Boston • 617-848-2500 • www.newstarfin.com
Exchange and Ticker: Nasdaq: NEWS
Filing Range: 11M shares @ $15.0 to $17.0
Offering Price: $17.0
Close on First Day: $17.71
Offering Size: $204.0M
Shares Outstanding: 36.26M
Underwriters: Goldman Sachs & Co./Morgan Stanley
Co-managers: Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc./Banc of America Securities LLC/JMP Securities LLC/JP Morgan
Company Counsel: Weil Gotshal & Manges
Manager Counsel: Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Auditor: KPMG LLP
Market Capitalization on 31/12/06: $669.1 M
Close price at current month end: $18.45
DESCRIPTION
Provides debt capital solutions to mid-sized corporations, real estate borrowers and issuers of asset backed securities. The Company provides a variety of debt facilities for a number of different types of transactions in various industries, including media, health care, general industrial and real estate.
VENTURE BACKERS
Capital Z Investment Partners, Corsair Capital, JPMorgan Partners, Northwestern Investment Management Co., OZ Management (aka Och-Ziff Capital Management Group).
Sources: Thomson Financial and company prospectus dated 12/14/06.