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To: Mark Davis who wrote (11445)	8/27/1999 7:26:00 PM
From: Ira Player	Read Replies (1) of 14162

The only time I've heard of Calls being exercised early are for issues where a dividend is pending. People (in the pits?) with low transaction costs, can actually make money by buying the option, exercising it just before the dividend 'holder of record' day, (-3 days), sell the stock as soon as the dividend has been captured. Otherwise, extrinsic value is destroyed by the exercise. Ira

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