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ISE To List Ten Options Classes

Date 23/06/2003

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) said that 10 equity options classes will be listed for trading on Tuesday.
  • Options on WebMD Corp. (HLTH), which were allocated to Knight Financial Products, will trade in bin 1 on a January expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 75,000 contracts.
  • Options on TIBCO Software Inc. (TIBX), which were allocated to Adirondack Electronic Markets, will trade in bin 3 on a February expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 75,000
  • Options on Western Digital Corp. (WDC), which were allocated to Adirondack Electronic Markets, will trade in bin 3 on a January expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 75,000.
  • Options on Ask Jeeves, Inc. (ASKJ), which were allocated to Timber Hill LLC, an affiliate of Interactive Brokers Group LLC, will trade in bin 4 on a March expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 75,000.
  • Options on Applera Corporation - Celera Genomics Group (CRA), which were allocated to Bear Wagner Specialists, will trade in bin 6 on a March expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 75,000. ยท Options on E*TRADE Group, Inc. (ET), which were allocated to Bear Wagner Specialists, will trade in bin 6 on a January expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 75,000.
  • Options on Level 3 Communications, Inc. (LVLT), which were allocated to Bear Wagner Specialists, will trade in bin 6 on a March expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 75,000.
  • Options on 3Com Corp. (COMS), which were allocated to Bear Wagner Specialists, will trade in bin 6 on a January expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 75,000.
  • Options on Sonus Networks, Inc. (SONS), which were allocated to Deutsche Bank Securities, will trade in bin 9 on a January expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 75,000.
  • Options on Red Hat, Inc. (RHAT), which were allocated to Morgan Stanley & Co., will trade in bin 10 on a March expiration cycle with position and exercise limits of 75,000.
ISE Background

The International Securities Exchange was founded on the principle that technology fosters and infuses new efficiencies and operational innovations into securities trading. After developing an innovative market structure that integrated auction market principles into an advanced screen-based trading system, ISE launched the first fully electronic US options exchange in May 2000. ISE, which is the largest US equity options exchange, continually enhances its trading systems to provide investors and the trading community with the most efficient, least expensive order executions possible.

For more information about ISE, its products and its technology, visit www.iseoptions.com.