HKEx to Introduce Five New Stock Option Classes on 5 August

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22 Jul 2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce five new stock option classes on Monday, 5 August: China Minsheng Banking, Great Wall Motor, Lenovo, MGM China and People’s Insurance Company of China.

HKEx has invited applications for Exchange Participants interested in serving as market makers for the five new option classes.

The first table below shows contract highlights for the five new option classes. A general contract summary is posted on the HKEx website.

Stock Option Classes to be Introduced on 5 August

Underlying Stock	Stock Code	Contract Size (shares)	Expiry Months Available on First Day of Trading
China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd.	1988	2,500	August 2013, September 2013, October 2013, November 2013, December 2013, March 2014 and June 2014
Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd.	2333	500
Lenovo Group Ltd.	992	2,000
MGM China Holdings Ltd.	2282	400
The People’s Insurance Co. (Group) of China Ltd.	1339	5,000

Underlying Stock	Stock Code	Contract Size (shares)	Expiry Months Available on First Day of Trading

Stock options trading volume at HKEx was up 12.3 per cent in the first six months of this year from a year ago and accounted for nearly half (47.8 per cent) of all futures and options trading during the period.

The attached tables show HKEx’s stock option classes from 5 August.

Stock Option Classes Available for Trading at HKEx from 5 August 2013

Contract Size: More Than One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares

Stock Code	Underlying Stock Name	Derivatives Market Code	Contract Size (shares)
1288	Agricultural Bank of China Limited	ABC	10,000
1299	AIA Group Limited	AIA	1,000
1339	The People’s Insurance Co. (Group) of China Ltd.^	PIN	5,000
1988	China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd.^	MSB	2,500
2601	China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd.	CPI	1,000
2822	COSP FTSE China A50 ETF	CSA	5,000
2823	iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF* (* This is a synthetic ETF)	A50	5,000
2827	W.I.S.E. - CSI 300 China Tracker* (* This is a synthetic ETF)	CS3	1,000
3188	ChinaAMC CSI 300 Index ETF	AMC	2,000

Stock Code	Underlying Stock Name	Derivatives Market Code	Contract Size (shares)

^ Trading commences from 5 August 2013

Contract Size: One Board Lot of the Underlying Shares

Stock Code	Underlying Stock Name	Derivatives Market Code	Contract Size (shares)
1	Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited	CKH	1,000
2	CLP Holdings Limited	CLP	500
3	The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited	HKG	1,000
4	The Wharf (Holdings) Limited	WHL	1,000
5	HSBC Holdings Plc.	HKB	400
6	Power Assets Holdings Limited	HEH	500
11	Hang Seng Bank Limited	HSB	100
12	Henderson Land Development Company Limited	HLD	1,000
13	Hutchison Whampoa Limited	HWL	1,000
16	Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited	SHK	1,000
17	New World Development Company Limited	NWD	1,000
19	Swire Pacific Limited 'A'	SWA	500
23	The Bank of East Asia, Limited	BEA	200
27	Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited	GLX	1,000
66	MTR Corporation Limited	MTR	500
267	CITIC Pacific Limited	CIT	1,000
293	Cathay Pacific Airways Limited	CPA	1,000
330	Esprit Holdings Limited	ESP	100
358	Jiangxi Copper Company Limited	JXC	1,000
386	China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation	CPC	2,000
388	Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited	HEX	100
390	China Railway Group Limited	CRG	1,000
494	Li & Fung Limited	LIF	2,000
688	China Overseas Land & Investment Limited	COL	2,000
700	Tencent Holdings Limited	TCH	100
728	China Telecom Corporation Limited	CTC	2,000
762	China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited	CHU	2,000
857	PetroChina Company Limited	PEC	2,000
883	CNOOC Limited	CNC	1,000
902	Huaneng Power International, Inc.	HNP	2,000
914	Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited	ACC	500
939	China Construction Bank Corporation	CCB	1,000
941	China Mobile Limited	CHT	500
992	Lenovo Group Ltd.^	LEN	2,000
998	China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited	CTB	1,000
1088	China Shenhua Energy Company Limited	CSE	500
1171	Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited	YZC	2,000
1186	China Railway Construction Corporation Limited	CRC	500
1211	BYD Company Limited	BYD	500
1398	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited	ICB	1,000
1800	China Communications Construction Company Limited	CCC	1,000
1880	Belle International Holdings Limited	BIH	1,000
1898	China Coal Energy Company Limited	CCE	1,000
1919	China COSCO Holdings Company Limited	CCS	500
1928	Sands China Ltd.	SAN	400
2038	Foxconn International Holdings Limited	FIH	1,000
2282	MGM China Holdings Ltd.^	MGM	400
2318	Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.	PAI	500
2328	PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited	PIC	2,000
2333	Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd.^	GWM	500
2388	BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited	BOC	500
2600	Aluminum Corporation of China Limited	ALC	2,000
2628	China Life Insurance Company Limited	CLI	1,000
2777	Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd.	RFP	400
2800	Tracker Fund of Hong Kong	TRF	500
2888	Standard Chartered PLC	STC	50
2899	Zijin Mining Group Company Limited	ZJM	2,000
3323	China National Building Material Company Limited	NBM	2,000
3328	Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.	BCM	1,000
3968	China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd.	CMB	500
3988	Bank of China Limited	BCL	1,000

Stock Code	Underlying Stock Name	Derivatives Market Code	Contract Size (shares)

^ Trading commences from 5 August 2013

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Updated 22 Jul 2013