Venture Backed IPOs 10-28-02

By
Brad Meikle
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Recently Filed Venture Backed IPOs

Company (Symbol) Business Filing Date Amount Filed (M) Last Round Last Round (M) Book Manager VCs
Seagate Technology Inc. Scotts Valley, CA Disk drives. 10/11/2002 $1.0 11/22/2000 $352.3 Morgan Stanley/Silver Lake Partners
FTI Consulting Annapolis, MD Management consulting business 10/8/2002 $77.8 2/4/2000 $4.4 Lehman Bros./Grotech Capital
Allied Security Inc. King of Prussia, PA Security Company 9/19/2002 $88.0 11/4/1999 $11.8 Morgan Stanley/Gryphone Investors Inc.
AmeriCredit Corp. Fort Worth, TX Retail used automobiles 9/17/2002 $50.0 9/1/1989 $23.4 Friedman Billings/T.Rowe Price
WorldCate Communications Trevose, PA TV Internet access 9/16/2002 $0.0 9/30/1998 $486.0 Brean Murray & Co./Citicorp Venture Capital
Intersolar Group Ltd. Bridgend, FF Develops solar cells 9/13/2002 $0.0 4/30/2001 $5.8 Brewin/Advent Venture Partners
Telik Inc. San Francisco Develops drug molecules 9/12/2002 $70.6 3/31/2000 $70.0 UBS Warburg/Alta Partners
VistaCare Inc. (VSTA) Scottsdale, AZ Hospice services 8/13/2002 $85.0 12/31/1999 $1.7 Lehman/SG Cowen/Bessemer Ventures
Noveon International Inc. Cleveland, OH Consumer industrial application maker 7/31/2002 $345.0 2/1/2002 $9.8 CSFB/AEA Investors
Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. Mandeville, LA Deep water offshore supply vessels 7/22/2002 $126.5 11/17/2000 $35.0 Goldman Sachs/Advantage Capital Partners
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (DKS) Pittsburgh Sporting goods retailer 7/17/2002 $200.0 6/1/2000 $83.8 Merrill Lynch/Vulcan Ventures
Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. (LEND) San Diego Mortgage banking company 7/1/2002 $92.5 3/3/1995 $1.8 Enterprise Partners/Crosspoint Venture Partners
Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group (DSX) Winnipeg, Canada Parts and services for the aerospace industry 7/1/2002 $370.5 7/31/1998 $832.8 Lehman Bros./Doughty Hanson & Co.

Completed Venture Backed IPOs

Issuer (symbol) Date Priced Offer Price 10/24 close Lead VC Backer Company Counsel Lead Underwriter
USI Holdings Corp. (USIH) San Francisco Insurance company 10/21/2002 $10.00 $10.00 Conning Capital Partners Cahill Gordon Merrill Lynch
Dicks Sporting Goods Inc. (DKS) Pittsburgh Sporting goods stores 10/15/2002 $12.00 $16.30 Vulcan Ventures Bushanan Ingersoll Merrill Lynch
Newcastle Investment Corp. (NCT) New York Real estate investment trusts 10/9/2002 $13.00 $13.14 CSFB Private Equity Skadden Arps Bear Stearns
HealtheTech Inc. (HETC) Golden, CO WarburgHandheld medical diiagnostic devices 7/12/2002 $7.50 $6.55 New England Partners Wilson Sonsini UBS
Kirkland’s Inc. (KIRK) Jackson, TN Home decor retailer 7/11/2002 $15.00 $16.56 Advent International Pepper Hamilton Merrill Lynch
Inveresk Research Group (IRGI) Cary, NC Biotech, drug development services 6/28/2002 $13.00 $19.60 Candover Investments Clifford Chance Bear Stearns
CTI Molecular Imaging Inc. (CTMI) Knoxville, TN Imaging equipment maker 6/21/2002 $17.00 $24.25 Wachovia Capital Partners Alston & Bird CSFB
Printcafe Software Inc. (PCAF) Pittsburgh Integrated software maker 6/18/2002 $10.00 $1.50 HarbourVest Capital Morgan, Lewis UBS Warburg
Pacer International Inc. (PACR) Walnut Creek, CA Freight industry services 6/13/2002 $15.00 $11.90 DB Capital Partners Bass, Berry & Sims CSFB
Veridian Corp. (VNX) Arlington, VA Information-based services 6/5/2002 $16.00 $24.00 Wachovia Capital Partners (Buyout-backed) Andrews Kurth CIBC/CSFB
PlumTree Software (PLUM) San Francisco Internet software 6/4/2002 $8.50 $2.29 JPMorgan Partners Skadden Arps GS
SRA International (SRX) Fairfax, VA Technology services for U.S. government 5/23/2002 $18.00 $25.72 General Atlantic Partners Hogan & Hartson UBS Warburg