HKEx Announces Introduction of China Pacific Insurance and Yanzhou Coal Mining Stock Options

Market Operations

29 Nov 2010

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce China Pacific Insurance and Yanzhou Coal Mining stock options on 13 December (Monday).

Selected Contract Details of the China Pacific Insurance and Yanzhou Coal Mining Stock Options:

Underlying Stock Name (Stock Code)	Contract Size (Shares)	Expiry Months Available on the Commencement Day
China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co, Ltd (2601)	1,000 (5 board lots of the underlying stock)	December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 June 2011 September 2011
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (1171)	2,000 (1 board lot of the underlying stock)	December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 June 2011 September 2011

For details of the contract specifications, please see Appendix B of the Operational Trading Procedures for Options Trading Exchange Participants, which are under Trading Rules in the Rules & Regulations section of the HKEx website.

Stock options turnover was up more than 22 per cent in the first 10 months of this year to 47,904,432 contracts from the same period last year, and it accounted for about 52 per cent of all turnover in HKEx’s derivatives market in the first 10 months of this year.

A table with all stock option classes available for trading at HKEx is attached.

The List of Stock Option Classes Available for Trading

a) Stock Option Classes with Contract Size Greater Than One Board Lot of the Underlying Stock

Stock Code	Underlying Stock/ETF	Contract Size (shares)	Number of Board Lots
1288	Agricultural Bank of China Limited	10,000	10
1299	AIA Group Limited	1,000	5
2601	China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co, Ltd.^	1,000	5
2823	iShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 China Index ETF* (* This is a synthetic ETF)	5,000	50
2827	WISE - CSI 300 China Tracker* (* This is a synthetic ETF)	1,000	5

^ Trading commences from 13 December 2010.

b) Stock Option Classes with Contract Size Equal to One Board Lot of the Underlying Stock

Stock Code	Underlying Stock/ETF	Contract Size (shares)
1	Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited	1,000
2	CLP Holdings Limited	500
3	The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited	1,000
4	The Wharf (Holdings) Limited	1,000
5	HSBC Holdings Plc	400
6	Hongkong Electric Holdings Limited	500
11	Hang Seng Bank Limited	100
12	Henderson Land Development Company Limited	1,000
13	Hutchison Whampoa Limited	1,000
16	Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited	1,000
17	New World Development Company Limited	1,000
19	Swire Pacific Limited A	500
23	The Bank of East Asia, Limited	200
66	MTR Corporation Limited	500
267	CITIC Pacific Limited	1,000
293	Cathay Pacific Airways Limited	1,000
330	Esprit Holdings Limited	100
358	Jiangxi Copper Company Limited	1,000
386	China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation	2,000
388	Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited	100
390	China Railway Group Limited	1,000
494	Li & Fung Limited	2,000
688	China Overseas Land & Investment Limited	2,000
700	Tencent Holdings Limited	100
728	China Telecom Corporation Limited	2,000
762	China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited	2,000
857	PetroChina Company Limited	2,000
883	CNOOC Limited	1,000
902	Huaneng Power International, Inc	2,000
939	China Construction Bank Corporation	1,000
941	China Mobile Limited	500
998	China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited	1,000
1088	China Shenhua Energy Company Limited	500
1171	Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited^	2,000
1186	China Railway Construction Corporation Limited	500
1211	BYD Company Limited	500
1398	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited	1,000
1800	China Communications Construction Company Limited	1,000
1898	China Coal Energy Company Limited	1,000
1919	China COSCO Holdings Company Limited	500
2038	Foxconn International Holdings Limited	1,000
2318	Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.	500
2328	PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited	2,000
2388	BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited	500
2600	Aluminum Corporation of China Limited	2,000
2628	China Life Insurance Company Limited	1,000
2777	Guangzhou R&F Properties Co, Ltd.	400
2800	Tracker Fund of Hong Kong	500
2899	Zijin Mining Group Company Limited	2,000
3328	Bank of Communications Co, Ltd.	1,000
3968	China Merchants Bank Co, Ltd.	500
3988	Bank of China Limited	1,000

^ Trading commences from 13 December 2010.

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Updated 29 Nov 2010