In observance of the passing of President Gerald Ford, U.S. equity markets will be closed on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007.

As a result of this and the observance of the New Year's market holiday on Monday, January 1st, 2007, equity and options orders placed between the "market close" on Friday, December 29th and the "market open" on Wednesday, January 3rd, will be delivered to the market centers for the beginning of trading on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007.