Urbana Corporation Purchases Additional CBOE Membership

Toronto, Ontario – September 14, 2009 – Urbana Corporation (“Urbana”) (TSX: URB.A) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to purchase an additional membership in the Chicago Board Options Exchange (“CBOE”), a private entity.

 

The total cost of this purchase is approximately US$2.1 million.

 

Urbana’s exchange portfolio now holds a total of 23 CBOE memberships worth approximately CDN$53.68 million.

 

Urbana is an investment corporation that is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Urbana’s current focus is buying memberships in private and public securities exchanges in North America and around the world.

 

Please contact:
Elizabeth Naumovski, Investor Relations at 416-595-9106 for further information.

 

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

Certain statements in this press release constitute “forward-looking” statements that involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Urbana to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Unless required by applicable securities law, Urbana does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.