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December 2007

12/27 Philadelphia Mayor-Elect Michael Nutter to Ring the Opening Bell at the PHLX on Wednesday, January 2

12/21 PHLX Announces New Record One-Day Equity Options Volume

12/14 PHLX Celebrates the Holiday Season with the Pennsylvania Ballet on Tuesday, December 18

12/12 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces Penny Increment Trading for World Currency Options Beginning January 2, 2008

12/10 The Society for Information Management Presents Philadelphia Stock Exchange CIO With The 2007 SIM Leadership Award

12/06 - PHLX Announces November Volume.

12/03 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Launches Options Trading on The PHLX Marine Shipping Index^TM (SHX^SM) on December 3

November 2007

11/30 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange to Begin Trading Two New Options on Friday, November 30

11/28 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange to Begin Trading Eleven New Options on Thursday, November 29

11/27 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange to Begin Trading Seven New Options on Tuesday, November 27

11/26 PHLX Kicked off the Holiday Season With a Special Opening Bell Ceremony on Monday, December 3

11/07 NASDAQ to Acquire Philadelphia Stock Exchange

11/06 PHLX Announces October Volume.

11/05 ROTC Members From Temple University To Ring The Opening Bell At The PHLX on Friday, November 9 In Honor of Veterans Day

October 2007

10/29 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces World Currency Option Open Interest Record

10/25 Philadelphia Music Legends Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff Ring the Opening Bell at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange on Thursday, October 25

10/23 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces Approval of Settlement in Ginsburg Litigation

10/22 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces Changes to the PHLX Utility Sector^SM (UTY^SM)

10/22 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange to Begin Trading One New Option on Monday, October 22

10/19 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Launches Initial Options Trading on HEALTHSHARE™ Exchange - Traded Fund

10/19 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange to Begin Trading Twelve New Options on Friday, October 19

10/18 Superior Court of Pennsylvania Vacates Judgement in Dooner v. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange

10/17 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange to Begin Trading Two Additional Options on Wednesday, October 18

10/17 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange to Begin Trading Eight New Options on Wednesday, October 18

10/16 The Philadelphia Stock Exchange to Begin Trading Seven New Options on Wednesday, October 17

10/04 - The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces September Volume.

September 2007

09/25 - To Celebrate Their 175th Anniversary, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Rings Opening Bell at the PHLX on Monday, September 24

09/19 - PHLX Announces World Currency Option Open Interest Record

09/06 - PHLX Announces August Volume

09/04 - PHLX Reaches Settlement in Ginsburg Litigation

August 2007

08/29 - PHLX to Begin Trading Two New Options on Thursday, August 30

08/29 - Nation's Oldest Civil War Museum Rings Opening Bell at the PHLX

08/28 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option on Wednesday, August 29

08/28 - PBOT Announces Launch of World Currency Futures

08/27 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option on Tuesday, August 28

08/23 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option on Friday, August 24

08/22 - PHLX to Begin Trading Twenty Six New Options on Thursday, August 23

08/21 - PHLX to Begin Trading Twenty Five New Options on Wednesday, August 22

08/20 - PHLX to Begin Trading Twenty New Options on Tuesday, August 21

08/17 - PHLX to Begin Trading Sixteen New Options on Monday, August 20

08/16 - PHLX Announces Greenhill & Co., Inc. as Financial Advisor

08/06 - PHLX Launches Options Trading on Vanguard Exchange Traded Funds

08/06 - PHLX Announces July Volume

08/03 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option on Monday, August 6

08/02 - PHLX Postpones Option Scheduled to Begin Trading Today, August 2

08/02 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option on Friday, August 3

08/01 - PHLX to Begin Trading Eight More New Options on Thursday, August 2

08/01 - PHLX to Begin Trading Five New Options on Thursday, August 2

July 2007

07/31 - PHLX to Begin Trading Seven New Options on Wednesday, August 1

07/24 - Rita's Water Ice Rings Opening Bell at the PHLX

07/24 - PHLX Announces Launch of World Currency Options on Japanese Yen, Swiss Franc, Canadian Dollar, and Australian Dollar

07/20 - Rita's Water Ice to Ring Opening Bell at the PHLX on Tuesday, July 24

07/20 - Martha Reeves, of Martha and the Vandellas, Rings Opening Bell at the PHLX

07/18 - PHLX Launches Initial Options Trading on Healthshares™ Exchange Traded Fund

07/17 - Martha Reeves, of Martha and the Vandellas, to Ring Opening Bell at the PHLX on Friday, July 20

07/12 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option on Friday, July 13

07/10 - PHLX to Begin Trading Three New Indexes on Wednesday, July 11

07/10 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option on Wednesday, July 11

07/09 - PHLX to Begin Trading One Additional New Option on Tuesday, July 10

07/09 - PHLX to Begin Trading Seven New Options on Tuesday, July 10

07/09 - PHLX Announces June Volume

07/05 - PHLX to Begin Trading Ten New Options Today, July 5 and Friday, July 6

07/03 - PHLX to Begin Trading Four New Options on Thursday, July 5

07/02 - PHLX to Begin Trading Fourteen New Options Today, July 2, and Tuesday, July 3

June 2007

06/27 - PHLX Announces Launch of New Sector Indexes

06/21 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option on Friday, June 22

06/20 - PHLX Announces Settlement of Ginsburg Litigation

06/15 - PHLX to Begin Trading Five New Options on Monday, June 18

06/14 - Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS) Ring the Opening Bell at the PHLX

06/13 - PHLX to Begin Trading Sixteen New Options on Thursday, June 14

06/12 - PHLX to Begin Trading Fifteen New Options on Wednesday, June 13

06/11 - PHLX to Begin Trading Nine New Options on Tuesday, June 12

06/11 - Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS) to Ring Opening Bell at the PHLX on Thursday, June 14

