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PHLX to Begin Trading New Options on Amkor Technology, Inc.

4 August 1998

PHLX to Begin Trading New Options on Amkor Technology, Inc. (QEL/AMKR)

    PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3 -- The Philadelphia Stock Exchange
(PHLX) is pleased to announce that it will begin trading put and call options
on Amkor Technology, Inc. (option/stock symbol: QEL/AMKR) upon the opening of
business on Monday, August 10, 1998.
    Amkor Technology, Inc. provides semiconductor packaging and test services.
The company offers an integrated set of packaging and test services including
integrated circuit package design, leadframe and substrate design, integrated
circuit package assembly, final testing, burn-in, reliability testing, and
thermal and electrical characterization.
    The following table lists the stock, symbols, position limits, auto
execution guarantee (AUTO-X), and specialist unit for the new issue:

                               POSITION
    STOCK                      LIMITS       AUTO-X     SPECIALIST
    Amkor Technology, Inc.
     (QEL/AMKR)                20,000       20 Up      TFM Investment Group

    Options on Amkor Technology, Inc. will trade on the March expiration cycle
with initial expiration months of September, October, December, and March.
Opening strike prices will be 5, 7-1/2, and 10.
    The PHLX is the first securities exchange in the U.S. and the nation's
fastest growing sectors index options exchange.  Founded in 1790, PHLX is a
market leader in the trading of over 2,600 stocks, 800 equity options,
14 sectors index options, and 100 currency pairs.

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