IPO Traffic for Week Ended Oct. 19, 2007

  Lead # of Price Range Dollar SCOOP
New Filings (Proposed Symbol) Manager(s) Shares Low High Volume Ratings
AirMedia Group (AMCN)
Morgan Stanley
Lehman Brothers
      $100.00 n.a.
BBV Vietnam S.E.A. Acuisition (OTCBB: tba) (u)
Ladenburg Thalmann
Chardan Capital Markets
4.50 $8.00 $8.00 $36.00 n.a.
China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. (NPD)
Goldman Sachs (Asia)/
Merrill Lynch
      $250.00 3-Stars
Forum Oilfield Technologies (FOT)
Credit Suisse
JPMorgam
      $345.00 2-Stars
Western Gas Partners LP (WES) UBS Investment Bank 18.75     $452.81 2-Stars
(u) unit offering            
n.a. (not available)            
             
SCOOP Ratings From Last week:             
012 Smile.communications (SMLC)
CIBC World Markets
Cowen
6.68 $14.00 $16.00 $100.13 2-Stars
Akela Pharma (AKLA) Lazard Capital Management 5.25 $6.00 $8.00 $36.75 1-Star
CNinsure (CISG) Morgan Stanley       $184.00 2-Stars
Giant Interactive Group (GA)
Merrill Lynch
UBS Investment Bank
      $100.00 3-Stars
HCM Acquisition (AMEX: tba) (u) Citi 25.00 $8.00 $8.00 $200.00 1-Star
Sapphire Industrials (AMEX: tba) (u) Citi 50.00 $10.00 $10.00 $500.00 1-Star
Transoma Medical (TSMA)
Piper Jaffray
Thomas Weisel Partners
      $75.00 1-Star
(u) unit offering            
             
Postponed            
SoundBite Communications (SDBT)
Cowen
Thomas Weisel Partners
6.00 $12.00 $14.00 $78.00 1-Star
             
Withdrawn            
Adnexus Therapeutics (ADNX)
Lehman Brothers
UBS Investment Bank
    $86.25  
             
New Terms            
Approach Resources (AREX) JPMorgan 7.67 $14.00 $16.00 $115.00 2-Stars
CNinsure (CISG) Morgan Stanley 11.64 $11.00 $13.00 $139.73 2-Stars
Deltek (PROJ) Credit Suisse 9.00 $17.00 $19.00 $162.00 3-Stars
ElPaso Pipeline Partners (EPB)
Lehman Brothers
Citi
Goldman Sachs
UBS Investment Bank
25.00 $19.00 $21.00 $500.00 2-Stars
Giant Interactive Group (GA)
Merrill Lynch
UBS Investment Bank
57.20 $12.00 $14.00 $743.57 3-Stars
Longtop Financial Technologies Limited (LFT)
Goldman Sachs
Deutsche Bank
10.43 $14.00 $16.00 $156.52 3-Stars
Lumber Liquidators (LL)
Goldman Sachs
Merrill Lynch
11.50 $12.00 $14.00 $149.50 2-Stars
Nanosphere (NSPH) Credit Suisse 7.00 $14.00 $16.00 $105.00 1-Star
Neutral Tandem (TNDM)
Morgan Stanley
CIBC World Markets
6.65 $11.00 $13.00 $79.82 3-Stars
The Ensign Group (ENSG)
D.A. Davidson
Stifel Nicolas
4.00 $18.00 $20.00 $76.00 1-Star
             
IPOs Priced Lead Shares Amount Offer Close %
Week of Oct. 15, 2007 Manager(s) Offered Raised Price 10/19/07 Change
TranS1 (TSON)
Lehman Brothers
Piper Jaffray
5.50 $82.50 $15.00 $23.20 54.67%
Noah Education Holdings (NED) Deutsche Bank 9.85 $137.86 $14.00 $19.85 41.79%
DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT)
Lehman Brothers
UBS Investment Bank
30.50 $640.50 $21.00 $22.71 8.14%
Maxcom Telecommunications (MXT) Morgan Stanley 9.70 $169.70 $17.50 $18.59 6.23%
NRDC Acquisition (AMEX: NAQ-U) (u) Banc of America 36.00 $360.00 $10.00 $10.05 0.50%
Global BPO Services (OOO-U) (u) Deutsche Bank 31.25 $250.00 $8.00 $8.00 0.00%
Stone Tan China Acquisition (STTAU) (u) Morgan Joseph 30.00 $240.00 $8.00 $8.00 0.00%