Hot?  C'mon, don't be such a kidder.  Deal delayed, lead underwriter bailed.  
  RECENT NEWS
  7/2/99 The company decreased its price from $10-$12 to $8-$10 and increased its number of shares from 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 and replaced Tucker Anthony as lead underwriter with CIBC World Markets; added US Bancorp Piper Jaffray to underwriter list.
  5/7/99 The company was delayed. Lead underwriter Dain Rauscher pulled out of the deal, IPO is now to be lead by Tucker Anthony.
  4/21/99 The company decreased its price from $12-$14 to $10-$12 and increased its number of shares from 2,905,000 to 3,000,000.
  3/11/99 The company increased its price from $5 to $12-$14 and increased its number of shares from 2,905,000 to 3,000,000 and changed its symbol from NSII, NSIIV, NSIIR to NSIL and added Dain Rauscher as lead underwriter.
  You wrote:
  <<<<< What I find intriguing is that the current market cap of FIBR is only around 110 million, yet if the IPO goes through at $10 the market cap of the spin off (NSIL) will be 130 million. Either FIBR is worth nothing or it is undervalued. <<<<<
  I'm sure more than a few people think FIBR is a bagel.  Keep in mind that FIBR will own 3.3 million NSIL after the offering.  Divide that by FIBR's 9 million outstanding, multiply by your $10 and toss in a 40% discount and you get $2.2 in NSIL "value" in each FIBR share.  This is not a compelling backdoor play.  
  Looks like FIBR should be shorted, with impunity, heading into the NSIL offering (if it ever actually happens.)
  <edit>  Well, knock me over with a feather.  I checked your profile and see you're active on the FIBR thread.  Go peddle your "analysis" somewhere else.   
  drakes353 |