I. Top Ten Underwriters

Includes Institutional Offerings of Registered Stock

Underwriter (Number of Offerings As Lead) Gross Proceeds (M)
J.P. Morgan & Co. (3) 5, 333.0
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (4) 328.9
CIBC World Markets Inc./CIBC Oppenheimer Corp./CIBC Wood Grundy Securities Inc. (3) 240.5
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (3) 181.9
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. (2) 131.6
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray (2) 115.4
Goldman, Sachs & Co. (1) 110.4
ING Barings (2) 90.1
Robert Fleming & Co. Ltd. (1) 88.8
Lehman Brothers (1) 74.2

II. Other Underwriters Of All Public Offerings For 1999

Underwriter (Number of Offerings As Lead) Gross Proceeds (M)
Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown @ (1) 62.1
Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (1) 50.5
Robertson Stephens (1) 48.5
Prudential Vector Healthcare# (1) 46.3
Nesbitt Burns (2) 33.4
Chase H&Q (2) 31.6
Warburg Dillon Read LLC (1) 23.4
First Marathon Securities Ltd. (1) 13.3
Brean Murray & Co. Inc. (1) 12.5
TD Securities Inc. (1) 12.1
Levesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc. (1) 11.7
Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon Ltd. (1) 11.7
Westport Resources Investment Services Inc. (1) 11.5
Joseph Charles & Associates (1) 10.8
Pro-Genesis Securities Inc. (1) 2.6
Canaccord Capital Corp. (1) 2.3
Note: # May include offerings handled by Prudential Securities and Vector Securities International Inc. prior to their merger.
Note: @ May include offerings handled by Deutsche Bank and BT Alex. Brown prior to merger.