06/06 - PHLX Announces May Volume

06/06 - Danny DeVito and Rob McElhenney Ring Opening Bell at the PHLX

06/05 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option on Wednesday, June 6

06/05 - Danny DeVito and Rob McElhenney to Ring Opening Bell at the PHLX on Wednesday, June 6

May 2007

05/29 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option on Wednesday, May 30

05/29 - PHLX Announces World Currency Option Open Interest Record

05/23 - PHLX to Begin Trading Thirteen New Options on Thursday, May 24

05/22 - PHLX to Begin Trading Twelve New Options on Wednesday, May 23

05/21 - PHLX to Begin Trading Twelve New Options on Tuesday, May 22

05/15 - Miss Philadelphia Rings Opening Bell at the PHLX

05/08 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option on Monday, May 14

05/08 - Miss Philadelphia to Ring Opening Bell on Tuesday, May 15

05/07 - PHLX Announces April Volume

05/03 - PHLX to Begin Trading Two New Options on Friday, May 4

05/02 - PHLX to Begin Trading Thirteen New Options on Thursday, May 3

05/01 - PHLX to Begin Trading Fifteen New Options on Wednesday, May 2

April 2007

04/30 - PHLX to Begin Trading Eleven New Options on Tuesday, May 1

04/30 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option on Tuesday, May 1

04/27 - PHLX to Begin Trading Nine New Options on Monday, April 30

04/27 - PHLX and PBOT Launch Options and Futures on Major Currencies

04/26 - PHLX to Being Trading One New Option on Friday, April 27

04/04 - PHLX to Begin Trading Four New Quarterly Options on Monday, April 9

04/04 - PHLX Announces Five New Options to Begin Trading on Thursday, April 5

04/04 - PHLX to Begin Trading Two New Options on Thursday, April 5

04/04 - PHLX Announces March Volume

04/03 - PHLX to Begin Trading Six Additional New Options on Wednesday, April 4

04/03 - PHLX to Begin Trading One New Option On Wednesday, April 4

04/02- PHLX to Begin Trading Eleven New Options on Tuesday, April 3

04/02 - Phillies Lead Opening Day of Baseball at the PHLX

March 2007

03/30 - PHLX to Begin Trading Five New Options on Monday, April 2

03/29 - PHLX Announces Newly Elected Positions on the Board of Governors

03/29 - PHLX Announces Launch of PHLX Foreign Exchange Spot Rates on Friday, March 30

03/28 - PHLX to Begin Trading a New Option on Thursday, March 29

03/26 - Phillies to Lead off Opening Day of Baseball at the PHLX on Monday, April 2

03/15 - PHLX to Begin Trading Eleven New Options on Friday, March 16

03/14 - PHLX to Begin Trading Two Additional New Options on Wednesday, March 15

03/14 - PHLX to Begin Trading Eight New Options on Thursday, March 15

03/14 - PHLX Announces Launch of the PHLX Marine Shipping Index^TM (SHX^SM) on March 14

03/13 - PHLX to Begin Trading Two Additional New Options on Wednesday, March 14

03/13 - PHLX to Begin Trading Ten New Options on Wednesday, March 14

03/13 - PHLX Trades Up to a High Performance Juniper Networks Infrastructure

03/12- PHLX to Begin Trading Nine New Options on Tuesday, March 13

03/12 - Girl Scouts Ring the Opening Bell at the PHLX on Monday, March 12 to Celebrate the 95th Anniversary of Girl Scouting in the U.S.

03/09 - PHLX to Begin Trading One Additional New Option on Monday, March 12

03/09 -PHLX to Begin Trading Twelve New Options on Monday, March 12

03/09 - The Options Industry Council to Offer Free Basic and Advanced Options Seminars in Philadelphia

03/05 - PHLX Announces February Volume

February 2007

02/27 - PHLX to Begin Trading Three New Options on Wednesday, February 28

02/23 - PHLX Announces Changes to the PHLX Gold / Silver Sector^(SM) Index (XAU^(SM)) Starting
February 28.

02/20 - PHLX to Begin Trading Five New Quarterly Option Listings on Wednesday, February 21

02/20 - PHLX to Begin Trading Broad-Based Index Options on the Russell Family of Indexes

02/16 - PHLX to Begin Trading Two New Russell Options on Tuesday, February 20

02/14- Despite the Snow, The Frankford Candy Co. Warmed Hearts at the PHLX this Valentine’s Day With a Special Bell Ringing Ceremony

02/08 - PHLX to Begin Trading Twelve New Options on Friday, February 9

02/07 - PHLX to Begin Trading Eleven New Options on Thursday, February 8

02/06 - PHLX to Begin Trading Nineteen New Options on Wednesday, February 7

02/06 - PHLX Announces January Volume

02/05 - PHLX to Begin Trading Three New Options on Tuesday, February 6

02/02 - Philadelphia Flyer Mike Knuble Rang the Opening Bell at the PHLX on Friday, Feb. 2 to Kick Off the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day

January 2007

01/09 - PHLX Names Mark Schepps to the Position of Vice President and Chief Enforcement Counsel

01/08 - PHLX Announces December Volume

01/08 - PHLX to Launch World Currency Options on The Euro (XDE) on Monday, January 8 Backed by Interactive Brokers Group

01/04 - PHLX To Begin Trading Two New Options on Friday, January 5

01/04 - PHLX Launches World Currency Options on the British Pound (XDB) on Monday, January 8

01/03 - Philadelphia Mummers Kicked Off Trading for the New Year at the PHLX on Wednesday, January 3