Pacific Exchange Adds Issues to PCX Plus SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pacific Exchange (PCX) announced that it added two issues to its new electronic options trading system, PCX Plus, at the opening of the market this morning. The two issues, Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (NASDAQ:AMCC)(PCX:AEX) and Americredit Corp. (NYSE:ACF)(PCX:ACF), are traded by Lead Market Maker Julian Maneein of Knight Financial Products, LLC. The Exchange launched PCX Plus on October 6. "We are pleased with the performance of PCX Plus," said Jon Werts, Vice President, New Product and Business Development. "The system is meeting our expectations and operating standards. It is accepting, processing, and disseminating quotes from multiple sources, and has already received several enhancements that strengthen its reliability and functionality. We plan to add more issues in a few weeks, and complete the conversion of all issues to the new platform by the end of next year's first quarter." PCX Plus is both a new technology platform and a new market structure for the PCX, designed to better serve existing market participants and attract additional liquidity to the Exchange. It will create a unique marketplace, providing firms and traders the ability to make markets from the floor or remote locations. DATASOURCE: Pacific Exchange CONTACT: Dale A. Carlson of The Pacific Exchange, +1-415-393-4198, or Web site: http://www.pacificex.com/

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