American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Fourteen Securities

NEW YORK, Jan. 17  /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) will launch trading in options on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 on the following Nasdaq Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange listed stocks of:

  -- Alcatel SA (Symbol: ALA)
  -- Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (Symbol: ANR)
  -- Arris Group, Inc. (Stock Symbol: ARRS/Option Symbol: AQC)
  -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Stock Symbol: BMRN/Option Symbol: NUR)
  -- Brunswick Corporation (Symbol: BC)
  -- China Medical Technologies, Inc. American Depositary Shares (Stock
      Symbol: CMED/Option Symbol: QCY)
  -- Cogent, Inc. (Stock Symbol: COGT/Option Symbol: QAO)
  -- Cutera, Inc. (Stock Symbol: CUTR/Option Symbol: QCV)
  -- Deckers Outdoor Corporation (Stock Symbol: DECK/Option Symbol: QUK)
  -- Endwave Corporation  (Stock Symbol: ENWV/Option Symbol: EQV)
  -- Forest Oil Corporation (Symbol: FST)
  -- Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Stock Symbol: IDIX/Option Symbol: GQX)
  -- Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Stock Symbol: IDEV/Option Symbol: QUF)
  -- Intermec Inc. (Symbol: IN)



Alcatel SA, American Depositary Shares options will open with position limits of 25,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The specialist will be Kellogg Capital Group, LLC. Alcatel SA develops, produces and distributes telecommunications equipment and cables, and offers telecommunications services.

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc options will open with position limits of 20,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The specialist will be Susquehanna Investment Group. Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. extracts, processes and markets steam and metallurgical coal.

Arris Group, Inc. options will open with position limits of 25,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the February expiration cycle. The specialist will be Group One Trading L.P. Arris Group, Inc. is a global communications technology company specializing in the design and engineering of broadband local access networks.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. options will open with position limits of 7,500,000 shares. The options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The specialist will be Group One Trading L.P. BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. develops and commercializes therapeutic enzyme products.

Brunswick Corporation options will open with position limits of 25,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The specialist will be AGS Specialists, LLC. Brunswick Corporation manufactures consumer products serving the outdoor and indoor active recreation markets.

China Medical Technologies, Inc. American Depositary Shares options will open with position limits of 20,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The specialist will be AGS Specialists, LLC. China Medical Technologies, Inc. is a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets products using high intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU, for the treatment of solid cancers and benign tumors in China.

Cogent, Inc. options will open with position limits of 20,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The specialist will be Trinity Derivatives Group, LLC. Cogent, Inc. provides automated fingerprint identification systems and other fingerprint BioMarin solutions to governments, law enforcement agencies and other organizations worldwide.

Cutera, Inc. options will open with position limits of 7,500,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The specialist will be AGS Specialists, LLC. Cutera, Inc. develops and manufactures aesthetic laser systems.

Deckers Outdoor Corporation options will open with position limits of 20,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The specialist will be Susquehanna Investment Group. Deckers Outdoor Corporation designs and markets function-oriented footwear and apparel.

Endwave Corporation options will open with position limits of 7,500,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The specialist will be Group One Trading, L.P. Endwave Corporation provides radio frequency subsystems that enable the transmission and reception of data signals in high data rate wireless systems.

Forest Oil options will open with position limits of 25,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the February expiration cycle. The specialist will be Kellogg Capital Group, LLC. Forest Oil Corporation is involved in the acquisition, exploration, development, production and marketing of natural gas and crude oil in North American and international locations.

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. options will open with position limits of 5,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The specialist will be Jane Street Specialists, LLC. Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops drugs for the treatment of human viral and other infectious diseases.

Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. options will open with position limits of 7,500,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The specialist will be AGS Specialists, LLC. Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes a diversified portfolio of products and product candidates, including multiple compounds in late-stage clinical development.

Intermec Inc. options will open with position limits of 20,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The specialist will be Group One Trading, L.P. Intermec Inc. is a pure Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) vendor.

For more information on any Amex-listed company, please visit http://www.amex.com/.

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 150 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: American Stock Exchange



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