Small Company Initial Public Offerings: August 1984

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Offering

O-T-C Size Price

sym. Company Business/product ($ mil.)

ALRN Altron Mfrs. circuit boards 8.0 10.00

AGMD Angiomedics Develops medical 2.55 4.25

devices

BVGXU Barrier Science Mfrs. cleaning products 1.38 5.00b

CARG Carriage Industries Mfrs. and sells carpets 6.30 7.00

CHFS Chief Automotive Vehicle repair systems 10.0 10.00

(a) Computer Doctor Will est. repair centers 1.50 5.00c

CKCP Cybertek Computer Insurance industry 5.25 7.50

software

EDTA Educata Mkts. software prods. 2.50 5.00

FSIIA Florida Sun Int'l Real Estate 2.0 5.00

syndications

FRV Fur Vault Fur retailer 13.2 11.00

HITZU HME Records Distributes records 1.5 2.50d

HOOP Hooper Holmes Previous health-care 3.0 10.00

services

JEMR Jem Records Distributes records 2.10 3.50

BUTC John O. Butler Mfrs. oral hygiene 9.40 11.75

products

LSER Laser Mfrs. lasers 2.25 4.50

ANNXU Learning Annex Recreational programs 2.89 7.50e

LSCO Lesco Mfrs. lawn-care

prods. 6.60 11.00

(a) Magic Years Child Operates day care 1.20 3.00f

centers

MSCP Mass. Computer Mfrs. engineering 35.63 14.25

computers

MIKAU Medical Imaging Ctr. Operates diagnostic 3.50 5.00f

centers

MZLU Mizlou Programming Produces TV programs 4.0 2.00

MTVN MTV Music Network Satellite TV 76.88 15.00

programming

PIZA National Pizza Restaurant franchisee 9.07 9.50

NER NERCO Mining and excavation 2.75 10.00

NDSI Northern Data Sys. Mkts. turnkey systems 6.0 7.50

OPTKFO Optrotech Electro-optical 11.07 11.00

systems

PSBK Pawling Savings Savings bank 4.30 11.50

Bank

SMSI Scientific Micro.

Sys. Mfrs. data controllers 15.30 8.50

SULC Sulcus Computer Mfrs. microcomputer 2.50 5.00

UMBIU Univ. Medical Bldgs. Builds medical 2.0 2.50g

facilities

VISAU Vista Films Produces motion 3.13 6.25h

pictures

WSVS Wiland Services Direct-mail services 5.31 6.25

First

O-T-C aftermarket

sym. bid Underwriter

ALRN 10 Paine Webber

AGMD 5 1/2 Pagel

BVGXU 5 1/8 Swartwood, Hesse

CARG 7 Bear, Stearns

CHFS 10 1/4 Becker Paribas

(a) 5 Citiwide Securities

CKCP 7 1/2 Wedbush, Noble Cook

EDTA 5 1/4 T.R. Winston

Securities

FSIIA 6 Florida Sun Securities

FRV 11 Prudential-Bache

HITZU 2 1/2 A.T. Brod

HOOP 9 3/4 Ferris & Co.

JEMR 3 1/2 Greentree Securities

BUTC 12 1/2 William Blair

LSER 4 1/2 D.H. Blair

ANNXU 7 1/2 Bond, Richman

LSCO 11 1/4 McDonald & Co.

(a) 2 3/4 Gilford Securities

MSCP 15 Morgan Stanley

MIKAU 5 R.G. Dickinson

MZLU 2 1/8 Chesley and Dunn

MTVN 15 Lehman Bros.

PIZA 9 3/8 Oppenheimer

NER 10 1/4 Lehman Bros.

NDSI 17 1/2 Paine Webber

OPTKFO 11 1/4 Bear, Stearns

PSBK 11 1/2 Burgess & Leith

SMSI 8 1/2 Goldman, Sachs

SULC 5 1/8 Financial American

UMBIU 2 5/8 Citiwide Securities

VISAU 6 1/4 Shoenberg, Hieber

WSVS 6 1/4 Boettcher

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 ass igned. b/units of 1 common + 2 warrants. c/units of 6 common + 3 warrants. d/units of 2 common + 1 warrant. e/units of 3 common + 2 warrants. f/units of 1 common + 1 warrant. g/units of 5 common + 2 warrants. h/units of 10 common + 5 warrants. Offering data source: GOING PUBLIC: The IPO Reporter, 1528 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19102.