Pacific Exchange to Trade Seventeen New Options

Pacific Exchange to Trade Seventeen New Options 


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29  /PRNewswire/ -- The Pacific Exchange (PCX) announced
that on Tuesday, December 30, 2003, it will begin trading options on Amkor
Technology, Inc. ; Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. ; Beverly Enterprises,
Inc. ; Cirrus Logic ; Garmin Ltd. ; Gateway, Inc. ; Hughes Electronics Corp. ;
J2 Global Communications, Inc. ; Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. ;  Maytag
Corp. ; Novell, Inc. ; NTL, Inc. ; Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. ; Sovereign
Bancorp, Inc. ; QLT, Inc. ; Trex Co., Inc.  and  Wabash National Corp.  .

Amkor Technology, Inc. options will trade on the March expiration cycle with
exercise limits set at 75,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead
market maker Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC.

Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. options will trade on the March
expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 75,000 contracts.  The issue will
be traded by lead market makers Lee Gordon and Ross Goodheart of Group One
Trading, LP.

Beverly Enterprises, Inc. options will trade on the January expiration cycle
with exercise limits set at 75,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead
market makers Lee Gordon and Ross Goodheart of Group One Trading, LP.

Cirrus Logic options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise
limits set at 75,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead market maker
Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC.

Garmin Ltd. options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise
limits set at 60,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead market maker
Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC.

Gateway, Inc. options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise
limits set at 75,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead market maker
Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC.

Hughes Electronics Corp. options will trade on the March expiration cycle with
exercise limits set at 13,500 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead
market makers Timothy Brennan and Patrick Hickey of Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

J2 Global Communications, Inc. options will trade on the March expiration cycle
with exercise limits set at 120,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead
market maker Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC.

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. options will trade on the January expiration
cycle with exercise limits set at 75,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by
lead market maker Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC.

Maytag Corp. options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise
limits set at 75,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead market maker
Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC.

Novell, Inc. options will trade on the February expiration cycle with exercise
limits set at 75,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead market maker
Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC.

NTL, Inc. options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits
set at 75,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers Mark
Krommenhoek and Julia Overs of Knight Financial Products, LLC.

Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. options will trade on the January expiration
cycle with exercise limits set at 75,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by
lead market maker Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC.

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. options will trade on the January expiration cycle with
exercise limits set at 75,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead
market maker Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC.

QLT, Inc. options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits
set at 75,000 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead market maker Kurt
Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC.

Trex Co., Inc. options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise
limits set at 13,500 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead market makers
Lee Gordon and Ross Goodheart of Group One Trading, LP.

Wabash National Corp.  options will trade on the January expiration cycle with
exercise limits set at 31,500 contracts.  The issue will be traded by lead
market makers Lee Gordon and Ross Goodheart of Group One Trading, LP. 

DATASOURCE: Pacific Exchange



CONTACT:  Dale Carlson of The Pacific Exchange, [phone], or





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