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Pinnacle Holdings Inc. (BIGT)

An SI Board Since January 1999

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Introduction Compact

Pinnacle Holdings provides wireless communications rental tower space in the southeastern US, including Atlanta; Birmingham, Alabama; New Orleans; and Orlando and Tampa, Florida. The company, which intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust (REIT), owns about 650 towers, the majority of which it has gained through acquisitions. It has agreements to acquire nearly 200 more towers. Pinnacle leases its towers to wireless communications providers, operators of private networks, and government agencies. Its customers include Sprint, Motorola, SkyTel Communications, and the FBI. The company plans to continue to grow through acquisitions and new tower construction.
Additional Sources

Web Site: pinnacletowers.com

Filing date: July 17, 1998
Expected IPO date: Week of Jan. 25

Exchange: Nasdaq
Proposed ticker: BIGT

Proposed offer price:
$14.00 to $16.00
Shares offered (mil.): 10.0
Offering amount (mil.): $202.5

Underwriters:
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter; Salomon Smith Barney; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC; Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

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11	Anyone know who's the largest cell tower company in the US?	Smartypts	-	5/17/2000
10	a lot of times a recent ipo is not fully subscribed. the underwriter buys at th	Peter Dierks	-	3/20/1999
9	Smith Barney upgrades BIGT! Isnt there a silent period for IPOs? BIGT started	Manny	-	2/25/1999
8	Thanks for the reply Toby ... I sold today basically flat. Not really my kind o	Jeff Sutton	-	2/23/1999
7	I may be off base on this reply, Jeff, but I'm sure others will tell me if	Toby Zidle	-	2/23/1999
6	Can anyone tell me why this stock is just frozen at 14 x 14 1/16 on such high v	Jeff Sutton	-	2/22/1999
5	"BIGT" was considered a bit hotter as an IPO last week, though they b	SteveG	-	2/20/1999
4	Now tell me what you mean, don't understand what you are saying.	tschneider	-	2/20/1999
3	BIGT started trading today at $14, the lower end of the expect $14-16 pricing r	Toby Zidle	-	2/19/1999
2	I'm glad to see that a thread has already been established for this coming	Toby Zidle	-	2/17/1999
1	look for a sympathy play (from this rumored hot "BIGT" deal) in Ameri	SteveG	-	2/16/1999

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