American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Seven Securities
March 25 2004 - 2:53PM
PR Newswire (US)
American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Seven Securities NEW
YORK, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R)
(Amex(R)) will launch trading in options on Friday, March 26, 2004
on the following Nasdaq Stock Market and New York StockExchange
listed stocks of: * Agile Software Corporation (Option Symbol:
IQG/Stock Symbol: AGIL) * BHP Billiton Limited, American Depositary
Shares (Symbol: BHP) * Dade Behring Holdings, Inc. (Option Symbol:
JDQ/Stock Symbol: DADE) * Omnicell, Inc. (Option Symbol: UMK/Stock
Symbol: OMCL) * Plains Exploration & Production Company
(Symbol: PXP) * Potlatch Corporation (Symbol: PCH) * The Warnaco
Group, Inc. (Option Symbol: QNV/Stock Symbol: WRNC) Agile Software
Corporation options will open with strike prices of 5 - 7 1/2 - 10
and position limits of 3,150,000 shares. The options will trade on
the February expiration cycle with initial expirations in April,
May, August and November. The specialist will be Bowery Specialist
Group, LLC. Agile Software Corporation supplies Web-centric product
content management software for use within and among enterprises in
a manufacturing supply chain. BHP Billiton Limited, American
Depositary Shares options will open with strike prices of 15 - 17
1/2 - 20 and position limits of 3,150,000 shares. The options will
trade on the February expiration cycle with initial expirations in
April, May, August and November. The specialist will be Tanstaafl
Research & Trading, LLC. BHP Billiton Limited is an
international resources company whose principal business lines are
mineral exploration and production, including coal, iron ore, gold,
titanium, ferroalloys, nickel and copper concentrate, as well as
petroleum exploration, production and refining. Dade Behring
Holdings, Inc. options will open with strike prices of 35 - 40 - 45
and position limits of 2,250,000 shares. The options will trade on
the February expiration cycle with initial expirations in April,
May, August and November. The specialist will be LaBranche
Structured Products, LLC. Dade Behring Holdings, Inc. manufactures
and markets a range of diagnostics products for clinicians located
worldwide. Omnicell, Inc. options will open with strike prices of
17 1/2 - 20 - 22 1/2 and position limits of 2,250,000 shares. The
options will trade on the February expiration cycle with initial
expirations in April, May, August and November. The specialist will
be TD Options, LLC. Omnicell, Inc. provides an integrated suite of
clinical infrastructure and workflow automation solutions for
healthcare facilities. Plains Exploration & Production Company
options will open with strike prices of 15 - 17 1/2 - 20 and
position limits of 1,350,000 shares. The options will trade on the
February expiration cycle with initial expirations in April, May,
August and November. The specialist will be Charlton Specialist
Partners, LLC. Plains Exploration & Production Company is an
independent oil and gas company with operations in California,
Illinois and Indiana. Potlatch Corporation options will open with
strike prices of 35 - 40 - 45 and position limits of 2,250,000
shares. The options will trade on the February expiration cycle
with initial expirations in April, May, August and November. The
specialist will be AGS Specialists, LLC. Potlatch Corporation is an
integrated forest products company. The Company grows and harvests
timber, as well as manufactures and sells wood products, printing
papers and other pulp-based products. The Warnaco Group, Inc.
options will open with strike prices of 15 - 17 1/2 - 20 and
position limits of 3,150,000 shares. The options will trade on the
February expiration cycle with initial expirations in April, May,
August and November. The specialist will be Group One Trading, L.P.
The Warnaco Group, Inc. manufactures intimate apparel, menswear,
jeanswear, swimwear and accessories sold under various brand names,
including Warner's, Olga, Calvin Klein and Speedo. The Company also
owns and operates SpeedoAuthentic Fitness stores in the United
States and Canada. 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 HOLDRSSM. 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 the American Stock
Exchange, +1-212-306-1654, Web site: http://www.amex.com/
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