Biopesticide developer Ecogen Inc. of Langhorne, Pa., onTuesday said the underwriters of its recently completed publicoffering, Dillon, Read & Co., Prudential Securities Inc., andPiper, Jaffray & Hopwood Inc., have exercised their option topurchase an additional 100,000 shares of common stock(NASDAQ:EECN). The 1.65 million-share offering was completedJune 14 at $8 per share.

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