American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Three Securities

NEW YORK, Nov. 17  /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) will launch trading in options on Friday, November 18, 2005 on the following Nasdaq Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange listed stocks of:

  * Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (Symbol: DTG)
  * Blount International, Inc. (Symbol: BLT)
  * 24/7 Real Media, Inc.  (Stock Symbol: TFSM/Option Symbol: QNE)



Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. will open with strike prices of 30-35-40 and position limits of 5,000,000 shares.  The options will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expirations in December, January, April and July.  The specialist will be AGS Specialists, LLC.  Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. operates Dollar and Thrifty vehicle rental systems. The Company provides its services to leisure customers, tourists, small businesses and independent business travelers.

Blount International, Inc. will open with strike prices of 12 1/2 -15-17 1/2 and position limits of 5,000,000 shares.  The options will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expirations in December, January, April and July.  The specialist will be Susquehanna Investment Group. Blount International, Inc. manufactures outdoor products and industrial and power equipment.  The Company's products include lawn mowers and related accessories, timber harvesting and processing equipment, and stacked material loaders.

24/7 Real Media, Inc. will open with strike prices of 5-7 1/2-10 and position limits of 20,000,000 shares.  The options will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expirations in December, January, April and July.  The specialist will be Jane Street Specialists, LLC.  24/7 Real Media, Inc. provides marketing solutions to the digital advertising industry.  The Company provides a suite of interactive marketing solutions for advertisers and publishers, including an online ad network, a locally installed ad serving customer base, a hosted ad serving customer base, a permission-based electronic mail database and an online promotions business.

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 186 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



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