08-Mar-2001 17:51-- [B] Secondary Pricing: Advance PCS prices 5.434 mln shrs at $47.375 each --      New York, March 8 (BridgeNews) - Advance PCS priced 4,434,783 shares at $47.375 each, lead underwriter Merrill Lynch said.                       *                  *                  *
  Company: Advance PCS  Industry: Provides pharmacy benefit management services; serves about 75 million health plan members and manages more than $20 billion in annual prescription drug spending on behalf of its health plan sponsors 
  CEO: David Halbert, (469) 420-6000 Location: Irving, Texas
  Lead underwriter: Merrill Lynch, (212) 449-4600 Co-managers: Banc of America Securities; Credit Suisse First Boston; CIBC World Markets; Robinson-Humphrey
  Symbol: ADVP Primary Exchange: Nasdaq  CUSIP: 00790K109 
                        FILING TERMS:                   PRICING TERMS: Date:                 February 16, 2001               March 8, 2001  Number of Shares:     5,434,783                       5,434,783 Value of Deal:        $264.03 million                 $255.85 million
  PRICE PER SHARE:      $48.625                         $47.375
  Note: All shares offered by selling shareholders; company was formerly known as Advance Paradigm Inc. 
  Gross spread: 1.90        Selling concession: 1.14     Reallowance: .10 Underwriter fee: .38      Management fee: .38          Settlement date: 3-14 
  Over-allotment option: 652,094 shares   Shares outstanding after offer: 31,185,741
  Use of proceeds: The company will receive no net proceeds from this offering
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