Brocade Communications Systems,Inc. 1901 GUADALUPE PARKWAY  SAN JOSE CA 95131 USA  408-487-8000 Fax: 408-487-8101 Homepage :http://www.brocade.com/   4/28/99 The company set its price to $8-$10 and set its number of shares to 3,250,000.
  3/19/99 The company filed for IPO.
  Provider of Fibre Channel switching solutions for storage area networks, or SANs, which apply the benefits of a networked approach to the connection of storage systems and servers.
  'Brocade Communications Systems,Inc. is offering 3,250,000 shares of its common stock.This is our initial public offering and no public market currently exists for our common stock. We aniticipate that the  initial public offering price will be between $8 and $10 per share.
  We have applied to list the common stock on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "BRCD".                          
  Lead Underwriter:  MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO 
  Tentative pricing date- To Be Announced.
  (Extracted from SEC S-1/A: AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO FORM S-1,filing date 5/18/99)   |