IPO Traffic – Week Ending Oct. 27, 2006

  Lead # of Price Range Dollar SCOOP
New Filings (Proposed Symbol) Manager(s) Shares Low High Volume Ratings
Canadian Solar (CSIQ)
Deutsche Bank
Lehman Brothers
7.70 $13.00 $15.00 $107.80 1-Star
Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings (FSR)
Lehman Brothers
Citigroup
      $175.00 2-Stars
Opnext (OPXT) Goldman Sachs       $150.00 n.a.
Sourcefire (FIRE)
Morgan Stanley
Lehman Brothers
      $75.00 2-Stars
Western United Financial (AMEX: tba) (u) Sandler O’Neill + Partners 10.00 $8.00 $8.00 $80.00 n.a.
(u) unit offering            
n.a. (not available)            
             
SCOOP Ratings From Last week:             
Pinpoint Advance (OTCBB: tba) (u) Maxim Group 3.13 $8.00 $8.00 $25.00 1-Star
Veraz Networks (VRAZ)
Credit Suisse
Lehman Brothers
      $115.00 2-Star
(u) unit offering            
             
Postponed            
ImaRx Therapeutics (IMRX) CIBC World Markets 5.00 $10.00 $12.00 $55.00 1-Star
             
Withdrawn            
Petrie Parkman (PDP)
Keefe Bruyette & Woods
Petrie Parkman
    $115.00 1-Star
             
New Terms:            
ActivBiotics (ACTV) HSBC 4.00 $12.00 $14.00 $52.00 1-Star
Capella Education (CPLA) Credit Suisse  4.00 $17.50 $19.50 $74.00 2-Stars
Carrols Holdings (TAST)
Wachovia
Banc of America
      $210.00 1-Star
Emergent BioSolutions (EBSI) JPMorgan 5.00 $14.00 $16.00 $75.00 2-Stars
Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ)
Goldman Sachs
Lehman Brothers
Merrill Lynch
88.24 $16.00 $18.00 $1,500.00 2-Stars
KBR (KBR)
Citigroup
Goldman Sachs
UBS Investment Bank
27.84     $550.00 n/c
KBW (KBW)
Keefe Bryuette & Woods
Merrill Lynch
6.52 $19.00 $21.00 $130.44 3-Stars
Paradigm Ltd. (PDGN)
Lehman Brothers
UBS Investment Banc of America
  $200.00 1-Stars
Physicians Formula Holdings (FACE)
Deutsche Bank
Citigroup
6.25 $15.00 $17.00 $100.00 2-Stars
Thermage (THRM) Merrill Lynch 6.00 $11.00 $13.00 $72.00 1-Star
Universal Power Group (AMEX: UPG)
Ladenberg Thalmann
Wunderlich Securities
3.00 $7.00 $9.00 $24.00 1-Star
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IPOs Priced Lead Shares Amount Offer Close %
Week Ending Oct. 27, 2006 Manager(s) Offered Raised Price 10/27/06 Change
Home Inns & Hotel Management (HMIN)
Credit Suisse
Merrill Lynch
7.90 $109.02 $13.80 $25.44 84.35%
GateHouse Media (GHS)
Goldman Sachs
Wachovia
13.80 $248.40 $18.00 $22.00 22.22%
Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN)
Cowen
CIBC World Markets
4.50 $51.75 $11.50 $13.34 16.00%
Douglas Emmett (DEI)
Lehman Brothers
Merrill Lynch
Citigroup
66.00 $1,386.00 $21.00 $23.93 13.95%
Optium (OPTM)
Morgan Stanley
Credit Suisse
5.20 $91.00 $17.50 $19.60 12.00%
Cadence Pharmaceuticals (CADX) Merrill Lynch 6.00 $54.00 $9.00 $9.75 8.33%
Eagle Rock Energy L.P. (EROC)
UBS Investment Bank
Lehman Brothers
Goldman Sachs
12.50 $237.50 $19.00 $18.37 -3.32%