CBOE Names DPMs To Trade 35 Newly Listed Options

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that it has assigned the Designated Primary Market Makers (DPMs) to trade 35 stock options which will begin trading on Monday, October 18. The DPMs are as follows: Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ ticker symbol ADBE; CBOE ticker symbol AEQ) DPM: Bridgeport Securities; Adaptec, Inc. (NASDAQ ticker symbol ADPT; CBOE ticker symbol APQ) DPM: RTB Derivatives LLC; AMFM Inc. (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol AFM) DPM: Option Resource Group, LLC; ASA Limited (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol ASA) DPM: Botta Trading-Lacerta DPM, LLC; BroadVision, Inc. (NASDAQ ticker symbol BVSN; CBOE ticker symbol QVB) DPM: Eclipse JV; Burlington Resources Inc. (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol BR) DPM: Flash Trading LLC; Circuit City Stores-Circuit City Group (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol CC) DPM: Copper Trading, JV; The Clorox Company (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol CLX) DPM: Beartooth Capital; COMSAT Corporation (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol CQ) DPM: Flatirons Trading, LLC Freddie Mac (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol FRE) DPM: KFT DPM; Gilead Science (NASDAQ ticker symbol GILD; CBOE ticker symbol GDQ) DPM: Schwartz Trading Group, LLC; Glaxo Wellcome plc (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol GLX) DPM: Furman Trading Group; Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol HLT) DPM: Arbitrade, LLC; IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ ticker symbol IDPH; CBOE ticker symbol IDQ) DPM: Johnson Trading, JV; Immunex Corporation (NASDAQ ticker symbol IMNX; CBOE ticker symbol IUQ) DPM: ZH Partners; Intermedia Communications Inc. (NASDAQ ticker symbol ICIX; CBOE ticker symbol QIX) DPM: Group One; Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol KMB) DPM: Tague Van Der Moolen LLC; The Kroger Co. (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol KR) DPM: ING TT&S (US) Securities; Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ ticker symbol LRCX; CBOE ticker symbol LMQ) DPM: Hiland Capital; MedImmune, Inc. (NASDAQ ticker symbol MEDI; CBOE ticker symbol MEQ) DPM: BE Partners; Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol ODP) DPM: Big Blue Trading LLC; Parametric Technology Corporation (NASDAQ ticker symbol PMTC; CBOE ticker symbol PMQ) DPM: RMB Trading Inc.; Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol PDX) DPM: Tower Trading L.P.; Phelps Dodge Corporation (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol PD) DPM: Rathunas Trading, LLC; Placer Dome Inc. (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol PDG) DPM: Midwest Partners LLC; PMC-Sierra, Inc. (NASDAQ ticker symbol PMCS; CBOE ticker symbol SQL) DPM: Botta Trading-Scorpius DPM, LLC; QLogic Corporation (NASDAQ ticker symbol QLGC; CBOE ticker symbol QLC) DPM: Wolverine Trading, L.P.; Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol SLE) DPM: Spear, Leeds & Kellogg; Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol SFA) DPM: G-Bar Ltd. Partnership; Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ ticker symbol SPLS; CBOE ticker symbol PLQ) DPM: Platinum Trading, LLC; Total Fina SA (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol TOT) DPM: Timber Hill; Transocean Offshore Inc. (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol RIG) DPM: Susquehanna Investment Group; Unocal Corporation (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol UCL) DPM: Samuelson Trading Corp.; US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE and CBOE ticker symbol U) DPM: Susquehanna Investment Group; VoiceStream Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ ticker symbol VSTR; CBOE ticker symbol UVT) DPM: Beartooth Capital . CBOE, the world's largest options marketplace and the creator of listed options, is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For additional information about the CBOE and its products, access the CBOE site on the World Wide Web at http://www.cboe.com.