Amsterdam, July 10, 2013: NYSE Liffe, the European based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext (NYX), announces that it will launch equity options on the shares of TKH Group N.V. Trading in the options will start as of August 6th on the Amsterdam derivatives market of NYSE Liffe.
The new listed options provide investors with new investment opportunities in the Electronic & Electrical Equipment sector. TKH Group NV is an internationally operating group of companies specializing in creating and supplying innovative systems and networks for the provision of information, telecommunication, electro technical engineering and industrial production.
With this new listing NYSE Liffe expands the number of equity option classes on AMX® companies. TKH is a constituent of the AMX-Index® since the review of the indices in March 2013.By adding TKH Group, 22 AMX® companies will have an equity options listing. In addition all companies of the AEX-Index® have an equity option listing.
Ade Cordell, Executive Director, Head of Equity Derivatives of NYSE Liffe said: “With the listing of the TKH options our successful range of Dutch derivatives products is expanded. Our wide product range of single stock options on leading companies throughout different sectors offers our market participants a highly diversified set of investment opportunities.”
These new American-style options (ticker symbol: TKG) will expire on the third Friday of the contract month and will have initial maturities of one to nine months. Each option will represent 100 shares in TKH and will be cleared via LCH.Clearnet SA.
NYSE Liffe lists stock options (also known as individual equity options) on leading European companies via the Amsterdam, Brussels, London and Paris central order books.
For More Information:
NYSE Euronext Amsterdam
Rineke Reitsma
Tel: 020 550 4110
Email: rreitsma@euronext.com