Underwriters' Performance On All IPOS From Jan. 1 To June 30, 2005: Full Credit To All Underwriters, Ranked By Gross Proceeds*

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

Gross
Proceeds
(M)

Lazard Freres & Co. (0/3)

$150.2

Pacific Growth Equities (0/2)

$143.6

Banc Of America Securities (2/2)

$128.4

CIBC World Markets (1/2)

$120.1

UBS Investment Bank (2/2)

$101.2

Merrill Lynch & Co. (1/1)

$91.1

BMO Nesbitt Burns (0/1)

$91.1

Credit Suisse First Boston (1/1)

$60.4

Leerink Swann & Co. (0/1)

$60.4

Deutsche Bank Securities (1/1)

$52.5

Morgan Stanley & Co. (1/1)

$52.5

JP Morgan Securities (1/1)

$40.8

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

$42.0

Bear, Stearns & Co. (1/1)

$42.0

Needham & Co. (0/1)

$42.0

First Dunbar Securities (1/1)

$17.3

* The offerings in this chart include only those that were completed on U.S. stock exchanges from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2005. Gross proceeds include additional funding raised from the exercise of overallotment options, when disclosed.