American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Ten Securities NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) will launch trading in options on Friday, October 8, 2004 on the following Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange listed stocks of: * Apartment Investment and Management Company (Symbol: AIV) * Applied Films Corporation (Option Symbol: UOF/Stock Symbol: AFCO) * Corgentech Inc. (Option Symbol: GTQ/Stock Symbol: CGTK) * Global Payments Inc. (Symbol: GPN) * Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (Option Symbol: IUH/ Stock Symbol: ISSI) * Ispat Internation N.V. (Option Symbol: IST/Stock Symbol: IST) * Merix Corporation (Option Symbol: KXQ/Stock Symbol: MERX) * Pengrowth Energy Trust (Symbol: PGH) * Strayer Education, Inc. (Option Symbol: SDQ/Stock Symbol: STRA) * Terra Industries Inc. (Symbol: TRA) Apartment Investment and Management Company options will open with position limits of 6,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The Specialist will be Charlton Specialist Partners, LLC. Global Payments Inc. provides electronic transaction processing, information systems and services. Applied Films Corporation options will open with position limits of 2,250,000 shares. The options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The Specialist will be TD Options, LLC. Applied Films Corporation utilizes and develops thin film technology for the flat panel display industry. Corgentech Inc. options will open with position limits of 1,350,000 shares. The options will trade on the February expiration cycle. The Specialist will be Charlton Specialist Partners, LLC. Corgentech Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes therapeutics called transcription factor decoys, or TF decoys. Global Payments Inc. options will open with position limits of 2,250,000 shares. The options will trade on the February expiration cycle. The Specialist will be Kellogg Capital Group, LLC. Global Payments Inc. provides electronic transaction processing, information systems and services. Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. options will open with position limits of 7,500,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The Specialist will be Stuyvesant Trading Group. Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. develops and markets memory devices, including standard accessory memory (SRAM), specialty dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and nonvolatile memory (NVM). Ispat Internation N.V. options will open with position limits of 2,250,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The Specialist will be TANSTAAFL Research & Trading LLC. Ispat International N.V. produces steel using the integrated mini-mill process. Merix Corporation options will open with position limits of 6,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The Specialist will be Fogel Group, LLC. Merix Corporation manufactures printed circuit boards for use in sophisticated electronic equipment. Pengrowth Energy Trust options will open with position limits of 6,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The Specialist will be Group One Trading, L.P. Pengrowth Energy Trust is a royalty trust that invests in beneficial interests in producing oil and gas fields in Alberta, British Columbia, Offshore Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan, Canada. Strayer Education, Inc. options will open with position limits of 1,350,000 shares. The options will trade on the January expiration cycle. The Specialist will be AGS Specialists, LLC. Strayer Education, Inc. is the holding company for Strayer University and Education Loan Processing (ELP). Terra Industries Inc. options will open with position limits of 3,150,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The Specialist will be Stuyvesant Trading Group. Terra Industries Inc. markets and produces nitrogen fertilizer and crop protection products. The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) is the only primary exchange that offers trading across a full range of equities, options and exchange traded funds (ETFs), including structured products and HOLDRSSM. In addition to its role as a national equities market, the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF, responsible for bringing the first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading the industry in ETF listings, the Amex lists 143 ETFs to date. The Amex is also one of the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on broad-based and sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign stocks. DATASOURCE: The American Stock Exchange CONTACT: Lynn Duffy of American Stock Exchange, +1-212-306-1654, Web site: http://www.amex.com/

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