The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade twelve new options on May 22, 2007. The following nine options were allocated to Group One Ltd:
NxStage Medical, Inc.
(option/stock symbol: UKE/NXTM) 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.
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (option/stock symbol: QDX/VNDA) 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.
TCF Financial Corporation (option/stock symbol: TCB) 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 200,000 contracts.
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (option/stock symbol: MQI/SIMO) 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 200,000 contracts.
Lumera Corp. (option/stock symbol: QPH/LMRA) 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.
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (option/stock symbol: PVH) 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 200,000 contracts.
OMNI Energy Services Corp. (option/stock symbol: QOC/OMNI) 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 200,000 contracts.
LHC Group Inc. (option/stock symbol: HQC/LHCG) 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.
Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. (option/stock symbol: IUZ/INGN) 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.
The following three options were allocated to Market Street Securities:
Coley Pharmaceutical Group Inc. (option/stock symbol: QJC/COLY) 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.Exide Technologies (option/stock symbol: FRU/XIDE) 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.
Media General, Inc. (option/stock symbol: MEG) 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 25,000 contracts.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, 2,486 equity options, 17 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.