Venture Backed IPOs 5/28/01

Recently Filed Venture Backed IPOs

Company (Symbol) Business Filing Date Amount Filed (M) Last Round Last Round (M) Book Manager VCs
Willis Group Holdings (WSH) London, UK Third largest insurance broker in the world 5/15/01 $220.0 5/15/01 $0.0 Salomon Smith Barney Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co.
Khanty Mansiysk Oil (KMOC) New York, NY Producer, marketer of Russian crude oil 5/11/01 $100.0 11/1/00 $72.4 UBS Warburg/JP Morgan Beacon Partners / AIG Asian Infrastructure / Deltec Asset Mgmt.
Beacon Ed. Management (BECN) Westborough, MA Educational services 5/8/01 $33.0 5/3/01 $5.7 WR Hambrecht JF Shea & Co. / Hamco Capital / Chase H&Q
Medcath (MDTH) Charlotte, NC Hospital operator 5/4/01 $172.5 7/31/98 $109.4 Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown
Unilab (ULB) Tarzana, CA Lab testing services 5/3/01 $115.0 7/1/00 $188.2 Solomon Smith Barney Kelso & Co.
Wright Medical Group (WMGI) Arlington, TN Orthopaedic devices 4/27/01 $132.3 6/30/93 $11.4 JP Morgan Kidd, Kamm & Co.
Galyan’s Trading Co. (GLYN) Plainfield, IN Outdoor clothing and footwear 3/29/01 $85.0 1/1/01 $0.2 Goldman, Sachs & Co. Freeman Spogli & Co.
Measurement Specialists (MSS) Fairfield, NJ Sensor measuring devices 3/29/01 $31.4 4/1/86 $0.3 Needham & Co. Rand Capital Corp.
Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group New York, NY Steakhouse operator 3/23/01 $57.5 1/1/01 $0.0 CE Unterberg Towbin TH Lee Putnam
OmniCell.com (OMCL) Palo Alto, CA Integrated systems 3/14/01 $58.6 2/17/00 $40.4 US Bancorp Piper Jaffray ABS Capital Partners / Sutter Hill Ventures / Medicus Ventures
Global Power Equipment Group (GEG) Tulsa, OK Power plant equipment 3/9/01 $106.2 3/9/01 $0.0 CS First Boston Harvest Partners / Saw Mill Capital / PPM America

Completed Venture Backed IPOs

Issuer (symbol) Date Priced Offer Price 5/24 close Lead VC Backer Company Counsel Lead Underwriter
Peabody Energy (BTU) St. Louis, MO Private coal manufacturer 5/21/01 $28.00 $36.35 Lexington Partners Simpson Thacher LB
Global Power Equipment Group (GEG) Tulsa, OK Gas power plant equipment 5/17/01 $20.00 $34.00 Harvest Partners White Case CSFB/SSB
Instinet Group (INET) New York, NY Electronic trading services 5/17/01 $14.50 $18.95 CM Equity Partner Cleary Gottlieb CSFB
Simplex Solutions (SPLX) Sunnyvale, CA Software for integrated circuits 5/2/01 $12.00 $26.15 Mayfield Fund Wilson Sonsini CSFB
Verisity (VRST) Mountain View, CA Medical equipment 3/21/01 $7.00 $19.30 Sequoia Capital Howard Price RS
Loudcloud (LDCL) Sunnyvale, CA Internet services 3/8/01 $6.00 $4.38 Benchmark Capital Wilson Sonsini MSDW/GS
Encore Acquisition Co. (EAC) Ft. Worth, TX Oil reserves 3/8/01 $14.00 $16.93 Warburg Pincus Kelly Hart GS
AFC Enterprises (AFCE) Atlanta, GA Restaraunt franchiser 3/1/01 $17.00 $22.56 PENMAN Partners Riordan & McKinzie GS
Riverstone Networks (RSTN) Santa Clara, CA Internet infrastructure 2/15/01 $12.00 $23.05 Silver Lake Partners Ropes & Gray MSDW
Third Wave Technologies (TWTI) Madison, WI Test kits to analyze genes 2/9/01 $11.00 $10.01 EuclidSR Partners Wilson Sonsini LB
Oil States International (OIS) Houston, TX Oil and gas services 2/8/01 $9.00 $13.65 SFC Partners Vinson & Elkins ML
Exact Sciences (EXAS) Maynard, MA Colorectal cancer tests development 1/30/01 $14.00 $9.05 Greylock Testa Hurwitz CIBC/TW