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THE PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE TO BEGIN TRADING TEN NEW OPTIONS ON FRIDAY, APRIL4

For more information, contact Barbara Sorid at 215-496-5200 or by e-mail

PHILADELPHIA — April 3, 2008 -The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade ten new options on April 4, 2008. All of the following options were allocated to Citadel Derivatives Trading Group LLC:


Cosan Limited (option/stock symbol: CZZ) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.


Claymore/BNY Bric ETF (option/stock symbol: EEB) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.


Wisdom Tree India Earnings Fund (option/stock symbol: EPI) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.


General Steel Holdings, Inc. (option/stock symbol: GSI) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.


Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (option/stock symbol: HQP/HALO) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.


Syngenta AG (option/stock symbol: SYT) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.


PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio (option/stock symbol: PBW) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 200,000 contracts.


PowerShares Water Resources Portfolio (option/stock symbol: PHO) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, June and September. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.

iStar Financial, Inc. (option/stock symbol: SFI) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.


Liberty Media Corporation (option/stock symbol: LWT/MDIA) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of April, May, July and October. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, 2,640 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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