Pacific Exchange to Trade Eighteen New Options SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pacific Exchange (PCX) announced that on Tuesday, July 6, 2004, it will begin trading options Alliance Gaming Corp. (NYSE:AGI)(PCX:AGI); Ditech Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:DITC)(PCX:DITC); Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc. (NYSE:FBR)(PCX:FBR); FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCEL)(PCX:FCEL); Harmonic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HLIT; PCS); Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPXL)(PCX:IPXL); INAMED Corp. (NASDAQ:IMDC)(PCX:IMDC); Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDTI)(PCX:IDTI); Kerr-McGee Corp. (NYSE:KMG)(PCX:KMG); KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY)(PCX:KEY); Laserscope (NASDAQ:LSCP)(PCX:LSCP); Magnum Hunter Resources, Inc. (NYSE:MHR)(PCX:MHR); Nabi Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:NABI)(PCX:NABI); NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NIHD)(PCX:NIHD); Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL)(PCX:NBL); Orthodontic Centers of America, Inc. (NYSE:OCA)(PCX:OCA); Patina Oil & Gas Corp. (NYSE:POG)(PCX:POG) and Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL)(PCX:TOL). Alliance Gaming options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares. Ditech Communications options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 3,150,000 shares. Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares. FuelCell Energy options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares. Harmonic options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares. Impax Laboratories options will trade on the February expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 6,000,000 shares. INAMED options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 4,725,000 shares until July 2004 expiration and 3,150,000 shares after July 2004 expiration. Integrated Device Technology options will trade on the February expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares. Kerr-McGee options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 10,650,000 shares until December 2004 expiration and 7,500,000 after December 2004 expiration. KeyCorp options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares. Laserscope options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 3,150,000 shares. Magnum Hunter Resources options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 6,000,000 shares. Nabi Pharmaceuticals options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 3,150,000 shares. NII Holdings options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 3,150,000 shares. Noble Energy options will trade on the February expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 3,150,000 shares. Orthodontic Centers of America options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 6,000,000 shares. Patina Oil & Gas options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 4,500,000 shares until September 2004 expiration and 2,250,000 shares after September 2004 expiration. Toll Brothers options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares. All eighteen issues will be traded by lead market maker Rob Kovell of PEAK6 Capital Management. DATASOURCE: Pacific Exchange CONTACT: Dale A. Carlson, +1-415-393-4198, or , or Abby Balat, +1-415-393-7969, or , both of Pacific Exchange Web site: http://www.pacificex.com/

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