Small Company Initial Public Offerings: May 1985

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Offering First

O-T-C Size Price aftermarket

sym. Company Business/product ($ mil.) bid Underwriter

BLMPU Airship Will operate 3.00 2.00b 3 F. D.

Int'l. blimps Roberts

AMHC AmeriCare Operates HMO 25.63 10.25 10 3/8 First

Health Boston

ANTC Anitec Mfrs. photo film 26.40 11.00 11 Smith

Image Tech and supplies Barney

BUKN Bucknell Commercial 2.50 6.25 6 1/4 Steinberg

Industries printing & Lyman

CAVR Carver Audio system 7.7 11.00 14 Piper,

components Jaffray

CNSP Central Mfrs. sprinkler 8.30 12.75 13 1/2 William

Sprinkler systems Blair

CTST CenTrust Operates savings 15.00 7.50 7 1/2 Drexel;

Savings bank Salomon;

Bear,

Stearns

Prudential-

Bache;

Paribas

CFSC CFS Financial Operates savings 8.60 9.00 11 Hutton;

Corp. bank Alex. Brown

CSTS CS Television Subscription 2.50 2.50 2 5/8 First

services Eastern

Securities

CPTLA Computer Designs telephone 3.60 5.50 6 Steinberg

Telephone & Lyman

systems

DTRS Digital Will sell digital 6.00 2.00 1 15/16 S. D. Cohn

Transervice services

MAPS Emery Develops software 2.00 10.00g 10 1/4 Pittock;

Datagraphics & hardware Patten

IPROU Eye Care Operates optical 7.20 6.00e 5 3/4 D. H. Blair

Centers stores

HCSIU Hammer Will market 3.00 3.00f 3 1/2 Tidd,

Computer Lackey

Systems Hardware/software

HIGH Highland Sells electronics 103.60 18.50 18 1/2 Goldman;

Superstores and appliances Hutton

IGII Intermark Video game 3.10 3.00 3 7/8 First

Gaming systems Affiliated

INTVU Intervoice Voice response 3.60 6.00e 5 3/4 D. H. Blair

phone system

KJI a Kay Operates jewelry 11.50 11.50 12 3/8 Bear,

Jewelers store Stearns;

Johnston,

Lemon

MRCMU Marcom Private telephone 2.00 6.25d 6 Schoenberg,

Telecommun. systems Hieber

LAB a Nicholas Clinical testing 8.30 6.00 6 1/2 L. F.

Institute service Rothschild

GOSHA OshKosh Mfrs. clothing 19.70 25.00 28 William

B'Gosh Blair

PHSY PacifiCare Owns & operates 24.30 18.00 18 Goldman,

Health Sachs

HMOs

RADUF Rada Israeli weapons 5.00 5.00d 7 Rooney,

Electronic mfr. Pace

SBA a Sbarro Italian fast-food 10.40 10.38 12 Prudential-

rest. Bache

SPLF Sporting Sells women's 2.50 5.00 5 Gilford

Life clothing Securities

TKAT Technology Computer 2.98 3.50 4 Pagel

80 maintenance

TRSPU Tri-Star Produces motion 21.30 8.50c 11 1/2 Allen;

Pictures pictures First

Boston;

Merrill;

Morgan

VMSI VM Develops software 24.72 16.00 17 Alex.

Software Brown;

Hambrecht

& Quist

Initial public offerings sold at $1 or less not included. Issues without underwriters not included. First aftermarket bid is approximate. a trading on American Stock Exchange. b units of 1 common + 1/2 warrant. c units of 1 common + 1 warrant. d units of 2 common + 1 warrant.e units of 2 common + 2 warrants. f units of 3 common + 1 warrant. g units of 5 common + 1 preferred. Offering data source: GOING PUBLIC: The IPO Reporter, 2 Penn Center Plaza, Suite 410, Philadelphia, PA 19102.