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IPO Scorecard

Total Number Of IPO Pricings

Fourth Quarter 2007 Fourth Quarter 2008 Third Quarter 2008
Total Number 71 1 5
Total Value $13.3 billion $0.1 billion $0.9 billion
Average Value $187.6 million $126.0 million $183.3 million

IPO Pricings By Industry (Last Quarter)

Industry Number of
Companies
Percent of
Total
Education 1 100.0%

Top Ten Performing IPOs (trailing twelve months)

Company Name Return (to latest close)
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. 58%
CardioNet, Inc. 33%
Visa Inc. 21%
Hatteras Financial Corp. 11%
American Capital Agency Corp. 5%
IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. 2%
Heritage-Crystal Clean, LLC 1%
ArcSight, Inc. 1%
American Water Works Company, Inc. (2%)
Hong Kong Highpower Technology, Inc. (2%)