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HKEx Announces Introduction Of AIA Stock Options, Admission Of AIA To The List Of Designated Securities For Short Selling And Listing Of AIA Derivative Warrants

Date 25/10/2010


Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce AIA stock options on 29 October (Friday), subject to the successful listing of the shares on the same day.

Selected Contract Details of AIA Stock Options

Underlying Stock
(Stock Code)

Contract Size
(Shares)

Expiry Months Available for Trading
on 29 October 2010




AIA Group Limited (1299)



1,000
(5 board lots of the underlying stock)

November 2010
December 2010
January 2011
March 2011
June 2011
September 2011

A table with all stock option classes available for trading at HKEx is attached.

Admission of AIA to the List of Designated Securities for Short Selling

AIA will be admitted to the list of designated securities eligible for short selling on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HKEx, with effect from 29 October (Friday).

The latest list of all designated securities for short selling is available on the HKEx website under the Market Operations section.

Listing of AIA Derivative Warrants

HKEx informed issuers on 22 October that they might be able to launch derivative warrants over AIA shares soon. A total of 10 issues were launched by three issuers today (Monday) and will be listed on 29 October when AIA shares commence trading. Nine of the 10 warrants launched today are Call warrants. Please refer to the issuers’ announcements for further details of the 10 warrants.

The List of Stock Option Classes Available for Trading

a) Stock Option Classes with Contract Size More Than One Underlying Board Lot Shares

Stock Code

Underlying Stock/ETF

Contract Size (shares)

Number of Board Lots

1288

Agricultural Bank of China Limited

10,000

10

1299

AIA Group Limited *

1,000

5

2823

iShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 China Index ETF

5,000

50

2827

W.I.S.E. - CSI 300 China Tracker

1,000

5

* Trading commences from 29 October 2010

b) Stock Option Classes with Contract Size Equal to One Underlying Board Lot Shares

Stock Code

Underlying Stock/ETF

Contract Size
(shares)

1

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited

1,000

2

CLP Holdings Limited

500

3

The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited

1,000

4

The Wharf (Holdings) Limited

1,000

5

HSBC Holdings Plc.

400

6

Hongkong Electric Holdings Limited

500

11

Hang Seng Bank Limited

100

12

Henderson Land Development Company Limited

1,000

13

Hutchison Whampoa Limited

1,000

16

Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited

1,000

17

New World Development Company Limited

1,000

19

Swire Pacific Limited 'A'

500

23

The Bank of East Asia, Limited

200

66

MTR Corporation Limited

500

267

CITIC Pacific Limited

1,000

293

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited

1,000

330

Esprit Holdings Limited

100

358

Jiangxi Copper Company Limited

1,000

386

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation

2,000

388

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

100

390

China Railway Group Limited

1,000

494

Li & Fung Limited

2,000

688

China Overseas Land & Investment Limited

2,000

700

Tencent Holdings Limited

100

728

China Telecom Corporation Limited

2,000

762

China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited

2,000

857

PetroChina Company Limited

2,000

883

CNOOC Limited

1,000

902

Huaneng Power International, Inc.

2,000

939

China Construction Bank Corporation

1,000

941

China Mobile Limited

500

998

China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited

1,000

1088

China Shenhua Energy Company Limited

500

1186

China Railway Construction Corporation Limited

500

1211

BYD Company Limited

500

1398

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited

1,000

1800

China Communications Construction Company Limited

1,000

1898

China Coal Energy Company Limited

1,000

1919

China COSCO Holdings Company Limited

500

2038

Foxconn International Holdings Limited

1,000

2318

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.

500

2328

PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited

2,000

2388

BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited

500

2600

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited

2,000

2628

China Life Insurance Company Limited

1,000

2777

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd.

400

2800

Tracker Fund of Hong Kong

500

2899

Zijin Mining Group Company Limited

2,000

3328

Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.

1,000

3968

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd.

500

3988

Bank of China Limited

1,000