American Stock Exchange to Launch Options Trading in Four Stocks

American Stock Exchange to Launch Options Trading in Four Stocks



NEW YORK, Dec. 14  /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange (Amex) will
launch trading in options on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 on the following
Nasdaq Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange listed stocks:

   Bowne & Co., Inc. (Symbol: BNE)
   EGL, Inc. (Stock Symbol: EAGL/Option Symbol: KUF)
   JLG Industries, Inc. (Symbol: JLG)
   PolyOne Corporation (Symbol: POL)



Bowne & Co., Inc. options will open with strike prices of 12-1/2 - 15 - 17-1/2
and position limits of 2,250,000 shares.  The options will trade on the
February expiration cycle with initial expirations in January, February, May
and August.  The specialist will be LaBranche Structured Products, LLC.

Bowne & Co., Inc. manages, repurposes and distributes a client's information to
any audience, through any medium, in any language, anywhere in the world.  The
Company manages documents on the client's site or at its own facilities.  Bowne
provides business services and solutions for transactional financial, corporate
reporting and mutual fund printing, as well as other services.

EGL, Inc. options will open with strike prices of 25 - 30 - 35 and position
limits of 3,150,000 shares.  The options will trade on the February expiration
cycle with initial expirations in January, February, May and August.  The
specialist will be Bowery Specialist Group, LLC.

EGL, Inc. is a global freight transportation company.  The Company's services
include air and ocean freight forwarding, customs brokerage, local pick up and
delivery service, materials management, warehousing, trade facilitation and
procurement and integrated logistics and supply chain management services.

JLG Industries, Inc. options will open with strike prices of 15 - 17-1/2 - 20
and position limits of 3,150,000 shares.  The options will trade on the
February expiration cycle with initial expirations in January, February, May
and August.  The specialist will be Stuyvesant Trading Groupe.

JLG Industries, Inc. manufactures, distributes and markets aerial work
platforms, variable-reach material handlers and telescopic hydraulic
excavators.  The Company sells its products to independent distributors who
rent and sell the Company's products to a broad range of customers, including
users in the industrial, commercial, institutional and construction markets.

PolyOne Corporation options will open with strike prices of 7-1/2 - 10 - 12-1/2
and position limits of 3,150,000 shares.  The options will trade on the
February expiration cycle with initial expirations in January, February, May
and August.  The specialist will be Group One Trading, L.P.

PolyOne Corporation is an international polymer services company with
operations in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.  The
Company provides thermoplastic compounds, specialty resins, specialty polymer
formulations engineered films and color and additive systems.

The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) is the only primary exchange that
offers trading across a full range of equities, options and exchange traded
funds (ETFs), including structured products and HOLDRS(SM).  In addition to its
role as a national equities market, the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF,
responsible for bringing the first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading
the industry in ETF listings, the Amex lists 144 ETFs.  The Amex is also one of
the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on broad-based and
sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign stocks.  For more information,
please visit http://www.amex.com/. 

DATASOURCE: The American Stock Exchange



CONTACT:  Dan Charnas of the American Stock Exchange, [phone],





Web site:  http://www.amex.com/ 

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