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APLN - @PLAN.INC - THE IPO

An SI Board Since May 1999

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Introduction Compact

In order to better focus the discussions about this IPO, I've created the following check list of criteria which largely determine whether an IPO has the potential to pop the first day and/or maintain a long term premium over its IPO pricing. Please comment on this IPO in light of the following items:

1. Who is the the lead underwriter and how do it's IPOs typically perform in the after-market?
2. Is the company a pure internet play (a real dot.com company)?
3. Who are the company's competitors?
4. Is the company's brand name, product(s), or service(s) well-known by the net-surfing community?
5. Are the company's product(s) or service(s) in a rapidly growing or hyped niche (e.g., dsl in 1999)?
6. Does the company's management have a reputation for being successful in previous techie/inet ventures?
7. Does management have "star" appeal (e.g. TSCM's Cramer)?
8. Has the company demonstrated substantial year-over-year revenue growth?

Without these factors in place it might be better to avoid the IPO or to try to buy the stock in the aftermarket (at prices below the IPO level).

How does this IPO measure up against these criteria?

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21	DCLK is buying the company for $9.25. Carl	Carl R.	-	9/25/2000
20	Tom Taulli has some positive comments on APLN: internetstockreport.com @Plan:	Glenn Petersen	-	7/20/2000
19	It's always nice to see a stock up >50% on the day before earnings. Earn	Carl R.	-	4/20/2000
18	APLN has doubled their customer base, and continues to have over 90% renewal ra	Carl R.	-	1/19/2000
17	This stock looks like a good January effect play. After tax loss selling subsid	Carl R.	-	12/22/1999
16	APLN seems to have broken out of the box. How high can it run? It might be a mo	Peter Dierks	-	7/15/1999
15	I don't care what they said, I do my own research and I am damn good at it	JOHN CHEN	-	5/24/1999
14	I was not allocated any shares by Schwab. I did buy on the market at 16 1/16. T	Peter Dierks	-	5/22/1999
13	Bought at the open at 16. cool! next MMXI	Danny Chan	-	5/21/1999
12	I got a call tonight from Schwab with an allocation of 100 at 14. Good luck to	OverUnder	-	5/20/1999
11	Got NWGN 100 shares, no @plan yet.	capitalistbeatnik	-	5/20/1999
10	Briefing.com 13:15 ET ****** @PLAN.INC (APLN): When advertisers and Web publi	David M. Sawyer	-	5/20/1999
9	multex.com Scroll down to Section 3 IPO update: "@PLAN, whose revenue gre	elad	-	5/20/1999
8	Has anyone been allocated shares of APLN yet?	Ginyan	-	5/20/1999
7	John... You may want to reconsider your 'pass'. If you are a member at	elad	-	5/20/1999
6	Top, Thanks for the heads up. I should have seen it, since it was right in fro	Findlans	-	5/14/1999
5	JKW- Thanks for the quote.com/ipo site reference... <b><i>H O W E	Topannuity	-	5/14/1999
4	FYI. U can get all the information u asked for and more at the following locati	Findlans	-	5/14/1999
3	just a stab at an answer maybe companies that ipo have losses pre-ipo so that	nelli	-	5/13/1999
2	Hmm. Not to avoid the questions, but to ask one more. How could this company l	Kelly Strader	-	5/12/1999
1	@Plan sounds like a stinker. The old method of collecting data online is dead.	JOHN CHEN	-	5/12/1999

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