The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Eleven New Options On Thursday, February 8

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade eleven new options on February 8, 2007. Eight of the following options were allocated to LaBranche Structured Prod. LLC:

Cbeyond, Inc. (option/stock symbol: QYN/CBEY) 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.

Belden CDT, Inc. (option/stock symbol: BDC) 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.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (option/stock symbol: AQX/ALNY) 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.

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. (option/stock symbol: SSD) 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.

S1 Corporation (option/stock symbol: FBZ/SONE) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of February, March, April and July. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.

HRPT Properties Trust (option/stock symbol: HRP) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of February, March, April and July. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.

Genesco, Inc. (option/stock symbol: GCO) 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.

CommScope, Inc. (option/stock symbol: CTV) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of February, March, April and July. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.

The final three options were allocated to Group One Ltd.:

Apollo Investment Corporation (option/stock symbol: QPP/AINV) 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.

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (option/stock symbol: UWJ/SWHC) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of February, March, June, September and January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.

China BAK Battery, Inc. (option/stock symbol: QBN/CBAK) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of February, March, June, September and January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 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.