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PHLX to Begin Trading Three New Options

8 February 1999

PHLX to Begin Trading Three New Options

    PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8 -- The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
(PHLX) is pleased to announce that it will begin trading put and call options
on Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Manufacturing Co. (option/stock symbol:
BQC/BIGX), Rogue Wave Software, Inc. (option/stock symbol: RQR/RWAV), and
Southwest Bancorp. of Texas, Inc. (option/stock symbol: SQB/SWBT), upon the
opening of business on Thursday, February 11, 1999.
    The following table lists the stocks, symbols, position limits, auto-x
guarantee, and specialist unit for each new issue:

                                        POSITION
    STOCK                               LIMITS      AUTO-X   SPECIALIST
    Excelsior-Henderson
     Manuf. Co. (BQC/BIGX)              13,500      10-up    Tague Securities
    Rogue Wave Software,
     Inc. (RQR/RWAV)                    13,500      10-up    Tague Securities
    Southwest Bancorp. of
     Texas Inc. (SQB/SWBT)              13,500      20-up    TFM Investment

    Options on Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Manufacturing Co. will trade on
the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April,
June, and September.  Opening strike prices will be 7-1/2, 10, and 12-1/2.
Options on Rogue Wave Software, Inc. will trade on the January expiration
cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, July, and October.
Opening strike prices will be 7-1/2, 10, and 12-1/2.  Options on Southwest
Bancorp. of Texas, Inc. will trade on the February expiration cycle with
initial expiration months of March, April, May, and August.  Opening strike
prices will be 10, 12-1/2, and 15.
    The PHLX is the first securities exchange in the U.S. and the nation's
fastest growing sectors index options exchange.  Founded in 1790, PHLX is a
market leader in the trading of over 2,600 stocks, 870 equity options,
14 sectors index options, and 100 currency pairs.

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