000318 eMerge Listed on Chicago Board Options ExchangeMarch 9, 2000Sebastian, FL - eMerge Interactive, Inc., a business-to-business e-commerce company that serves the production side of the $95 billion U.S. cattle industry, announced that it will list on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) under the ticker symbol “EXU.” eMerge options will begin trading on March 8, 2000. eMerge options will trade on the February expiration with introductory expirations in March, April, May and August. Initial strike prices have been set at 45, 50 and 55. Spear, Leeds & Kellogg has been named the designated primary market maker in the options. About eMerge Interactive, Inc. eMerge Interactive, Inc. is a business-to-business e-commerce company combining content, community and transaction services to create a national online marketplace for the $40 billion U.S. beef production industry. eMerge offers its customers a unique combination of livestock industry experience and Internet and technology management expertise to provide online products and services designed to create an efficient marketplace for the purchase and sale of cattle, as well as to improve quality and productivity in the cattle industry. The company offers its products and services to cattle industry participants through its business Web (www.cattleinfonet.com), its proprietary information management applications and its direct sales force. eMerge Interactive is a XL Vision, Safeguard Scientifics (NYSE: SFE - news) and Internet Capital Group (Nasdaq: ICGE - news) partnership company. For more information on eMerge, visit the company's Web site at www.emergeinteractive.com. About the Chicago Board Options Exchange With more than 1,400 stock options listed, CBOE is the world's largest options marketplace, accounting for more than 51% of all U.S. options trading and 91% of all index options trading. CBOE's daily contract volume, which now exceeds $1.4 million, has doubled over the past two years. Regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, CBOE is the creator of listed options. For additional information about CBOE and its products, access the CBOE Web site at www.cboe.com.
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