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Thursday, January 5, 2006
BIN 2 – SLK-Hull Derivatives LLC
- Viacom Inc.-Class B (VIA.B) will trade on a March expiration cycle with exercise and position limits of 250,000.
- CBS Corp.-Class B (CBS) will trade on a March expiration cycle with exercise and position limits of 250,000.
BIN 7 – Timber Hill LLC
- Viacom Inc. (VIA) will trade on a February expiration cycle with exercise and position limits of 250,000.
- CBS Corp.-Class A (CBS.A) will trade on a February expiration cycle with exercise and position limits of 75,000.
ISE listed options on the following new proprietary sector index:
BIN 7 – Timber Hill LLC
- ISE-B&S Water Index (HHO) will trade on a March expiration cycle with exercise and position limits of 31,500.
- The ISE–B&S Water Index comprises companies in the water infrastructure, filtration, distribution, purification and treatment industries. This index is a modified market capitalization weighted index. The ISE-B&S Water Index was jointly developed by ISE and Boenning & Scattergood (B&S).
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