The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade ten new options on June 25, 2008. The first six options were allocated to LaBranche Structured Products LLC:
Castle A M & Co. (option/stock symbol: CAS) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, September, August and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 5,000,000 shares.
CVR Energy Inc. (option/stock symbol: CVI) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, September, August and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 7,500,000 shares.
Dawson Geophysical Company (option/stock symbol: DWSN) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, September, August and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 5,000,000 shares.
Layne Christensen Company (option/stock symbol: LAYN) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, September, August and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 5,000,000 shares.
Nordson Corporation (option/stock symbol: NDSN) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, September, August and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 5,000,000 shares.
Rex Energy Corporation (option/stock symbol: REXX) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, September, August and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 5,000,000 shares.
The last four options were allocated to Group One Trading, LP:
CBL & Associates PPTYS Inc. (option/stock symbol: CBL) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, September, August and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000,000 shares.
Forward Air Corporation (option/stock symbol: FWRD) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, September, August and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 7,500,000 shares.
Innophos Holding Inc. (option/stock symbol: IPHS) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, September, August and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 5,000,000 shares.
Dealertrack Holdings (option/stock symbol: TRAK) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of July, September, August and December. Position and exercise limits have been set at 20,000,000 shares.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, over 2,600 equity options, 15 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.