American Stock Exchange to Trade Options on Shopping.com Ltd. and Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) will launch trading in options on Thursday, November 18, 2004 on the Nasdaq Stock Market and New York Stock Exchange listed stocks of Shopping.com Ltd. (Stock Symbol: SHOP/Option Symbol: QSK) and Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (Symbol: PCL). Shopping.com Ltd. will open with position limits of 2,250,000 shares. The options will trade on the March expiration cycle. The specialist will be AGS Specialists LLC. Shopping.com Ltd. provides an on-line, real time interactive information exchange for e-commerce buyers and sellers. Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. will open with position limits of 6,000,000 shares. The options will trade on the February expiration cycle. The specialist will be TAANSTAAFL Research & Trading, LLC. Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. grows, harvests, and markets timber and logs, and manufactures forest products such as lumber and plywood. 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 HOLDRS(SM). 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. CONTACT: Dan Charnas of American Stock Exchange, +1-212-306-1654, daniel.charnas@amex.com. DATASOURCE: American Stock Exchange Web site: http://www.amex.com/

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