The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will
begin to trade fifteen new options on June 12, 2007. The following
ten options were allocated to LaBranche Structured Products, LLC:
Denny’s Corporation (option/stock symbol:
BEQ/DENN) 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 250,000 contracts.
EastGroup Properties, Inc. (option/stock symbol:
EGP) 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 25,000 contracts.
Fulton Financial Corporation (option/stock symbol:
FJQ/FULT) 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 75,000 contracts.
Magna Entertainment Corp. (option/stock symbol:
QBC/MECA) 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 75,000
contracts.
Brown Shoe Company, Inc. (option/stock symbol:
BWS) will trade on the February expiration cycle
with initial expiration months of June, July, August and November.
Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
Goodman Global, Inc. (option/stock symbol: GGL)
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 75,000 contracts.
Landry’s Restaurants, Inc. (option/stock
symbol: LNY) 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 50,000 contracts.
Microtune, Inc. (option/stock symbol: TQT/TUNE)
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 75,000 contracts.
RELM Wireless Corporation (option/stock symbol:
RWC) 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 50,000 contracts.
Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. (option/stock
symbol: TOU/TSAI) will trade on the February expiration
cycle with initial expiration months of June, July, August and November.
Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
The final five options were allocated to Susquehanna Investment Group:
Anglo American plc (option/stock symbol: QEB/AAUK)
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 250,000 contracts.
Echelon Corporation (option/stock symbol: EUL/ELON)
will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expiration
months of June, July, August and November. Position and exercise
limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
Daystar Technologies, Inc. (option/stock symbol:
FBQ/DSTI) 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 75,000 contracts.
Genesis Energy, L.P. (option/stock symbol: GEL)
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 25,000 contracts.
MeadWestvaco Corporation (option/stock symbol:
MWV) 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 250,000 contracts.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades
over 7,000 stocks, 2,520 equity options, 17 sectors index options
and currency options and futures. For more information about the
PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.