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Underwriters' Performance on All Public
Offerings From Jan. 1, 2000, to Aug. 31, 2000: Full Credit to Lead Underwriter, Ranked By After-Market Performance#
Underwriter After-Market
(Number of Offerings Performance
As Lead Underwriter) (Average)
Salomon Smith Barney (3) +157%
Credit Suisse First Boston (4) +157%
Prudential Vector Healthcare Group (2) +113%
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (2) +89%
CIBC World Markets (4) +87%
Lehman Brothers Inc. (7) +74%
UBS Warburg/Warburg Dillon Read LLC (10) +63%
Thomas Weisel Partners LLC (1) +60%
Goldman, Sachs & Co. (5) +59%
Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown (5) +58%
ING Barings LLC (3) +54%
J.P. Morgan & Co. (8) +52%
Robertson Stephens Inc. (8) +50%
First Security Van Kasper (1) +50%
Merrill Lynch & Co. (4) +49%
Roth Capital Partners Inc. (1) +39%
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Inc. (6) +37%
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (2) +34%
Chase H&Q (6) +31%
Paulson Investment Co. (1) +27%
Neidiger Tucker Bruner Inc. (1) +19%
PaineWebber Inc. (2) +10%
S.G. Cowen Securities Corp. (2) -5%
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray (1) -6%
Bank of America Securities (2) -27%
Bank Vontobel (1) N/A