Venture Backed IPOs 7-23-01

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
AMN Healthcare (AHS) San Diego, CA Health-care staffing services 7/16/01 $146.6 11/1/98 $2.0 BofA/UBS Warburg Olympus Advisory Partners
Cross Country Travcorps (CCRN) Boca Raton, FL Health-care staffing services 7/11/01 $122.2 2/16/01 $0.4 Merrill Lynch Morgan Stanley Venture Partners
Lawson Software Inc. St. Paul, MN E-learning 6/20/01 $200.0 5/21/01 $40.0 Lehman Brothers TA Associates/St. Paul Ventures
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 Salomon 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

Completed Venture Backed IPOs

Issuer (symbol) Date Priced Offer Price 7/19 close Lead VC Backer Company Counsel Lead Underwriter
Wright Medical Group (WMGI) Arlington, TN Orthopaedic devices 7/18/01 $12.50 $16.98 Warburg Pincus & Co. Wilkie Farr JPM
Monolithic System Technology (MOSY) Sunnyvale, CA Semiconductor chips 6/28/01 $10.00 $13.07 DynaFund Ventures McCutchen Doyle AG Edwards
Galyan’s Trading Co. (GLYN) Plainfield, IN Outdoor and athletic equipment 6/26/01 $19.00 $16.80 Freeman Spogli Sullivan Cromwell GS
Multilink Technology (MLTC) Somerset, NJ Integrated circuits 6/21/01 $11.00 $14.09 Brentwood Ventures Allen Watkins CSFB
The Princeton Review (REVU) New York, NY Provides prep courses for SAT 6/18/01 $10.00 $9.80 Societe Generale Patterson Belknap JPM
Alliance Data Systems (ADS) Dallas, TX Loyalty marketing services 6/8/01 $12.00 $16.40 Welsh Carson Akin Gump BS/ML
Unilab (ULAB) Tarzana, CA Medical research 6/6/01 $16.00 $23.19 Kelso & Co. Skadden Arps SSB
Peabody Energy (BTU) St. Louis, MO Private coal manufacturer 5/21/01 $28.00 $25.45 Lexington Partners Simpson Thacher LB
Global Power Equipment Group (GEG) Tulsa, OK Gas power plant equipment 5/17/01 $20.00 $21.15 Harvest Partners White Case CSFB/SSB
Instinet Group (INET) New York, NY Electronic trading services 5/17/01 $14.50 $15.38 CM Equity Partners Cleary Gottlieb CSFB
Simplex Solutions (SPLX) Sunnyvale, CA Software for integrated circuits 5/2/01 $12.00 $19.20 Mayfield Fund Wilson Sonsini CSFB
Verisity (VRST) Mountain View, CA Medical equipment 3/21/01 $7.00 $14.87 Sequoia Capital Howard Price RS
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