Pacific Exchange to Trade Sixteen New Options

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Pacific Exchange, Inc. ("PCX") announced that at the opening of business on Wednesday, December 8, 2005, it will commence trading options on the following equity securities: Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (PCX:ANR); Birch Mountain Resources Ltd. (PCX:BMD); Broadwing Corp. (PCX:BWNG); Centene Corp.  (PCX:CNC); Denbury Resources, Inc. (PCX:DNR); Energy Partners Ltd. (PCX:EPL); Global Industries Ltd. (PCX:GLBL); Holly Corp. (PCX:HOC); Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (PCX:ICE); Itron, Inc. (PCX:ITRI); Liberty Global, Inc.- Class A (PCX:LBTYA); Leap Wireless International, Inc. (PCX:LEAP/UAO); Loews Corp. -- Carolina Group (PCX:CG); NOVA Chemicals Corp. (PCX:NCX); Novatel, Inc. (PCX:NGPS); North American Palladium Ltd. (PCX:PAL).

Alpha Natural Resources options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 20,000,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market maker Catherine Clay of Timber Hill, LLC.

Birch Mountain Resources options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Steven D. Juno and Ethan Dorr of Cutler Group, LP.

Broadwing options will trade on the February expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 25,000,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Ross Goodheart, Ken Keating and Barterv Vartanian of Group One Trading, LP.

Centene options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 20,000,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Catherine Clay of Timber Hill, LLC.

Denbury Resources options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 20,000,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Ross Goodheart, Ken Keating and Barterv Vartanian of Group One Trading, LP.

Energy Partners options will trade on the February expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Joshua Reider and Marcus Nilssen of Citadel Derivatives Group, LLC.

Global Industries options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 25,000,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Joshua Reider and Marcus Nilssen of Citadel Derivatives Group, LLC.

Holly Corp. options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 5,000,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Ross Goodheart, Ken Keating and Barterv Vartanian of Group One Trading, LP.

Intercontinental Exchange options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 5,000,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Ross Goodheart, Ken Keating and Barterv Vartanian of Group One Trading, LP.

Itron options will trade on the February expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Joshua Reider and Marcus Nilssen of Citadel Derivatives Group, LLC.

Liberty Global options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 25,000,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market maker Catherine Clay of Timber Hill, LLC.

Leap Wireless International options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Ross Goodheart, Ken Keating and Barterv Vartanian of Group One Trading, LP.

Loews Corp options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Ross Goodheart, Ken Keating and Barterv Vartanian of Group One Trading, LP.

NOVA Chemicals Corp options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Joshua Reider and Marcus Nilssen of Citadel Derivatives Group, LLC.

Novatel options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 25,000,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Ross Goodheart, Ken Keating and Barterv Vartanian of Group One Trading, LP.

North American Palladium options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 5,000,000 shares.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Joshua Reider and Marcus Nilssen of Citadel Derivatives Group, LLC.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on Archipelago's current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause Archipelago's actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the statements. There can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause Archipelago's results to differ materially from current expectations include: general economic and business conditions, industry trends, competitive conditions, regulatory developments as well as other risks or factors identified in the Company's filings with the Securities Exchange Commission, including its Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004 and the Registration Statement on form S-4 filed by the NYSE Group, Inc., which was declared effective on November 3, 2005 and which is available on the Company's website at http://www.archipelago.com/. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Except for any obligation to disclose material information under the Federal securities laws, Archipelago undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.

For more information contact Todd Swearingen, [phone],  

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