IPO and Secondary Preview schedule for the week of Jan 22, 2007

Posted Jan 19th 2007 5:28PM by Joseph Lazzaro

Wall Street's equity market has a full plate of offerings on its the table, with 16 deals on the docket, including 5 IPOs.

Those deals tentatively scheduled to price include:

IPOs:

AeroViroment (AVAV), a 6.7M-share IPO for ths unmanned aircraft manufacuturer. AVAV has a $14.00-$16.00 filing range
Converted Organics (COIN), a 2M-share IPO for this fertilyzer company. COIN has a $5.00-$6.00 filing range.
Meruelo Maddux Properties (MMPI), a 40M-share IPO to pay-off debt and for other corporate purposes. MMPI has a $12.00-$14.00 filing range.
Oculus Innovative Sciences (OCLS), a 3.5M-share IPO for this developer of wound/infection treatments. OCLS has a $8.00-$10.00 filing range. This IPO was re-scheduled from December 2006.
Oritani Financial (ORIT), a 10.575M-share IPO for this savings & loan holding company.

Secondaries:

Alllis-Chambers Energy (ALY), a 4.5M-share Secondary. ALY is engaged in oilfield services.
Baldor Electric (BEZ), a 6.25M-share Secondary. BEZ designs and manufactures electric motors.
Covanta (CVA), a 5.77M-share Secondary for this diversified utility.
Edge Petroleum (EPEX), a 9.2M-share Secondary to finance the pending acquisition of oil and gas properties from Smith Production Inc. and to refinance Edge's existing revolving credit facility.
Inverness Medical Innovations (IMA), a 5M-share Secondary to repay outstanding debt and for
working capital and other general corporate purposes.
J Crew Group (JCG), a 7.5M-share Secondary to fund the business growth/development.

*Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), a 2.52M-share Secondary for this aluminum products manufacturer to repay outstanding indebtedness and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

*Medicines (MDCO), a 6M-share Secondary for this acute acre-oriented pharmaceutical company.

*RAM Energy Resources (RAME), an 11.98M-share Secondary to buy back senior notes and to reduce other revolving credit balances.

*Tower Group (TWGP), a 2.5M-share Secondary to fund a portion of its acquisition of Preserver, to redeem some preferred stock, and for general corporate purposes.

*Focus Media (FMCN), a 6.65M-share Secondary for general corporate purposes.

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