IPOs/Recent Issues 0701 –

Briazz
Seattle, Wash.
Went public 05/02/01 at $8 per share
Filing Range: 2.0 million shares at $8 to $12
Offering Size: $16.0 million
Post Offering Valuation: $46.4 million
Shares Outstanding: 5.8 million shares
Underwriters: W.R. Hambrecht & Co.
Company Counsel: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Manager Counsel: Perkins Coie
Auditor: PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP
The Company
Operates as an upscale sandwich chain. The company offers sandwiches, salads, soups and other items to "on-the-go" office workers throughout 40 cafes in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.
Venture Backers
Benaroya Capital Co.
Whitney & Co.
Chartwell Capital Management Co.
Kirlan Venture Capital Inc.
Financing Rounds
Round # Round Date
Number of Stage Investors
Round Amt. ($ thousands)
1 0/01/1996 1 Early Stage 8485.0
2 07/01/199 4 Expansion 19000.0
3 10/27/98 3 Expansion 5000.0
4 8/1/99 1 Expansion 5001.0
5 5/1/00 1 Expansion 2250.0
6 2/1/01 1 Expansion 3046.0
Financials
(Data in $ millions except EPS) Y/E (12/31/00)
Total Revenues: $33.70
Net Income: -6.3
EPS: ($2,455.68)

 

Global Power Equipment Group
Tulsa, Okla.
Went public 05/18/01 at $20 per share
Filing Range: 7.35 million shares at $16 to $18
Offering Size: $147.0 million
Post Offering Valuation: $896.9 million
Shares Outstanding: 44.8 million shares
Underwriters: Credit Suisse First Boston/Salomon Smith Barney/ Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown/Raymond James & Associates Inc.
Company Counsel: White & Case LLP
Manager Counsel: Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Auditor: Arthur Andersen LLP
The Company
Designs, engineers and manufactures a portfolio of equipment for gas turbine power plants.
Venture Backers
Harvest Partners Inc.
PPM America
Saw Mill Capital LLC
Financing Rounds
Round # Round Date
Number of Stage Investors
Round Amt. ($ thousands)
1 3/9/01 3 Expansion N/A
Financials
(Data in $ millions except EPS) Y/E (12/31/00)
Total Revenues: $416.60
Net Income: -7.2
EPS: ($0.20)

 

Peabody Energy Corp.
Saint Louis, Mo.
Went public 05/22/01 at $28 per share
Filing Range: 15 million shares at $22 to $24
Offering Size: $420 million
Post Offering Valuation: $1.3 billion
Outstanding Shares: 49.6 million shares
Underwriters: Lehman Brothers/Bear Stearns & Co. Inc./Merrill Lynch & Co./Morgan Stanley/UBS Warburg/AG Edwards & Sons Inc.
Company Counsel: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Manager Counsel: Weil Gotshal & Manges
Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
The Company
Provides coal mining services and wholesale coal. The company also provides marketing services for providers of electricity and other energy related services.
Venture Backers
Lehman Brothers
Mutual of New York
Lexington Partners Inc.
Financing Rounds
Round # Round Date
Number of Stage Investors
Round Amt. ($ thousands)
1 5/18/98 1 Expansion 334588.0
2 7/13/98 2 Expansion 60000.0
3 10/31/98 1 Expansion 115441.0
Financials
(Data in $ millions except EPS) Y/E (3/31/01)
Total Revenues: $2,579.10
Net Income: 107.1
EPS: $2.97

 

Simplex Solutions Inc.
Sunnyvale, Calif.
Went public 05/02/01 at $12 per share
Filing Range: 4.0 million shares at $10 to $12
Offering Size: $44.0 million
Post Offering Valuation: $173.0 million
Shares Outstanding: 14.4 million shares
Underwriters: Credit Suisse First Boston/Robertson Stephens & Co./SG Cowen Securities Corp.
Company Counsel: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Manager Counsel: Morrison & Foerster
Auditor: PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP
The Company
Develops electronic design automation (EDA) software to ensure high-quality designs that provide first-time shippable silicon, increased semiconductor process yields and long-term IC reliability.
Venture Backers
Intel Corp.
Mayfield Fund
Worldview Technology Partners
Sumitomo Corp.
Stanford University
Financing Rounds
Round # Round Date
Number of Stage Investors
Round Amt. ($ thousands)
1 3/29/96 2 Early Stage 2450.0
2 6/25/96 2 Early Stage 2065.0
3 3/1/97 7 Expansion 7438.0
4 4/7/98 4 Expansion 12200.0
Financials
(Data in $ millions except EPS) Y/E (9/30/00)
Total Revenues: $22.80
Net Income: -6.7
EPS: ($0.96)

 

Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group
New York
Went public 05/23/01 at $8.50 per share
Filing Range: 5.05 million shares at $8 to $10
Offering Size: $45.5 million
Post Offering Valuation: $71.0 million
Shares Outstanding: 9.0 million shares
Underwriters: CE Unterberg Towbin/Morgan Keegan Inc./McDonald Investments
Company Counsel: Hutchins Wheeler & Dittmar
Manager Counsel: Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker
Auditor: KPMG LLP
The Company
Owns and operates a chain of steak and seafood restaurants.
Venture Backers
Thomas H. Lee Putnam
Financing Rounds
Round # Round Date
Number of Stage Investors
Round Amt. ($ thousands)
1 2/12/96 1 Buyout/Acq. 2804.0
2 2/10/97 1 Expansion 3303.0
3 3/18/98 1 Expansion 251.0
4 1/1/01 1 Expansion 0.0
Financials
(Data in $ millions except EPS) Y/E (12/31/00)
Total Revenues: $81.50
Net Income: -4.9
EPS: ($2.07)

 

Tellium Inc.
Oceanport, N.J.
Went public 05/17/01 at $15 per share
Filing Range: 9.0 million shares at $13 to $15
Offering Size: $135 million
Post Offering Valuation: $1.6 billion
Shares Outstanding: 108.8 million shares
Underwriters: Morgan Stanley/Thomas Weisel Partners/UBS Warburg/CIBC World Markets/Wit Soundview Group Inc.
Company Counsel: Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Manager Counsel: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche LLP
The Company
Develops, manufactures and markets telecommunications network equipment. The company develops networks based on WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) technology that increases capacity of a fiber optic network.
Venture Backers
Thomas Weisel Partners
Oak Investment Partners
Cisco Systems Inc.
Pequot Capital Management Inc.
Blue Rock Capital
Accel Partners
Worldview Technology Partners
Financing Rounds
Round # Round Date
Number of Stage Investors
Round Amt. ($ thousands)
1 5/8/97 8 Early Stage 21599.9
2 5/20/98 2 Expansion 1000.0
3 2/11/99 9 Later Stage 23300.0
4 11/30/99 10 Later Stage 50000.0
Financials
(Data in $ millions except EPS) Y/E (12/31/00)
Total Revenues: $15.60
Net Income: -110.3
EPS: ($13.96)