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To: LastShadow who wrote (18447)	8/3/1999 9:04:00 AM
From: AlienTech	Respond to of 43080

You would think with all the IPO's crashing lately they would price it at the low end and not higher than the high end! Provider of floral products and gifts. CEO: James F. McCann CFO: John W. Smolak Filed on: 5/21/99 Ticker: FLWS Price: $21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIC 5992 State of Incorporation DE Employees, Full-time\|Part-time 1,464 \| 227 Fiscal Year-End 6/30 Revenue $220.6 Mln (FY 98) Net Income $3.5 Mln Lead Underwriter GOLDMAN SACHS & CO Est. Offering Amount 150000000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECENT NEWS 8/2/99 The company priced at $21 for trading next day. 7/9/99 The company set its price to $16-$18 and set its number of shares to 6,000,000. 5/21/99 The company filed for IPO.

To: LastShadow who wrote (18447)	8/3/1999 9:07:00 AM
From: AlienTech	Respond to of 43080

Provides Internet-based insurance quote services. CEO: Robert S. Bland CFO: Thomas A. Munro Filed on: 5/26/99 Ticker: QUOT Price: $11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIC 7375 State of Incorporation DE Employees, Full-time\|Part-time 77 Fiscal Year-End 12/31 Revenue $5.6 Mln (FY 98) Net Income $(0.2 Mln) Lead Underwriter HAMBRECHT & QUIST LLC Est. Offering Amount 80000000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECENT NEWS 8/2/99 The company priced at $11 for trading next day. 6/24/99 The company set its price to $9-$11 and set its number of shares to 5,000,000 and added Charles Schwab to underwriter list. 5/26/99 The company filed for IPO.

To: LastShadow who wrote (18447)	8/3/1999 9:09:00 AM
From: AlienTech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 43080

Lehman starts LQID with a $40 target. Spitrocks coming today. Prodigy uses them! A facilities-based provider of advanced data communications services. CEO: William R. Wilson CFO: J. Robert Fugate Filed on: 6/3/99 Ticker: SPLT Price: $10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIC 7370 State of Incorporation DE Employees, Full-time\|Part-time 229 \| 36 Contractors Fiscal Year-End 12/31 Revenue $63.6 Mln (FY 98) Net Income $(57.8 Mln) Lead Underwriter BEAR STEARNS & CO INC Est. Offering Amount 184575000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECENT NEWS 8/2/99 The company priced at $10 for trading next day. 8/2/99 The company decreased its price from $13-$15 to $10-$11 and decreased its number of shares from 10,700,000 to 9,000,000. 7/26/99 The company IPO participation now being offered by Wit Capital. 7/6/99 The company set its price to $13-$15 and set its number of shares to 10,700,000. 6/3/99 The company filed for IPO. The data communications service industry is highly competitive. We expect that competition will continue to intensify as customers seek additional capacity to satisfy the continued growth of the Internet. In addition, numerous competitors, including major telecommunications carriers such as AT&T, MCI WorldCom, Sprint and Cable & Wireless, are rapidly expanding their data network capabilities. We believe that the primary competitive factors for the provision of data network services are quality of service, network coverage, reliability, price, and service innovation.

To: LastShadow who wrote (18447)	8/3/1999 9:27:00 AM
From: AlienTech	Respond to of 43080

CEO was on CNBC, hmmm... An online filmed entertainment superstore that sells video cassettes, digital video discs, or DVDs, and laserdiscs. CEO: David Friedensohn CFO: Robert S. Yingling Filed on: 5/6/99 Ticker: BGST Price: $10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIC 5735 State of Incorporation DE Employees, Full-time\|Part-time 50 Fiscal Year-End 12/31 Revenue $0.8 Mln (FY 98) Net Income $(3.2 Mln) Lead Underwriter PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INC Est. Offering Amount 49910000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECENT NEWS 8/2/99 The company decreased its number of shares from 3,100,000 to 2,500,000. 8/2/99 The company priced at $10 for trading next day. 7/26/99 The company added First Security Van Kasper to underwriter list. 7/7/99 The company set its price to $12-$14 and set its number of shares to 3,100,000 and added Wasserstein Perella Securities and First Security Van Kasper to underwriter list. 5/6/99 The company filed for IPO.