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Technology Stocks : ACTM $100 Million Cable Modem Contract with MOT

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To: Rob Preuss who wrote (1115)11/17/1999 12:04:00 PM
From: Rob Preuss  Read Replies (1) of 1250
 
ACTM priced their public offering last night at $26+1/16.
The offering was a strong deal, very well received, and
was 2+1/2 times subscribed... so those who couldn't get
the shares they wanted in the offering were in there
buying this morning. Hence the rise in price and volume.

Overall, the company was selling 2.5 million shares. So
they should net around $65 million in cash. Initially
they'll use this money to pay down their debt in their
credit facility... that will de-leverage their balance
sheet. But longer term they may do some more acquisitions.
They have a desire to be in the far east and to have a
bigger presence in Europe as well. Thus, the point of
this offering is basically to fund their growth strategy.

Now 2+1/2 times subscribed means there was demand for
about 3.75 million shares that could not be met in
the offering... Since NASDAQ counts every trade twice,
it would take trading volume of 7.5 million shares just
to meet this demand... My RTQ shows just over 2 million
shares traded so far today, so I believe there's still
quite a bit of unmet demand (like over 5 million shares).

Rob
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