ISE To Change Market Trading Hours

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE:ISE) today
announced the following change to its trading schedule for equity
options, effective Monday, February 13, 2006.
   Options on equities, narrow-based (sector) indexes and
narrow-based ETFs will close for trading at 4:00 p.m. (ET). This is an
industry-wide change and reflects a two-minute reduction in the
current trading session to align options trading with the closing time
of the primary market.
   Please note that the market for all option products will continue
to open at 9:30 a.m. (ET). Broad-based indexes and broad-based ETFs
which trade until 4:15 p.m. will continue to do so.

   ISE Background

   The International Securities Exchange, the world's largest equity
options exchange, was founded on the principle that technology fosters
and infuses new efficiencies and operational innovations into
securities trading. After developing an innovative market structure
that integrated auction market principles into an advanced
screen-based trading system, ISE launched the first fully electronic
US options exchange in May 2000. ISE continually enhances its trading
systems to provide investors with the best marketplace to execute
their options orders.
   For more information about ISE, its products and its technology,
visit www.iseoptions.com.