Article: ICOS GETS $313.5M OFFERING THROUGH, DESPITE TIGHT MARKET.(Biotechnology firm's initial public offering)(Brief Article)

In a stiff fund-raising year - a year that has seen an 82 percent reduction in the amount of funds raised through public offerings - ICOS Corp. pulled off the largest public stock offering in 2001, pricing 5.5 million shares at $57 and raking in $313.5 million.

With underwriters having an option for another 815,789 shares to cover overallotments, the total take could be about $360 million. Credit Suisse First Boston Corp., of New York, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., of New York, are joint lead managers. SG Cowen Securities Corp., of New York; Banc of America Securities LLC, of New York; and Robertson Stephens Inc., of San Francisco, are ...

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