American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Six Securities

American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Six Securities 


NEW YORK, June 21  /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R))
will launch trading in options on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 on the following
Nasdaq Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange listed stocks of:

   -- Enerplus Resources Fund (Symbol: ERF)
   -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (Symbol: FNF)
   -- SeaChange International, Inc. (Option Symbol: UEG/Stock Symbol: SEAC)
   -- Select Medical Corporation (Symbol: SEM)
   -- Telik, Inc. (Option Symbol: ZUL/Stock Symbol: TELK)
   -- Tidewater Inc. (Symbol: TDW)



Enerplus Resources Fund options will open with position limits of 3,150,000
shares.  The options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The specialist
will be Stuyvesant Trading Group.  Enerplus Resources Fund is a Canadian
conventional oil and natural gas income fund.

Fidelity National Financial, Inc options will open with position limits of
8,250,000 shares.  The options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The
specialist will be Stuyvesant Trading Group.  Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
provides insurance underwriting and diversified real estate services.

SeaChange International, Inc. options will open with position limits of
3,150,000 shares.  The options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The
specialist will be Group One Trading L.P.  SeaChange International, Inc.
develops video server systems and software to manage, store and distribute
digital video for television operator and telecommunications companies.

Select Medical Corporation options will open with position limits of 6,300,000
shares.  The options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The specialist
will be Fogel Group, LLC.  Select Medical Corporation operates specialty acute
care hospitals for long term stay patients and outpatient rehabilitation
clinics through the US.

Telik, Inc. options will open with position limits of 3,150,000 shares. The
options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The specialist will be
TANSTAAFL Research & Trading, LLC. Telik, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company
that discovers, develops and commercializes small molecule drugs to treat
serious diseases.

Tidewater 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 AGS
Specialists. Tidewater Inc. provides offshore supply vessels and marine support
services to the offshore energy exploration, development and production
industry.

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 138 ETFs to date. 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. 

DATASOURCE: The American Stock Exchange



CONTACT:  Media, Lynn Duffy of American Stock Exchange, [phone],





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

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