PHILADELPHIA — June 2, 2006 — The Philadelphia Stock
Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin trading two new
options beginning Monday, June 5.
Vonage Holdings Corporation (option/stock symbol:
VG) 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. Citigroup Derivatives
Markets, Inc. will be the specialist in these options.
MasterCard, Inc. (option/stock symbol: MA)
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. Citadel Derivatives Group,
LLC will be the specialist in these options.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades
2,000 stocks, 2,177 equity options, 19 sectors index options and
currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX
and its products, visit www.phlx.com.
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