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
• Arkansas Best Corporation (option/stock symbol: FDQ/ABFS) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of February, March, June and September. 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, 2,318 equity options, 15 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.