| NO. |
Week |
Company
Name (Ticker No.) |
Offer
Price |
First
Day Close |
Price
change from the 1st day open (%) |
Business
Type |
Headquarter |
| 1 |
5/1 |
ViroLogic
(VLGC)* |
$7.00 |
$7.31 |
4.43% |
Biotechnology |
South
San Francisco, CA |
| 2 |
|
Sonic
Innovations (SNCI) |
$14.00 |
$21.13 |
50.93% |
Medical
appliances & Equipment |
Salt
Lake City, UT |
| 3 |
|
Certicom
(CERT) |
$46.30 |
$59.13 |
27.71% |
Security
software & services |
Canada |
| 4 |
| WHEREVER.net
(WNET)* |
$9.00 |
$9.03 |
0.33% |
Telecommunication
services |
Hong
Kong |
| 5 |
|
Orchid
BioSciences (ORCH) |
$8.00 |
$11.06 |
38.25% |
Biotechnology |
Princeton,
NJ |
| 6 |
|
Genomic
Solutions (GNSL) |
$8.00 |
$8.38 |
4.75% |
Biotechnology |
Ann
Arbor, MI |
| 7 |
|
Paradigm
Genetics (PDGM) |
$7.00 |
$7.13 |
1.86% |
Biotechnology |
Research
Triangle Park, NC |
| 8 |
5/8 |
Sequoia
Software (SQSW) |
$8.00 |
$10.06 |
25.75% |
Software
provider |
Columbia,
MD |
| 9 |
5/15 |
iBEAM
(IBEM) |
$10.00 |
$14.00 |
40.00% |
Internet
services |
Sunnyvale,
CA |
| 10 |
|
Nogatech
(NGTC) |
$12.00 |
$9.41 |
-21.58% |
Semiconductor |
Santa
Clara, CA |
| 11 |
|
US
Unwired (UNWR) |
$11.00 |
$11.06 |
0.55% |
Telecommunication
services |
Lake
Charles, LA |
| 12 |
|
New
Focus (NUFO)* |
$20.00 |
$51.00 |
155.00% |
Telecommunication
equipment |
Santa
Clara, CA |
| 13 |
|
Pixelworks
(PXLW) |
$10.00 |
$10.89 |
8.90% |
Semiconductor |
Tualatin,
OR |
| 14 |
|
coolsavings.com
(CSAV) |
$7.00 |
$5.53 |
-21.00% |
Marketing
& public relations services |
Chicago,
IL |
| 15 |
|
Parthus
(PRTHV) |
$12.60 |
$20.81 |
65.16% |
Semiconductor |
Ireland |
| 16 |
5/22 |
Integrated
Circuit Systems (ICST) |
$13.00 |
$12.00 |
-7.69% |
Semiconductor |
Norristown,
PA |
| 17 |
|
Centillium
Communications (CTLM) |
$19.00 |
$22.88 |
20.42% |
Semiconductor |
Fremont,
CA |
| 18 |
|
Stanford
Microdevices (SMDI) |
$12.00 |
$15.38 |
28.17% |
Semiconductor |
Sunnyvale,
CA |
| 19 |
|
Sonus
Networks (SONS) |
$23.00 |
$50.50 |
119.57% |
Telecommunication
equipment |
Westford,
MA |
| 20 |
5/29 |
First
Horizon Pharmaceutical (FHRX) |
$8.00 |
$8.00 |
0.00% |
Drug
manufacturers |
Roswell,
GA |
|
|
|
(Sources:
Asiawired market research center / Hoovers.com) |
|
|
|
|
| Note |
1.
All of the companies are high-tech companies, including Internet,
telecommunications, |
|
semiconductor, software,
computer peripherals & Biotech. |
|
| |
2.
* Indicates companies that
are headquartered in the Asia Pacific Region, or company |
|
with Asian and Asian
American founders, executives, or major investors. |
|
| |
(The
Asia Pacific Region includes China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan,
and Korea.) |
