American Stock Exchange Reports a Decrease in Short Interest

NEW YORK, April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,269,416,486 shares as of the March 31, 2008 settlement date, a decrease of 48,602,342 from the 1,318,018,828 (adjusted) shares reported on March 14, 2008. The figure represents trades through March 26, 2008.

In the year ago period, short interest totaled 877,447,463 (adjusted).

The March end-of-month short interest position reflects short interest reported by all broker-dealers (not only Amex member firms) in Amex-listed stocks. A short position of 5,000 or more shares existed in 832 issues. Some short position was shown in 1,398 issues.

The attached short interest report was compiled by the Amex on the basis of information obtained from its member and non-member organizations covering all securities dealt in on the Exchange on both round and odd-lots.

Adjusted short interest for the preceding 12 months is shown below:

March 14, 2008 1,318,018,828 October 15, 2007 989,803,872
February 29, 2008 1,239,338,377 September 28, 2007 1,004,190,347
February 15, 2008 1,173,888,724 September 14, 2007 1,030,629,307
January 31, 2008 1,099,855,774 August 15, 2007 1,194,902,117
January 15, 2007 1,125,171,967 July 13, 2007 1,097,414,533
December 31, 2007 1,095,365,559 June 15, 2007 1,092,317,747
December 14, 2007 1,083,504,928 May 15, 2007 940,482,902
November 30,2007 1,128,730,384 April 13, 2007 865,833,907
November 15, 2007 1,141,428,683 March 15, 2007 877,447,463
October 31, 2007 1,022,353,131

Changes in the Amex's Short Interest Reporting:

Please be advised that there is a new way of accessing short interest information for the Amex through www.amexdata.com. Access to the site will be in addition to the standard Amex press release on short interest. The short interest data will be available to registered members of the media at
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Source: American Stock Exchange

CONTACT: Catherine Chantharaj of American Stock Exchange,
+1-212-306-1689, catherine.chantharaj@amex.com

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