Small Company Initial Public Offerings: October 1985

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Offering First

O-T-C Size Price aftermarket

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

AIDC Aid Corp. Insurance 18.20 13.00 13 Kidder,

holding company Peabody

ACCFU Amer. Credit Pay-telephone 5.00 d 2.50 2 3/16 S. D. Cohn

Card systems

Telephone

ARNXU Arnox Fire retardant 3.30 d 5.00 5 1/4 Rosenkrantz

chemicals Lyon

BSC b Bear Stearns Investment 215.00 21.50 22 1/2 Bear

banker Stearns;

First

Boston;

Merrill;

Morgan,

Salomon

Bros.;

Shearson

BJIC Ben & Jerry's Mfrs. ice cream 6.50 13.00 15 1/2 Tucker,

Anthony

BRIX BR Intec Mfrs. electronic 25.0 12.50 12 1/2 Merrill

components Lynch;

Drexel

Burnham

BOCB Buffets Operates 5.78 11.00 11 1/4 Piper,

restaurants Jaffray

CDCI Chambers Sanitary 9.50 9.50 9 1/4 Dean Witter

Development landfills

CKRBU Checkrobot Automatic 3.75 f 7.50 7 1/4 Alan Bush

checkout systems

CMCL ChemClear Industrial waste 7.40 8.00 7 3/4 D. H Blair

treatment

CHEYU Cheyenne Develops 5.00 e 10.00 9 7/8 Whale

Software specialized Securities

software

CDCRA Children's Child care 6.00 5.00 4 7/8 Moseley,

Discovery center Haligarten

CSYI Circuit Mfrs. circuit 3.00 5.00 5 K. A. Knapp

Systems boards

CCEM Compuchem Analytical 6.30 7.00 6 3/4 Tucker

testing services Anthony &

R. L. Day

CONC Continuing Home health care 3.60 6.00 5 1/2 D. H. Blair

Care

equipment

CSTN Cornerstone Bank holding 6.00 17.00 17 1/4 First Albany

company

Financial

CRLD Crossland Operates savings 99.90 9.00 9 Salomon

Savings bank Bros.; Paine

Webber;

Smith Barney

DEFI Defiance Mfrs. vehicle 4.20 6.00 6 Advest

Precision engine parts

a DigiCom Publishes Yellow 1.90 g 1.50 3 1/4 Thomas James

Communications Pages

FAHC First American Markets 2.25 3.00 3 First

Health health-care Affiliated

products

FEXA Florida Operates 13.13 7.50 7 1/4 Robinson-

Express passenger Humphrey

airline

HII c Healthcare Psychiatric 20.90 9.50 9 1/2 Shearson;

International services Smith

Barney;

Hambrecht &

Quist

HCLB HomeClub Membership 18.00 9.00 9 Morgan;

warehouses Donaldson;

Montgomery

IDXX Identix Fingerprint 5.00 4.00 3 7/8 Fitzgerald,

identification DeArman

equipment

IVCIB In Vitro Care Infertility 4.40 2.50 2 1/2 Baer

treatment

ISKO ISCO Scientific 7.70 10.25 10 1/4 Dain

instrument mfr. Bosworth

MGAN Morgan Specialty 21.00 10.50 11 Merrill

Products building Lynch

products

NREC Nac Re Insurance 50.60 23.00 24 1/2 Dillon,

holding company Read; First

Boston;

Oppenheimer

NWP New World Produces motion 11.25 7.50 7 1/2 L. F.

Pictures pictures Rothschild

OSWI Old Spaghetti Operates Italian 4.76 7.00 7 Eppler,

Warehouse restaurants Guerin

OTRKB Oshkosh Truck Mfrs. heavy-duty 42.90 16.50 16 3/4 William

trucks Blair;

Robert W.

Baird

RAWA Rent-A-Wreck Car rental 3.00 3.00 3 Richter,

of America franchisor Cohen

SPEK Spec's Music Operates record 4.35 6.00 6 Ladenburg,

stores Thalmann

STAN Stanline Specialty 4.55 7.00 6 3/4 Wedbush,

building Noble,

products Cooke

STCLU Stellar Operates 2.10 h 3.50 3.50 Viceroy;

Communications communic. Hickey

centers

STKY Stokely U.S.A. Processes food 22.00 11.00 11 1/4 Robert W.

Baird

products

RSTUF Sunresorts Operates resort 8.40 e 7.00 6 1/2 D. H. Blair

area

SVIC Sweet Victory Low-cal dessert 5.00 5.00 5 1/8 Rooney, Pace

stores

TSOF TSO Financial Consumer 10.90 7.25 7 1/4 Kidder,

financial Peabody

products

TVXG TVX Broadcast Operates UHFTV 22.00 11.00 10 7/8 Salomon

Group stations Bros.

VV b Vestron Produces video- 70.20 13.00 13 Merrill;

cassettes Smith Barney

WCLB Warehouse Club Membership 16.50 11.00 10 7/8 Kidder,

warehouse Peabody

XYYX Xytronyx Health & 3.00 6.00 5 7/8 Paulson

veterinary investment

products

a no symbol.

b trading on NYSE.

c trading on the AMEX.

d units of 1 common + 1 warrant.

e units of 2 common + 1 warrant.

f units of 3 common + 1 warrant.

g units of 3 common + 2 warrants.

h units of 4 common EDAC + 4 warrants.

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

Offering data source: GOING PUBLIC: The IPO Reporter, 2 Penn Center Plaza, Suite 410, Philadelphia PA 19102.