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    1998 Mass. Initial Public Offerings

    Companies ranked by market price change since offering.

    Rank Company Name % Change
    offer to
    3/31/99
    Stock
    Price
    3/31/99
    Offer
    Price
    Offer
    Date
    Gross
    Proceeds
    (millions)
    1 International Integration Inc. 166.67% $32.00 $12.00 06/23/98 $30.1
    2 Exchange Applications Inc. 128.41% $25.13 $11.00 12/09/98 $33.0
    3 Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc. 89.71% $32.25 $17.00 07/16/98 $46.1
    4 Artificial Life Inc. 78.68% $15.19 $8.50 12/17/98 $13.6
    5 Mercury Computer Systems Inc. 71.43% $18.00 $10.50 03/30/98 $36.8
    6 Provant Inc. 37.50% $17.88 $13.00 04/29/98 $33.8
    7 Charles River Associates 30.41% $24.13 $18.50 04/24/98 $40.5
    8 Mystic Financial Inc. 18.25% $11.63 $10.00 01/09/98 $217.0
    9 NorthEast Optic Network Inc. 17.71% $14.13 $12.00 07/31/98 $54.0
    10 Network-1 Security Solutions Inc. 14.58% $6.88 $6.00 11/12/98 $10.2
    11 Brookline BanCorp Inc. 13.75% $11.38 $10.00 03/25/98 $119.0
    12 Bay State BanCorp Inc. 2.75% $20.50 $20.00 03/30/98 $80.0
    13 Seacoast Financial Services Corp. -1.25% $9.88 $10.00 11/17/98 $136.0
    14 Freedom Securities Corp. -19.71% $15.94 $20.00 04/02/98 $148.0
    15 Merkert American Corp. -27.50% $10.88 $15.00 12/16/98 $66.0
    16 American Dental Partners Inc. -47.50% $7.88 $15.00 04/16/98 $33.8
    17 Atlantic Data Services Inc. -68.75% $4.06 $13.00 05/22/98 $32.5
    18 Giga Information Group Inc. -69.00% $3.88 $12.50 07/30/98 $37.5
    Source: Nordby International, Inc., Boulder, Co.


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