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IPO Outlook: 
February Rush for IPOs
Author: Yordanka Bahchevanska
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Last Update: 6:49 AM EST February 06 2006


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Twenty five companies have priced shares during the first month of 2006, and 72% of them are trading above their offering price. The IPO calendar for the next week includes 9 offerings. Investment bankers expect February to be an active month for new issues, based on volume so far.

 
UBS Investment Bank, Wachovia Securities and Credit Suisse Group were the lead underwriters on the deal.

The stock ended the week at $22.65, up 7% from the offering price.

Cardica, Inc. (CRDC: chart) priced the initial public offering of 3.5 million shares of its common stock at $10 per share on Thursday, at the low end of a forecast of $10 - $12. On February 1st the company cut its earlier range of $12 - $14 per share.

All of the shares is being offered by the company. The deal was worth $35 million.

In addition, Cardica granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 525,000 additional shares to cover over- allotments.

A.G. Edwards is the lead manager, with Allen & Company acting as a co-lead manager and Montgomery as a co-manager.

Cardica designs and manufactures proprietary automated anastomotic systems used by surgeons to perform coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

The stock ended the week at $10.35, or up 3% from the offering price.

Managed healthcare company HealthSpring, Inc. (HS: chart) offered 18.8 million shares at $19.50 per share in an initial public offering.

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and UBS Investment Bank were lead managers on the offering.

In addition, the underwriters have a 30-day option to sell 2.82 million additional shares to cover over-allotments.

The stock closed at $21.98, up 15% from the offering price.

Shares of Digital Music Group Inc. (DMGI: chart) slid as much as 14.3% in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday.

The shares were trading at $8.89 a day after pricing at $9.75, within their revised forecast of $9 - $11. The 3.9 million share offer was worth $38 million. The company raised its price forecast from an earlier range of $8 to $10 on January 19th.

All of the shares of common stock are being offered by the company.

In addition, Digital Music Group has granted the underwriters a 45-day over-allotment option to purchase up to 585,000 additional shares.

The lead underwriters on the deal were I-Bankers Securities and FTN Midwest Securities.

The Sacramento, California-based company acquires the rights to out-of-print recordings, digitizes them and sells them online through music Web sites, including the iTunes store of Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL: chart).

The stock ended the week at $9.64, or up 7% from the offering price.
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