IPO Traffic – Week Ending July 14, 2006

  Lead # of Price Range Dollar SCOOP
New Filings (Proposed Symbol) Manager(s) Shares Low High Volume Ratings
Apex Bioventures Acquisition (OTCBB: tba) (u) CRT Capital Group 9.38 $8.00 $8.00 $75.00 n.a.
China Healthcare Acquisition (CHA-U) (u) Ferris Baker Watts 10.00 $6.00 $6.00 $60.00 1-Star
Churchill Ventures (AMEX: tba) (u) Deutsche Bank 12.50 $8.00 $8.00 $100.00 n.a.
Doubloon (Amex: tba) (u) Maxim Group 10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $100.00 1-Star
Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ)
Goldman Sachs
Lehman Brothers
Merrill Lynch
    $1,000.00 n.a.
Logan’s Roadhouse (LGNS) Wachovia       $350.00 n.a.
Metabolix (MBLX) Piper Jaffray       $86.25 n.a.
Penn Virginia GP Holdings (PVG)
Lehman Brothers
UBS Investment Bank
6.00     $144.90 n.a.
Renaissance Acquisitions (AMEX: tba) (u) Ladenberg Thalmann 13.00 $6.00 $6.00 $78.00 n.a.
Tailwind Financial (AMEX: tba) Deutsche Bank 13.13 $8.00 $8.00 $105.00 n.a.
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SCOOP Ratings From Last week:             
Stallion Oilfield Services (SOFS)
Lehman Brothers
Credit Suisse
UBS Investment Bank
  $287.50 2-Satrs
Tube City IMS (TCMS)
Credit Suisse
UBS Investment Bank
Jefferies
    $172.50 2-Stars
             
Postponed            
None            
             
Withdrawn            
Berkline/BenchCraft Holdings (BLBK)
BB&T Capital Markets
Morgan Keegan
    $138.00 1-Star
The Hertz Corporation (HTZ)
JP Morgan
Citigroup
Goldman Sachs
      $100.00 2-Stars
Wintegra (WNTG) Goldman Sachs/JPMorgan 4.89 $12.00 $14.00 $63.59 1-Star
             
New Terms:            
Alien Technology (RFID) Bear Stearns 9.00 $10.00 $12.00 $99.00 2-Stars
Chart Industries (GTLS)
Morgan Stanley
Lehman Brothers
UBS Investment Bank
12.50 $19.00 $21.00 $250.00 2-Stars
CHG Healthcare (CHGH) Citigroup/Lehman Brothers 4.93 $15.00 $17.00 $78.80 2-Stars
Crystal River Capital (CRZ) Deutsche Bank/Wachovia Securities 9.10 $26.00 $29.00 $250.25 1-Star
First Mercury Financial (FMR) JPMorgan/Keefe Bruyette Woods/Citigroup     $189.75 2-Stars
GeoMet (GMET) Banc of America 6.00 $13.00 $15.00 $84.00 2-Stars
InterMetro Communications (MTRO)
Ladenburh Thalmann
Wunderlich Securities
2.25 $8.00 $10.00 $20.25 1-Star
NewPage Holding (NWP)
Goldman Sachs
UBS Investment Bank
20.00 $14.00 $16.00 $300.00 1-Star
Security Capital Assurance Ltd. (SCA)
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
Merrill Lynch
22.45 $21.00 $23.00 $493.85 2-Stars
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IPOs Priced Lead Shares Amount Offer Close %
Week Ending July 14, 2006 Manager(s) Offered Raised Price 7/14/06 Change
Allied World Assurance Holdings (AWH) Goldman Sachs 8.80 $299.20 $34.00 $34.25 0.74%
Cowen Group (COWN)
Cowen
Credit Suisse
Merrill Lynch
11.22 $179.48 $16.00 $16.00 0.00%
Valero GP Holdings, LLC (VEH) Lehman Brothers 17.25 $379.50 $22.00 $22.00 0.00%
Ascent Solar Technologies (ASTIU) (u) Paulson 6.00 $33.00 $5.50 $5.25 -4.55%
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