The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,403,409,563 shares as of the September 10, 2008 settlement date, a decrease of 27,880,104 from the 1,431,289,667 (adjusted) shares reported on August 29, 2008. The figure represents trades through September 15, 2008.

United States Commodity Funds LLC, on behalf of United States Oil Fund, LP, United States Natural Gas Fund, LP, United States 12 Month Oil Fund, LP, United States Gasoline Fund, LP and United States Heating Oil Fund, LP, announced that each Fund will transfer the listing of its limited partnership units that are currently listed on the American Stock Exchange to NYSE Arca after the close of NYSE Euronext’s planned acquisition of the Amex.

MacroMarkets LLC and the American Stock Exchange (Amex) today announced that MacroMarkets will transfer the listing of MacroShares $100 Oil Up (Amex: UOY) and MacroShares $100 Oil Down (Amex: DOY) to NYSE Arca. Both UOY and DOY are currently listed on the American Stock Exchange.

The American Stock Exchange member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,436,397,736 shares as of the August 29, 2008 settlement date, a decrease of 10,878,681 from the 1,447,276,417 (adjusted) shares reported on August 15, 2008. The figure represents trades through August 26, 2008.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on Citigroup Funding Inc.'s 8% ELKS Based Upon Exxon Mobil Corporation.

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) opened trading on Safety First Trust Series 2008-3’s Principal-Protected Trust Certificates Linked to a Global Index Basket. The basket is based on the S&P 500 Index, the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index, and the S&P BRIC 40 Index.

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 1,448,042,409 shares as of the August 15, 2008 settlement date, a decrease of 40,565,098 from the 1,488,607,507 (adjusted) shares reported on July 31, 2008. The figure represents trades through August 12, 2008.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on Merrill Lynch's Accelerated Return Notes Linked to the MSCI EAFE Index.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on AB Svensk Ekportkredit's (Swedish Export Credit Corporation) Accelerated Return Notes Linked to the Russell 2000 Index.

Birch Mountain Resources Ltd. (BMD: TSX and AMEX) received notice on August 12, 2008 from the Staff of the American Stock Exchange LLC that the AMEX intends to strike the common stock of the Company from Exchange listing by filing a delisting application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 1009(d) of the AMEX Company Guide.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on AB Svensk Ekportkredit's (Swedish Export Credit Corporation) Accelerated Return Notes Linked to the S&P 500 Index.

The American Stock Exchange opened trading on Merrill Lynch's Accelerated Return Bear Market Notes Linked to the Russell 3000 Index.