BEV Beverly Enterprises

Pacific Exchange to Trade Seventeen New Options SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pacific Exchange (PCX) announced that on Tuesday, December 30, 2003, it will begin trading options on Amkor Technology, Inc. ; Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. ; Beverly Enterprises, Inc. ; Cirrus Logic ; Garmin Ltd. ; Gateway, Inc. ; Hughes Electronics Corp. ; J2 Global Communications, Inc. ; Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. ; Maytag Corp. ; Novell, Inc. ; NTL, Inc. ; Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. ; Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. ; QLT, Inc. ; Trex Co., Inc. and Wabash National Corp. . Amkor Technology, Inc. options will trade on the March 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. Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 75,000 contracts. The issue will be traded by lead market makers Lee Gordon and Ross Goodheart of Group One Trading, LP. Beverly Enterprises, 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 makers Lee Gordon and Ross Goodheart of Group One Trading, LP. Cirrus Logic options will trade on the March 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. Garmin Ltd. options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 60,000 contracts. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC. Gateway, Inc. options will trade on the March 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. Hughes Electronics Corp. options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 13,500 contracts. The issue will be traded by lead market makers Timothy Brennan and Patrick Hickey of Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. J2 Global Communications, Inc. options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 120,000 contracts. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, 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. Maytag 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 Kurt Eckert of Wolverine Trading, LLC. Novell, Inc. options will trade on the February 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. NTL, Inc. options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 75,000 contracts. The issue will be traded by lead market makers Mark Krommenhoek and Julia Overs of Knight Financial Products, LLC. Silicon Storage 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. Sovereign Bancorp, 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. QLT, Inc. options will trade on the March 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. Trex Co., 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 makers Lee Gordon and Ross Goodheart of Group One Trading, LP. Wabash National Corp. options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 31,500 contracts. The issue will be traded by lead market makers Lee Gordon and Ross Goodheart of Group One Trading, LP. DATASOURCE: Pacific Exchange CONTACT: Dale Carlson of The Pacific Exchange, +1-415-393-4198, or Web site: http://www.pacificex.com/

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