ISE To Launch New Water Index

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2006--The International Securities
Exchange (NYSE:ISE) announced today that it is launching the ISE-B&S
Water Index (Ticker: HHO), a new sector index option and benchmark for
this emerging industry which was developed with Boenning & Scattergood
(B&S), one of the oldest, independently operated securities firms
headquartered in the Mid-Atlantic region.



The ISE-B&S Water Index was developed in response to growing interest
in water as a scarce resource and comprises companies in the water
infrastructure, filtration, distribution, purification and treatment
industries. The index currently contains 20 stocks that trade in the
U.S. market, including such notable domestic industry participants as
Aqua America Inc. (NYSE: WTR), Watts Water Technologies Inc. (NYSE:
WTS), as well as international companies that trade as Depositary
Receipts, such as Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao
Paulo (NYSE: SBS). The index is the basis for cash-settled index
options, which will list and begin trading today on ISE under the
symbol HHO.

"ISE is pleased to announce the new ISE-B&S Water Index which
capitalizes on the growing interest in water as a precious commodity.
We have been at the forefront of developing and launching innovative
indices to anticipate market demand. This continues our record of
innovation in the options market and adds to ISE's portfolio of unique
and proprietary sector index options, which offer investors
sophisticated trading strategies to manage their equity portfolios,"
said Bruce D. Goldberg, ISE's Chief Marketing Officer.

Harold Scattergood, Chairman of Boenning & Scattergood, said, "We are
very pleased to join with the International Securities Exchange in the
launch of this exciting new product. Boenning & Scattergood has a
focused research effort and professional staff dedicated to
identifying promising investment opportunities in the Water industry
and businesses that are improving the supply and quality of water.
This new product is certain to provide investors with the ability to
participate in this exciting new industry, as well as serve as an
excellent tool to control risk."

ISE's index methodologies for the sector indexes are rules-based,
making the rules for calculating and maintaining the indexes freely
available to everyone, and thus easily used to test the historic
performance of the indexes.

Additional information about these indexes, including methodology
guides, component lists and weightings, performance metrics and
historical data is available on ISE's website, www.iseoptions.com, on
the Products Traded / Index Options page.

ISE Background

The International Securities Exchange, the world's largest equity
options exchange, was founded on the principle that technology fosters
and infuses new efficiencies and operational innovations into
securities trading. After developing an innovative market structure
that integrated auction market principles into an advanced
screen-based trading system, ISE launched the first fully electronic
US options exchange in May 2000. ISE continually enhances its trading
systems to provide investors with the best marketplace to execute
their options orders.

For more information about ISE, its products and its technology, visit
www.iseoptions.com.

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