PHILADELPHIA — September 27, 2006 -The Philadelphia Stock
Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it would begin trading nine
new options beginning Thursday, September 28. Three of the options
were allocated to Timber Hill Inc.
Tetra Technologies, Inc. (option/stock symbol:
TTI) will trade on the March expiration cycle with
initial expiration months of October, November, December and March.
Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (option/stock symbol:
AVB) will trade on the January expiration cycle
with initial expiration months of October, November, January and
April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
Briggs & Stratton Corporation (option/stock
symbol: BGG) will trade on the January expiration
cycle with initial expiration months of October, November, January
and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000
contracts.
The following three options were allocated to Susquehanna Inv. Grp.:
PW Eagle, Inc. (option/stock symbol: UUL
/ PWEI) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial
expiration months of October, November, December and March. Position
and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.
Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (option/stock symbol: RI)
will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration
months of October, November, January and April. Position and exercise
limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.
MarineMax, Inc. (option/stock symbol: HZO)
will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration
months of October, November, January and April. Position and exercise
limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.
The following two options were allocated to McGowan Investors, L.P.:
Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. (option/stock symbol:
JQQ / FSYS) will trade on the January expiration
cycle with initial expiration months of October, November, January
and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000
contracts.
Brush Engineered Materials, Inc. (option/stock
symbol: BW) will trade on the March expiration
cycle with initial expiration months of October, November, December
and March. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000
contracts.
The final option was allocated to Citigroup Derivatives Markets,
Inc.:
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (option/stock symbol:
EWJ) will trade on the March expiration cycle with
initial expiration months of October, November, December, January
and March. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000
contracts.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades
1,943 stocks, 2,231 equity options, 16 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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