TFSD INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS [550]

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TFSD Initial Public Offerings

Last Loaded on Web: Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Last Update To Bluesheet: July 29, 2008

Bluesheet Contents PDF version

File Description	Dialog File Data	Special Features	Sample Record	Sort	Rates
Subject Coverage	Database Content	DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories	Basic Index	Rank
Tips	Document Types Indexed	Contact	Additional Indexes	Report Options
Print Counterparts	Geographic Coverage	Terms and Conditions	Limit	Predefined Format Options

File Description [top]

TFSD Initial Public Offerings file identifies U.S. companies issuing public stock and equity for the first time, as well as quantitative details about the issues. Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) provide valuable indicators of growth in various industries and are used by venture capitalists and other investing institutions to monitor the investment environment.

Sources of the information include SEC filings, prospectuses, news sources, and wires. SDC enhances its public news sources by maintaining strong relationships with investment banks, which enables SDC to ensure that IPO information is timely, accurate, and complete.

Tips [top]

USE FILE 550

to track IPOs within particular industries.

USE /CO OR CO=

to find records that focus on the IPO for a particular company.

USE SC=

to search by SIC code in order to isolate IPOs within a particular industry.

USE REPORT

to produce output from many records into easy-to-read tabular format.

Subject Coverage [top]

Typical records include:

Company name and location (city and state)
Offer Date
Offer Amount
Share Offer Price
Type of Security
Stock Exchange
Ticker Symbol
SEC Filing Form

Additionally, industry descriptions and Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes allow users to follow IPOs by industry. Percentages are given for main values, including:

management fees
underwriting fees
selling concessions
reallowance

An indicator is given as to whether stocks are issued only in the U.S. or if they are also available for purchase on markets abroad. Total amounts of stock available in the U.S. and overseas are included.

Print Counterparts [top]

None

Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered:	1980 to the present
File Size:	10,862 records as of July 2008
Update Frequency:	Daily

Database Content [top]

Complete Text Records

Document Types Indexed [top]

Geographic Coverage [top]

US Only

Geographic Restrictions [top]

None

Special Features [top]

ERA Available
Graduate Education Program
KWIC and HILIGHT Available
DIALOG Alert Available
REPORT Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM	CATEGORY NAME
IPO	Initial Public Offerings
OWNERS	Ownership
TICKERDI	Company Directories with Ticker Symbols

Contact [top]

TFSD Initial Public Offerings is produced by Thomson Financial Securities Data. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

Thomson Financial Securities Data
Client Support
2 Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102

Telephone:	973-622-5200
800 Line:	888-989-TFSD
Fax:	973-622-1421

Terms and Conditions [top]

Initial Public Offerings is copyrighted by Thomson Financial Securities Data (TFSD). This database is provided for the customer's internal use only and may not be duplicated or redistributed in any form without the prior written permission of TFSD. TFSD obtains information for inclusion in the database from sources which it considers reliable, but TFSD does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the database or of any information contained therein. The customer is responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy his or her requirements to make the final judgment and evaluation as to the usefulness of the database in the user's own environment. TFSD MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTIBLITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. In no event shall TFSD have liability for any lost profits or incidental or consequent damages.

Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

	`DIALOG(R)File 550:TFSD INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS`
	`(c)1997. TFSD. All rts. reserv.`

	`00561933 SDC NUMBER: 561933023`

	`ISSUER COMPANY`
/CO,CO=	`Grey Medical`
	`2311 Green Street`
CY=,ST=,ZP=	`Danbury, Connecticut 06810`
	`Telephone: 203-798-9394`

PD=,PY=	`Offer Date: 06/27/96`
OA=	`Offer Amount: ($ Mil) 12.2`
TO=	`Total Domestic Shares Offered: 872,577`
	`Share Offer Price: ($)14.000`
	`Primary Shares Offered: 872,577`

