THE PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE TO BEGIN TRADING TWENTY-SIX NEW OPTIONS ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 23

PHILADELPHIA — August 22, 2007 - The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade twenty-six new options on August 23, 2007. The following fifteen options were allocated to LaBranche Structured Products, LLC:



Monaco Coach Corporation (option/stock symbol: MNC) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.

Medical Properties Trust Inc. (option/stock symbol: MPW) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 200,000 contracts.



Maxgen, Inc. (option/stock symbol: MQQ/MAXY) will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, November and February. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.

Liberty Property Trust (option/stock symbol: LRY) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.



Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (option/stock symbol: LEE) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.

Lanoptics Ltd. (option/stock symbol: BQO/LNOP) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.



Washington Federal, Inc. (option/stock symbol: SQB/WFSL) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.

Rock-Tenn Company (option/stock symbol: RKT) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.



Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (option/stock symbol: SMI) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, December and March. Position and exercise limits have been set at 200,000 contracts.

Semitool, Inc. (option/stock symbol: SOQ/SMTL) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.



The Steak n Shake Company (option/stock symbol: SNS) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, December and March. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.

SupportSoft, Inc. (option/stock symbol: RQJ/SPRT) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, December and March. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.



Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. (option/stock symbol: XYQ/SYNO) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.

West Marine, Inc. (option/stock symbol: XWQ/WMAR) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.



Wausau Paper Corp. (option/stock symbol: WPP) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.

The next eleven options were allocated to Market Street Securities:

Life Time Fitness, Inc. (option/stock symbol: LTM) will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, November and February. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.



DSP Group, Inc. (option/stock symbol: DPQ/DSPG) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.

Flanders Corporation (option/stock symbol: QDK/FLDR) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, December and March. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.



Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (option/stock symbol: JLL) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, December and March. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (option/stock symbol: QQJ/LJPC) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, December and March. Position and exercise limits have been set at 250,000 contracts.

The Lubrizol Corporation (option/stock symbol: LZ) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, December and March. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.

Xerium Technologies, Inc. (option/stock symbol: XRM) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.



Molina Healthcare Inc. (option/stock symbol: MOH) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, December and March. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.

Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. (option/stock symbol: OEH) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, December and March. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.



Sensient Technologies Corporation (option/stock symbol: SXT) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 50,000 contracts.

Westlake Chemical Corporation (option/stock symbol: WLK) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, January and April. Position and exercise limits have been set at 75,000 contracts.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange was founded in 1790. The PHLX trades over 7,000 stocks, 2,502 equity options, 19 sectors index options and currency options and futures. For more information about the PHLX and its products, visit www.phlx.com.