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PHLX To Begin Trading Options On Sonus Networks, Inc.

Date 31/08/2000

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) is pleased to announce that it will begin trading put and call options on Sonus Networks, Inc. (option/stock symbol: UJS/SONS), upon the opening of business on Friday, September 1, 2000.

Options on Sonus Networks, Inc. will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January, and April. Opening strike prices will be 120, 135, 150, 165, 180, and 195.

The PHLX is the first securities exchange in the U.S. and the nation's fastest growing sectors index option exchange. Founded in 1790, PHLX is a market leader in the trading of over 2,300 stocks, 780 equity options, and 100 currency pairs.