	`ISSUER INDUSTRY`
IN=	`Manufacturing`

	`BUSINESS DESCRIPTION`
/DE	`Mnfr mammography, x-ray equip`
SC=	`SIC CODE: 3844`

	`MANAGERS`
DM=	`NATWEST-SEC//LEH/OPPENHEIMER`

EX=	`Exchange: AMEX`
TS=	`Ticker Symbol: GRY`
TY=	`Type of Security: Common`
	`Shares`
	`Primary Shares Offered: (000) 873`

	`Shares Outstanding Before Offering:`
	`22,216,452`
	`Shares Outstanding After Offering:`
	`25,589,029`
	`Dilutions: (%) 13.18`

	`Number of Lockup Shares:`
	`20,254,452`
	`Number of Days Before Lockup Expires: 180`

	`Units: No`
	`Primary Use of Proceeds: Future`
	`Acquisitions`
	`Syndicated: No`

	`Gross Spread: ($) 0.910`
	`Gross Spread: (%) 6.500`

	`Management Fee: (%) 1.357`
	`Underwriting Fee: (%) 1.357`
	`Selling Concession: (%) 3.786`
	`Reallowance: (%) 0.714`

EO=	`Expense of the Offering:($)700,000.0`

	`Previous Leveraged Buyout: No`

SP=	`Yesterday's Stock Price:($)15.75`
	`% change Yesterday's Stock Price to`
	`Offer Price: 12.50`
FD=	`Filing Date: 03/29/96`
DT=	`SEC File Form: 01`
	`Original Low Filing Price: ($) 12.00`
	`Original High Filing Price:($) 14.00`
	`Shares Filed: 1,250,000`
AF=	`Filing Amount: ($ Mil) 16.3`

	`Change Low File Price to Offer: (%)`
	`16.7`
	`Change Shares Filed to Shares Offered: (%)-30.2`
PE=	`Price Earnings Ratio: 46.67`
	`Fully Diluted EPS Last 12 Months: 0.30`
	`US-EURO Simultaneous Offer: No`
SO=	`Total Shares Offered Globally:`
	`3,372,577`
	`Total US & EURO Offering: ($ Mil)`
	`47.2`

	`*Sample record does not contain real data`

BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH SUFFIX	DISPLAY CODE	REPORT (FIELD LENGTH)	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
None	None	None	All Basic Index Fields	Word	S X(W)RAY(W)APPARATUS
/CO	CO	CO (32)	Company Name¹	Word	S GREY(W)MEDICAL/CO
/DE	DE	None	Description of Business	Word	S MNFR(W)MAMMOGRAPHY/DE

