AGR.A Agere Systems A

Pacific Exchange to Trade Six New Options SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pacific Exchange (PCX) announced that on Tuesday, December 2, 2003 it will begin trading options on Agere Systems, Inc. -- Class A ; Bema Gold Corp. ; Comverse Technology, Inc. ; General Growth Properties, Inc. ; Strayer Education, Inc. and Transmeta Corp. . Agere Systems, Inc. options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 75,000 contracts. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC. Bema Gold Corp. options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 75,000 contracts. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Craig Resnick of MDNH Traders, LLC. Comverse Technology, Inc. options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 75,000 contracts. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC. General Growth Properties, Inc. options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 22,500 contracts. The issue will be traded by lead market makers Steven D. Juno and Ethan Dorr of Cutler Group. Strayer Education, Inc. options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 13,500 contracts. The issue will be traded by lead market Brian Geary of D.A. Davidson & Co., Inc. Transmeta Corp. options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 75,000 contracts. The issue will be traded by lead market Brian Geary of D.A. Davidson & Co., Inc. DATASOURCE: Pacific Exchange CONTACT: Dale Carlson of Pacific Exchange, +1-415-393-4138, or Web site: http://www.pacificex.com/

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