Small Company Initial Public Offerings: January 1983

 

Offering

O-TC Size Price

sym. Company Business/product ($ mil)

(a) AlfaCell Biological products 1.50 5.00

EYES CooperVision Mfr. eyecare products 60.00 19.00

GILD Guilford Industries Mfr. furniture fabrics 5.75 11.50

MDCH Med-Chem Products Biological products 2.00 8.00

POLR Polymeric Resources Recycle plastic waste 2.00 4.00

PORX Porex Technologies Fluid/gas control 9.60 8.00

devices

RHAB Rehab Hospital Operators of rehab. 8.00 8.25

hospital

CHEZ Restaurant Pizza restaurants 2.48 4.50

Entertainment

QMSI Quality Micro Graphics processors 16.15 17.00

Systems

RYAL Royale Airlines Commuter air service 7.70 11.00

SOCM Shanely Oil Oil & gas exploration 6.00 2.00

SIGR Sigma Research Computer intruments 2.50 5.00

USTL U.S. Telephone Telephone service 18.20 14.00

First

O-T-C aftermarket

sym. Company bid Underwriter

(a) Alfa-Cell 6 1/4 A.T. Brod

EYES CooperVision 19 3/4 L.F. Rothschild;

E.F. Hutton;

Rooney, Pace

GILD Guilford Industries 11 1/2 William Blair & Co.;

Tucker, Anthony

MDCH Med-Chem Products 8 3/4 James J. Duane

POLR Polymeric Resources 5 1/2 Broadchild Securities

PORX Porex Technologies 8 Drexel Burnham

RHAB Rehab Hospital 8 1/4 Butcher & Singer

CHEZ Restaurant 4 1/2 Raymond James

Entertainment

QMSI Quality Micro 18 1/2 Dean Witter;

Systems E.F. Hutton

RYAL Royale Airlines 11 1/8 Prudential-Bache;

Howard, Weil

SOCM Shanely Oil 2 1/4 Hackert/Modesitt

Investors;

North Hills

SIGR Sigma Research 5 1/2 Paulson Investment

USTL U.S. Telephone 16 1/2 D.F. Hutton

Initial public offerings sold at $1 or less not included. Issues without underwriters not included. First aftermarket bid is approximate.

(a) Ticker symbol not yet assigned.

best effort.

Offering data source: GOING PUBLIC: The IPO Reporter, 1528 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19102