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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Fourteen New Options On Tuesday, June 10

Date 09/06/2008

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade fourteen new options on June 10, 2008. The first ten options were allocated to Group One Trading, L.P.:
  • Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (option/stock symbol: SBLK) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 7,500,000 shares.
  • Renesola Limited (option/stock symbol: SOL) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, October and January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000,000 shares.
  • Paragon Shipping Inc. (option/stock symbol: PRGN) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 7,500,000 shares
  • Cheniere Energy Partners L.P. (option/stock symbol: CQP) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 5,000,000 shares.
  • Activision Inc. (option/stock symbol: ATVI) will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, August, November and January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000,000 shares.
  • Terra Nitrogen Company (option/stock symbol: TNH) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 7,500,000 shares.
  • PowerShares US Dollar IDX Bearish Fund (option/stock symbol: UDN) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 2,500,000 shares.
  • PowerShares US Dollar IDX Bullish Fund (option/stock symbol: UUP) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 7,500,000 shares.
  • Penn Virginia Corporation (option/stock symbol: PVA) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 7,500,000 shares.
  • Enersys(option/stock symbol: ENS) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 7,500,000 shares.
The final four options were allocated to LaBranche Structured Products LLC:
  • Titan Machinery, Inc. (option/stock symbol: TITN) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, September, December and January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 7,500,000 shares.
  • Redwood Trust Inc. (option/stock symbol: RWT) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, October and January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 20,000,000 shares.
  • Ocwen Financial Corp.(option/stock symbol: OCN) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, October and January. Position and exercise limits have been set at 7,500,000 shares.
  • Noah Education Holdings LTD (option/stock symbol: NED) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, September and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 7,500,000 shares.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, 2,597 equity options, 19 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.