PJC Piper Jaffray Companies

Pacific Exchange to Trade 12 New Options SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pacific Exchange (PCX) announced that on Tuesday, May 25, 2004, it will begin trading options on Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. ; Applied Films Corp. ; Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V. ; Edge Petroleum Corp. ; FormFactor Inc. ; Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ; Merix Corp. ; Multimedia Games, Inc. ; Novatel Wireless, Inc. ; Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. ; Piper Jaffray Companies, Inc. ; and USF Corp. . Allscripts Healthcare options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 3,150,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market makers David Yakaitis and Geoffrey M. Tennican of Headwaters Capital, LLC. Applied Films options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 2,250,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market makers David Yakaitis and Geoffrey M. Tennican of Headwaters Capital, LLC. Chicago Bridge & Iron options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 2,250,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Matthew M. Zahner of D.A. Davidson & Co. Edge Petroleum options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 2,250,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Matthew M. Zahner of D.A. Davidson & Co. FormFactor options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 2,250,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market makers Ross Goodheart, Ken Keating, and Bartev Vartanian of Group One Trading, LP. Indevus Pharmaceutical options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 3,150,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market makers Steven D. Juno and Ethan Dorr of Cutler Group, LP. Merix options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 3,150,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market makers David Yakaitis and Geoffrey M. Tennican of Headwaters Capital, LLC. Multimedia Games options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 6,300,000 shares through the October expiration, and 3,150,000 contracts thereafter. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Matthew M. Zahner of D.A. Davidson & Co. Novatel Wireless options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 6,000,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market makers David Yakaitis and Geoffrey M. Tennican of Headwaters Capital, LLC. Nu Skin Enterprises options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 3,150,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Matthew M. Zahner of D.A. Davidson & Co. Piper Jaffray options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 2,250,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market makers Ross Goodheart, Ken Keating, and Bartev Vartanian of Group One Trading, LP. USF options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 2,250,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Matthew M. Zahner of D.A. Davidson & Co. DATASOURCE: Pacific Exchange CONTACT: Dale A. Carlson of Pacific Exchange, +1-415-393-4198, or Web site: http://www.pacificex.com/

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