I. Top Ten Underwriters

Full Credit to All Managing Underwriters

Underwriter (Number of Offerings As Lead Underwriter/Number of Offerings As Lead Or Co-Manager) Gross Proceeds (M)
Lehman Brothers Inc. (13/27) 10,393
Robertson Stephens Inc. (11/26) 10,267
Merrill Lynch & Co. (9/11) 7,940
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Inc. (11/11) 6,192
UBS Warburg/Warburg Dillon Read (12/31) 5,996
Goldman, Sachs & Co. (6/8) 5,961
Credit Suisse First Boston (4/10) 5,754
J.P. Morgan & Co. (9/13) 5,142
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (3/9) 4,967
Bank of America Securities (2/8) 4,256


II. Other Underwriters Of All Public Offerings For 2000

Full Credit to All Managing Underwriters

Underwriter (Number of Offerings As Lead Underwriter/Number of Offerings As Lead Or Co-Manager) Gross Proceeds (M)
CIBC World Markets (12/26) 3,930.60
Chase H&Q (7/32) 3,488.80
S.G. Cowen Securities Corp. (6/24) 3,418.10
Prudential Vector Healthcare Group (5/27) 3,279.30
Dain, Rauscher Wessels (0/10) 2,319.10
ING Barings LLC (3/13) 2,271.10
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray (4/21) 2,144.50
Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown (9/12) 1,781.70
Pacific Growth Equities Inc. (0/12) 1,675.70
Adams, Harkness & Hill (0/8) 1,342.20
Salomon Smith Barney (4/9) 1,182.30
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC (0/3) 641.50
Thomas Weisel Partners LLC (2/6) 567.50
PaineWebber Inc. (2/5) 329.40
Fidelity Capital Markets (0/4) 294.90
Ragen Mackenzie Inc. (0/2) 291.50
DLJ Direct Inc. (0/2) 287.60
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (2/2) 287.60
Invemed Associates (0/4) 283.50
First Union Securities Inc. (0/3) 280.30
Cazenove & Co. (0/1) 254.50
KBC Securities (0/1) 244.20
Robert W. Baird & Co. (0/3) 235.50
Stephens Inc. (0/3) 227.10
Punk Ziegel & Co. (0/1) 220.00
William Blair & Co. (0/3) 201.80
FAC/Equities (0/1) 199.20
Legg Mason Wood Walker (0/3) 181.80
Aragon Securities AB (0/1) 176.30
Fahnestock & Co. Inc. (0/1) 169.80
Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co. (0/2) 168.30
Roth Capital Partners Inc. (1/2) 131.40
Goldman Sachs International (1/1) 119.10
Tucker Anthony Cleary Gull/T. A. Inc. (0/2) 115.50
George K. Baum & Co. (0/1) 100.10
A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. (0/2) 93.20
Sanders Morris Harris (0/1) 71.90
Gruntal & Co. LLC (0/2) 68.60
Americal Securities (0/1) 62.30
Leerink Swann & Co. Inc. (0/1) 51.40
Nomura International (0/1) 39.70
Granite Financial Group (0/1) 31.30
Wit SoundView (0/1) 30.00
Bank Vontobel (1/1) 21.90
First Colonial Securities (0/1) 21.80
I-Bankers Securities Inc. (0/1) 21.80
Paulson Investment Co. (1/1) 21.80
First Security Van Kasper (1/1) 16.60
Neidiger Tucker Bruner Inc. (1/1) 16.20
Westport Resources Investment Services Inc. (0/1) 16.20