Top Ten Underwriters

Full Credit To All Underwriters

Underwriter (Number of IPOs as Lead/Number of IPOs As Lead Or Co-Manager) Percent Change In Stock Price
Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown (1/1) 283.0
A.G. Edwards & Sons (1/1) 283.0
Goldman, Sachs & Co. (1/2) 261.0
Robertson Stephens (0/2) 261.0
Invemed Associates (0/2) 229.0
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (1/2) 207.0
Warburg Dillon Read LLC (0/3) 203.0
China Everbright Securities (0/1) 189.0
The New China Hong Kong Securities Ltd. (0/1) 189.0
Westport Resources Investment Services Inc. (1/1) 189.0

Full Credit To All Underwriters

Underwriter (Number of IPOs as Lead/Number of IPOs As Lead Or Co-Manager) Percent Change In Stock Price (Post-IPO to Year-End)
Canaccord Capital Corp. (1/1) 181
Merrill Lynch & Co. (0/1) 177
Prudential Vector Healthcare# (1/2) 162
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray (1/2) 145
Lehman Brothers (1/1) 131
J.P. Morgan & Co. (2/3) 116
Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. (1/1) 114
Chase H&Q (0/2) 92
ING Barings (1/1) 53
Schroders & Co. Inc. (0/2) 52
CIBC Wood Grundy Securities Inc. (0/1) 51
Goepel McDermid Inc. (0/1) 51
Nesbitt Burns (1/1) 51
RBC Dominion Securities Inc. (0/1) 51
Punk Ziegel & Co. (0/1) 42
Robert W. Baird & Co. (0/1) 39
Adams Harkness & Hill (0/1) 38
Pro-Genesis Securities (1/1) 19
Leerink Swann & Co. (0/1) -10
Note: # May include offerings handled by Prudential Securities and Vector Securities International Inc. prior to their merger.