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PHLX To Begin Trading Eight New Options On Tuesday, March 4

Date 03/03/2008

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade eight new options on March 4, 2008. Four of the following options were allocated to Group One Ltd.:


CNinsure, Inc. (option/stock symbol: FOO/CISG) 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.


Euroseas, Ltd. (option/stock symbol: GWQ/ESEA) 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.


Gafisa S.A. (option/stock symbol: GFA) 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.


Gushan Environmental Energy Ltd. (option/stock symbol: GU) 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 following option was allocated to Citigroup Derivatives Markets Inc.:
Mechel Steel Group (option/stock symbol: MTL) 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 250,000 contracts.


The following two options were allocated to LaBranche Structured Products, LLC:
China Southern Air (option/stock symbol: ZNH) 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.


Investors Bancorp, Inc. (option/stock symbol: IQL/ISBC) 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 following option was allocated to Susquehanna Investment Group:
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (option/stock symbol: DBA) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, July, October and January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, 2,640 equity options, 17sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.