IPO & secondary preview -- Week of Oct. 1, 2007

Posted Oct 2nd 2007 9:50AM by Joseph Lazzaro
Filed under: SEC Filings, Other Issues, Deals, Initial Public Offerings

Wall Street's equity market offers a full schedule this week, with 8 IPOs and 5 Secondaries on the docket.

Those deals tentatively scheduled to price include:

IPOs:

Possible

Merrion Pharmaceuticals (MERR), a 4M-share IPO for this pharmaceuticals company. Punk Zeigel is the lead manager. Filing range: $10.00-$12.00.

Early Week

Liberty Acquisition (LIA), an 86.25M-share IPO for this reorganization services company. Citigoup is the lead manager.

Wednesday

Bioheart (BHRT), a 3.575M-share IPO for this heart treatments. Merriman is the lead manager.
Constant Contact (CTCT), a 6.7M-share IPO for this web mail marketing company. CIBC and Thomas Weisel are the lead managers. Filing range: $12.00-$14.00
SP Acquisition (DSP), a 34.5M-share IPO for this blank check investment company. UBS Investment and Ledenburg, Thalmann are the lead managers. Filing price: $10.00.

Thursday

Main Street Capital (MAIN), a 5M-share IPO. Morgan Keegan and BB & T Capital Markets are the lead managers. Filing price: $15.00.

Friday

China Digital (STV), a 12M-share IPO for this digital media company. Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse are the lead managers. Filing range: $11.00-$13.00.
MAP Pharmaceuticals (MAPP), a 5M-share IPO for this repository medicines company. Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank are the lead managers. Filing range: $14.00-$16.00.

Secondaries:

Wednesday

AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU), a 61M-share Secondary for this mining company. Goldman Sachs and UBS Investment are the lead managers.
Sierra Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIR), a 3.5M-share Secondary for this telecommunications equipment company. CIBC is the lead manager.

Thursday

Aircastle (NYSE: AYR), a 20M-share Secondary for this aircraft leasing company. JP Morgan, Bear Stearns, and Citigroup are the lead managers.
Solera Holdings (NYSE: SLH), an 18.1M-share Secondary for this insurance software company. Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase are the lead managers.
FTI Consulting (NYSE: FCN), a 4.2M-share Secondary for this reorganization services company. Duetsche Bank, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs are the lead managers.

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