IPO & secondary weekly preview: Blackstone Group, Hertz, Omniture

Posted Jun 11th 2007 10:10AM by Joseph Lazzaro
Filed under: SEC Filings, Other Issues, Deals, Blackstone Group L.P (BX)

Wall Street's equity market offers a solid slate this week - with five IPOs and ten Secondaries on the docket.

Those deals tentatively scheduled to price include:

IPOs:

Day Undetermined:
- The Blackstone Group (BX), a 133.3M-share IPO. Morgan Stanley and Citigroup are the lead managers. Filing range: $29.00-$31.00.
Tuesday
- Biofuel Energy (BIOF), a 9.5M-share IPO for this ethanol company. JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, and AG Edwards are the lead managers. Filing range: $16.00-$18.00.
Wednesday
- Bway (BWY), an 11.765M-share IPO for this container company. Goldman Sachs and the Bank of America are the lead managers. Filing range: $16.00-$18.00.
- GeoVera Insurance (GEOV), a 5.99M-share IPO for this residential insurance company. JP Morgan Chase and Merrill Lynch are the lead managers.
Thursday
- Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (AEGR), a 5M-share IPO for this cardiovascular medicines company. Lehman Brothers is the lead manager. Filing range: $12.00-$14.00.

Secondaries:

Tuesday
- BFC Financial (AMEX: BFF), a 10M-share Secondary. JP Morgan Chase is the lead manager.
Wednesday
- Citi Trends (NASDAQ: CTRN), a 2M-share Secondary for this urban apparel company. CIBC World Markets is the lead manager.
- Hertz Global (NYSE: HTZ), a 45M-share Secondary for this car rental company. Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch are the lead managers.
- Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR), a 21M-share Secondary for this electric utility. Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers are the lead managers.
- Omniture (NASDAQ: OMTR), a 7.875M-share Secondary. Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse are the lead managers.
Thursday
- ArQule (NASDAQ: ARQL), a 7M-share Secondary for this pharmaceutical company. UBS Investment and CIBC World Markets are the lead managers.
- Artesian Resources (NASDAQ: ARTNA), a 1M-share Secondary for this water utility. Janey Montgomery Scott is the lead manager.
- CommVault Systems (NASDAQ: CVLT), a 7.5M-share Secondary for this data security company. Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch are the lead managers.
- RAM Holdings (NASDAQ: RAMR), a 4.65M-Share Secondary for this reinsurance services company. The Bank of America and Keefe Bruyette & Woods are the lead managers.
Friday
- Wireless Ronin Technologies (RNIN), a 4M-share Secondary for this wireless PDAs company. Think Equities and Feltl & Company are the lead managers.

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