Underwriter (Number of IPOs As Lead/Number of IPOs As Lead Or Co-manager)

After-Market Performance (Average)

Goldman, Sachs & Co. (2/2)

+213%

Credit Suisse First Boston (3/6)

+212%

Salomon Smith Barney (2/5)

+208%

William Blair & Co. (0/2)

+155%

Lazard Freres & Co. LLC (0/1)

+153%

ING Barings LLC (1/5)

+133%

Robert W. Baird & Co. (0/1)

+121%

CIBC World Markets (4/8)

+107%

Prudential Vector Healthcare Group (1/8)

+99%

Merrill Lynch & Co. (2/2)

+97%

J.P. Morgan & Co. (4/5)

+92%

Dain, Rauscher Wessels (0/3)

+91%

Pacific Growth Equities Inc. (0/5)

+90%

Robertson Stephens Inc. (5/9)

+88%

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (2/2)

+87%

Lehman Brothers Inc. (6/11)

+86%

S.G. Cowen Securities Corp. (2/10)

+82%

Invemed Associates (0/2)

+80%

Fidelity Capital Markets (0/2)

+80%

Chase H&Q (4/20)

+74%

Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (2/4)

+73%

Stephens Inc. (0/2)

+70%

PaineWebber Inc. (0/1)

+69%

Thomas Weisel Partners LLC (1/3)

+69%

KBC Securities (0/1)

+63%

Bank of America Securities (1/2)

+62%

UBS Warburg/Warburg Dillon Read LLC (7/13)

+61%

Tucker Anthony Cleary Gull/T.A. Inc. (0/1)

+60%

Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown (5/7)

+57%

Punk Ziegel & Co. (0/1)

+51%

U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray (1/8)

+48%

Legg Mason Wood Walker (0/1)

+46%

Adams, Harkness & Hill (0/3)

+42%

Gruntal & Co. LLC (0/1)

+39%

Roth Capital Partners Inc. (1/1)

+39%

DLJ Direct Inc. (0/2)

+34%

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (2/2)

+34%

A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. (0/1)

+23%

Wit SoundView (0/1)

-4%

Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co. (0/1)

-37%