TAMPA, Fla. – Z-Tel Technologies Inc., a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), went public December 15, offering 6 million shares at $17 apiece. The company’s stock priced well above its $13 to $15 filing range. Underwritten by Thomas Weisel Partners LLC, Credit Suisse First Boston, J.C. Bradford & Co. and Stephens Inc., the initial public […]
SAN RAMON, Calif. – Software provider OnDisplay Inc. went public December 17, offering 3.5 million shares at $28 apiece. The company’s stock priced well above its $22 to $24 filing range. Underwritten by Robertson Stephens, Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown and SG Cowen, the initial public offering left 19.2 million shares of stock outstanding. There were […]
NEW YORK – The Knot Inc., an online wedding services company, went public December 2, offering 3.5 million shares at $10 apiece. The company’s stock priced at the top of its $8 to $10 filing range. Underwritten by Credit Suisse First Boston, Hambrecht & Quist Group and Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc., the initial public […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Tularik Inc., a pharmaceutical company, went public December 10, offering 6.95 million shares at $14 apiece. The company’s stock priced above its $11 to $13 filing range. Underwritten by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Hambrecht & Quist Group, J.P. Morgan & Co. and Warburg Dillon Read LLC, the initial public offering left 42.2 […]
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – VA Linux Systems Inc., a Linux-based network equipment manufacturer, went public December 9, offering 4.4 million shares at $30 apiece. The company’s stock priced at the top of its $28 to $30 filing range. Underwritten by Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown AG, Hambrecht & Quist Group and Lehman Brothers […]
NEW YORK – Streamedia Communications Inc., a producer of audio and video programming, went public December 21, offering 1.2 million shares at $8.50 apiece. The company’s stock priced exactly at its $8.50 filing price. Underwritten by Institutional Equity Corp. and Capital West Securities Inc., the initial public offering left 4.5 million shares outstanding. Capital Markets […]
JACKSON, Miss. – Tritel Inc., a wireless telephony company, went public December 14, offering 13.2 million shares at $18 apiece. The company’s stock priced in the middle of its $17 to $19 filing range. Underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch & Co., Bear, Sterns & Co. and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, the initial […]
CUPERTINO, Calif. – Preview Systems Inc., a distribution software company, went public December 8, offering 3.8 million shares at $21 apiece. The company’s stock priced well above its $16 to $18 filing range. BancBoston Robertson Stephens, Dain Rauscher Wessels, SoundView Technology Group and Fidelity Capital Markets underwrote the initial public offering, which left 15.8 million […]
ANTWERP, Belgium/ NAARDEN, The Netherlands – GIMV of Belgium and Alpinvest Holding of the Netherlands were set to merge early this year, a move that would form a continental European private equity group with a e2.3 billion ($2.36 billion) asset portfolio. GIMV was expected to launch a e745 million ($765.7 million) public tender for all […]
Regulations that govern United States income tax return filings for foreign venture capital partnerships that invest or trade in stocks, securities and commodities and certain related derivatives were adopted in November and went into effect Jan. 1. Under the new regulations, and with exceptions noted below, a U.S. partnership income tax return must be filed […]