To: StanX Long who wrote (64328 ) 6/12/2002 1:28:59 AM From: StanX Long Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 70976 Celerity files $300 million IPO Chip equipment firm steps up amid pickup in deals By Steve Gelsi, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 9:49 AM ET June 11, 2002 marketwatch.com NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Chip equipment firm Celerity Group Inc. filed a $300 million bid to go public as the overall IPO market continues to stir out of its slumber. Free! Sign up here to receive the Mutual Funds e-newsletter! INFORMATION FOR PACR: Create an alert for PACR Add PACR to my portfolio Get more cool charts on PACR Discuss PACR NEWS FOR PACR Chip equipment firm Celerity files $300 million IPO Chicago Mercantile Exchange files $150 million IPO Pacer International to debut amid standby deals More news for PACR Quote & NewsChartsFinancialsAnalystsOptionsSEC Filings TRACK THESE TOPICS My Portfolio Alerts Company: Pacer Intl Inc Add Create Column: IPO Report Create Company: Advantage Payroll Services Add Create Company: Advantage Payroll Services Add Create Company: Applied Materials Inc Add Create Create A Portfolio | Create An Alert The pace has already picked up considerably from earlier in the year. So far this quarter nearly 30 companies have gone public, up from less than 20 in the first quarter. June is proving to be robust with 14 registered IPOs expected to raise $10.6 billion, according to Dealogic. Pacer International (PACR: news, chart, profile) is on deck this week with a $200 million IPO, along with a $105 million IPO from Advanced Payroll Services (APAY: news, chart, profile). See full story. And new IPOs continue to emerge, including a $150 million deal from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's parent company, CME Group. See full story. Celerity Milpitas, Calif.-based Celerity (CLRT: news, chart, profile) makes high performance gas and chemical delivery process modules used to manufacture semiconductors. Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley are underwriting the deal.