¹Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH PREFIX	DISPLAY CODE	REPORT (FIELD LENGTH)	FIELD NAME	INDEXING	SELECT EXAMPLES
AF=	AF	AF (9)	Filing Amount	Numeric	S AF>16M
None	AL	AL (13)	Overallotment Shares
None	AN	AN (9)	DIALOG Accession Number
None	AO	AO (13)	Shares Outstanding After the Offer
None	BO	BO (13)	Shares Outstanding Before Offering
None	CC	CC (8)	Selling Concession
CO=	CO	CO (32)	Company Name¹	Phrase	S CO=GREY MEDICAL?
CY=	CY	CY (22)	City	Phrase	S CY=DANBURY
None	DL	DL (7)	Dilution (%)
DM=	DM	None	Managers	Word	S DM=NATWEST
DO=	DO	DO (15)	Total Dollar Amount of U.S. and European Offering	Numeric	S DO>45M
DT=	DT	DT (6)	SEC Filing Form	Phrase	S DT=01
EO=	EO	EO (13)	Expenses of Offering	Numeric	S EO=700K:800K
ES=	ES	ES (8)	Fully Diluted EPS Last 12 Months	Numeric	S ES=0.30
EX=	EX	EX (10)	Stock Exchange	Phrase	S EX=AMEX
FD=	FD	FD (10)	Filing Date	Phrase	S FD=19960329
FY=	FY	FY (8)	Filing Year	Phrase	S FY=1996
None	GO	GO (8)	Gross Spread (%)
None	GR	GR (9)	Gross Spread
None	HO	HO (11)	Change High File Price to Offer
None	HP	HP (9)	Original High Filing Price
IN=	IN	IN (18)	Industry	Phrase	S IN=MANUFACTURING
None	LO	LO (11)	Change Low File Price to Offer
None	LP	LP (9)	Original Low Filing Price
None	MF	MF (8)	Management Fee (%)
OA=	OA	OA (14)	Offer Amount	Numeric	S OA=10M:13M
None	OF	OF (7)	Change Shares Filed to Shares Offered (%)
None	OO	OO (13)	Change Yesterday's Price Offer to Offer Price (%)
OP=	OP	OP (11)	Share Offer Price	Numeric	S OP=14
PD=	PD	PD (10)	Offer Date	Phrase	S PD=19960627
PE=	PE	None	Price Earnings Ratio	Numeric	S PE=45:49
None	PP	PP (22)	Primary Use of Proceeds
None	PS	PS (9)	Primary Shares Offered (000)
PY=	PY	PY (7)	Offer Year	Phrase	S PY=1996
None	RL	RL (8)	Reallowance (%)
SC=	SC	SC (6)	Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code	Phrase	S SC=3844
SH=	SH	SH (12)	Shares Filed	Numeric	S SH>1M
SO=	SO	SO (15)	Total Shares Offered Globally	Numeric	S SO=3M:4M
SP=	SP	SP (13)	Yesterday's Stock Price	Numeric	S SP=14:16
ST=	ST	ST (17)	State	Phrase	S ST=CONNECTICUT
TO=	TO	TO (13)	Total Domestic Shares Offered	Numeric	S TO=700K:900K
TS=	TS	TS (8)	Ticker Symbol	Phrase	S TS=GRY
TY=	TY	TY (17)	Type of Security	Phrase	S TY=COMMON SHARES
UD=	None	None	Update	Phrase	S UD=9999
None	UF	UF (8)	Underwriting Fee (%)
ZP=	ZP	ZP (7)	Postal Code	Phrase	S ZP=06810

LIMIT [top]

SUFFIX	FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
/YYYY	Offer Year	S PY=1998

SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS	EXAMPLES
AF, CO, CY, DM, ES, EX, FY, IN, OA, PD, PE, PY, SC, SH, ST, TS, TY, ZP	SORT S2/ALL/CO PRINT S5/9/ALL/PD

RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS	EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked.	RANK AU S3

REPORT OPTIONS [top]


Output can be displayed in table format. REPORT codes with field lengths in parentheses are listed in the Search Options tables. Default table width is 72 characters; use SET H 132 to set maximum table width.	REPORT S3/CO,OA/1-10

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]


User-defined formats may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables.	TYPE S3/CO,PD/1-5

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.	DIALOGWEB FORMAT	RECORD CONTENT
1	--	DIALOG Accession Number
2	--	Brief IPO Record (Issuing Company, Address, SIC Code, Offer Date, Amount, Type of Security, Offer Price, Total Domestic Shares Offered, Deal Managers, Filing Date, SEC File Form, Shares Files, Original High/Low Filing Prices, Primary Shares Offered, Share
3	Medium	Company Name, Address, Telephone, Description of Business, and SIC Codes
4	--	Company Name, Address, Telephone, Description of Business, and SIC Codes
5	Long	Full Record
6	Free	Company Name
8	Short	Company Name, Address, Telephone, Description of Business, and SIC Codes
9	Full	Full Record
10	--	National Address (excludes country)
K	--	KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME	EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number	TYPE 01399862/9 DISPLAY 00561933/4 PRINT 001277863/9

Rates [top]

Rates For File: TFSD Initial Public Offerings[550]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $9.81
Cost per minute:                   $3.00
Report Elements                    $1.00
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                    $3.25
ALERT (Monthly)                *  $10.25
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *   $6.00
ALERT (Weekly)                     $3.25
ALERT (Daily)                      $2.00
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *   $3.25
ALERT (Intraday)               *   $2.00
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints        0

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2   $30.00   $29.00
     3   $15.00   $15.00
     4   $15.00   $15.00
     5   $57.00   $57.00
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     8   $15.00   $15.00
     9   $58.00   $58.00
    10    $4.00    $4.00

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

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