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BOX’s Average Improvement, Volume Increase In May

Date 02/06/2009

In the month of May, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via the Boston Options Exchange’s (“BOX”) price improvement auction (‘PIP’) averaged $3.07 per contract, an increase over April’s $2.69. To date, BOX has saved investors over $246 million since inception with its price improvement mechanism.