American Stock Exchange Lists SPARQS Exchangeable For Newmont Mining Corporation

American Stock Exchange Lists SPARQS Exchangeable For Newmont
Mining Corporation 


NEW YORK, April 26  /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R))
today began trading Morgan Stanley 6.25% Stock Participation Accreting
Redemption Quarterly-pay Securities ("SPARQS") mandatorily exchangeable for
shares of common stock of Newmont Mining Corporation. Trading under the ticker
symbol NEH, the 1.5 million shares of the new securities were issued at $10.10
with a maturity date of May 15, 2005.

At maturity, holders will receive 0.25 shares of Newmont Mining Corporation
common stock in exchange for each SPARQS, subject to the issuer's right to call
the SPARQS for the cash call price.

The issuer is Morgan Stanley and the Amex specialist unit for the new listing
is Wolverine Trading LLP.

If you would like to receive a copy of the prospectus for NEH, please contact
the Capital Markets Group at the American Stock Exchange at (212) 306- 1659.

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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.  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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