Pacific Exchange to Trade 11 New Options SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pacific Exchange (PCX) announced that on Thursday, March 4, 2003, it will begin trading options on Allegheny Technologies, Inc. ; American Superconductor Corp. ; AmSouth Bancorporation ; Avery Dennison Corp. ; ChipPAC, Inc. ; Lattice Semiconductor Corp. ; Metal Management, Inc. (Nadaq: MTLM; PCX); Quicksilver, Inc. ; REMEC, Inc. ; SAFECO Corp. ; and Smithfield Foods, Inc. . Allegheny Technologies options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 3,150,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market makers David Yakaitis and Geoffrey M. Tennican of Headwaters Capital, LLC. American Superconductor options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 3,150,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market makers David Yakaitis and Geoffrey M. Tennican of Headwaters Capital, LLC. AmSouth Bancorporation options will trade on the March expiration cyclewith exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Matthew M. Zahner of D.A. Davidson & Co. Avery Dennison options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 3,150,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Catherine Clay of Timber Hill, LLC. ChipPAC options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Matthew M. Zahner of D.A. Davidson & Co. Lattice Semiconductor options will trade on the March expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Catherine Clay of Timber Hill, LLC. Metal Management options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 2,250,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Matthew M. Zahner of D.A. Davidson & Co. Quicksilver Options will trade on the February expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 6,000,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Matthew M. Zahner of D.A. Davidson & Co. REMEC options will trade on the February expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market makers Steven D. Juno and Ethan Dorr of Cutler Group, LP. SAFECO options will trade on the February expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 7,500,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Matthew M. Zahner of D.A. Davidson & Co. Smithfield Food options will trade on the January expiration cycle with exercise limits set at 6,000,000 shares. The issue will be traded by lead market maker Catherine Clay of Timber Hill, LLC. DATASOURCE: Pacific Exchange CONTACT: DaleA. Carlson of Pacific Exchange, +1-415-393-4198, or Web site: http://www.pacificex.com/

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