2008 Performance Rankings
Company Name Date Offer Price First Day Close Year End Price First Day Return Aftermarket Return Total Return
American Capital Age / AGNC 05/14/08 $20.00 $19.35 $21.36 -3.3 % 10.4 % 6.8 %
American Water Works / AWK 04/22/08 $21.50 $20.60 $20.88 -4.2 % 1.4 % -2.9 %
ArcSight / ARST 02/13/08 $9.00 $8.78 $8.01 -2.4 % -8.8 % -11.0 %
Asia Special Situati / CIO-U 01/16/08 $10.00 $9.98 $9.00 -0.2 % -9.8 % -10.0 %
Asia Time Corporatio / TYM 02/11/08 $3.50 $8.50 $0.85 142.9 % -90.0 % -75.7 %
ATA Inc. / ATAI 01/28/08 $9.50 $8.75 $5.09 -7.9 % -41.8 % -46.4 %
Atlas Acquisition Ho / AXG-U 01/24/08 $10.00 $9.95 $9.10 -0.5 % -8.5 % -9.0 %
BioHeart / BHRT 02/18/08 $5.25 $5.00 $0.99 -4.8 % -80.2 % -81.1 %
BPW Acquisition Corp / BPW-U 02/26/08 $10.00 $9.80 $8.82 -2.0 % -10.0 % -11.8 %
Britannia Bulk Holdi / BBLKF 06/17/08 $15.00 $13.85 $0.01 -7.7 % -99.9 % -99.9 %
CardioNet / BEAT 03/18/08 $18.00 $17.70 $24.65 -1.7 % 39.3 % 36.9 %
Cascal / HOO 01/28/08 $12.00 $12.00 $4.02 0.0 % -66.5 % -66.5 %
Chardan 2008 China A / CACAU 08/11/08 $8.00 $8.12 $6.50 1.5 % -20.0 % -18.8 %
China Distance Educa / DL 07/29/08 $7.00 $6.63 $3.98 -5.3 % -40.0 % -43.1 %
China Mass Media Adv / CMM 08/03/08 $6.80 $6.50 $1.42 -4.4 % -78.2 % -79.2 %
Colfax / CFX 05/07/08 $18.00 $21.00 $10.39 16.7 % -50.5 % -42.3 %
Energy Recovery / ERII 07/01/08 $8.50 $9.83 $7.58 15.6 % -22.9 % -10.8 %
GHL Acquisition Corp / GHQ-U 02/14/08 $10.00 $9.70 $9.00 -3.0 % -7.2 % -10.0 %
Grand Canyon Educati / LOPE 11/19/08 $12.00 $11.85 $18.78 -1.3 % 58.5 % 56.5 %
GT Solar Internation / SOLR 07/23/08 $16.50 $14.59 $2.89 -11.6 % -80.2 % -82.5 %
Hatteras Financial / HTS 04/24/08 $24.00 $24.68 $26.60 2.8 % 7.8 % 10.8 %
Heritage-Crystal Cle / HCCI 03/11/08 $11.50 $14.19 $11.60 23.4 % -18.3 % 0.9 %
Intrepid Potash / IPI 04/21/08 $32.00 $50.40 $20.77 57.5 % -58.8 % -35.1 %
IPC The Hospitalist / IPCM 01/24/08 $16.00 $20.48 $16.83 28.0 % -17.8 % 5.2 %
MAKO Surgical / MAKO 02/14/08 $10.00 $9.18 $6.68 -8.2 % -27.2 % -33.2 %
Navios Maritime Acqu / NNA-U 06/25/08 $10.00 $10.05 $8.85 0.5 % -11.9 % -11.5 %
North Asia Investmen / NHR-U 07/23/08 $10.00 $9.69 $8.54 -3.1 % -11.9 % -14.6 %
Overture Acquisition / NLX-U 01/30/08 $10.00 $9.82 $9.00 -1.8 % -8.4 % -10.0 %
Pioneer Southwest En / PSE 04/30/08 $19.00 $19.65 $13.70 3.4 % -30.3 % -27.9 %
Polaris Acquisition / TKP-U 01/14/08 $10.00 $10.00 $8.85 0.0 % -11.5 % -11.5 %
Rackspace Hosting / RAX 08/07/08 $12.50 $10.01 $5.38 -19.9 % -46.3 % -57.0 %
Real Goods Solar / RSOL 05/07/08 $10.00 $8.80 $3.65 -12.0 % -58.5 % -63.5 %
ReneSola / SOL 01/28/08 $13.00 $12.99 $4.41 -0.1 % -66.1 % -66.1 %
RHI Entertainment / RHIE 06/17/08 $14.00 $13.50 $8.12 -3.6 % -39.9 % -42.0 %
RiskMetrics Group / RISK 01/24/08 $17.50 $23.75 $14.89 35.7 % -37.3 % -14.9 %
Safe Bulkers / SB 05/28/08 $19.00 $18.90 $6.68 -0.5 % -64.7 % -64.8 %
Sapphire Industrials / FYR-U 01/18/08 $10.00 $9.98 $9.26 -0.2 % -7.2 % -7.4 %
Sports Properties Ac / HMR-U 01/18/08 $10.00 $10.12 $8.95 1.2 % -11.6 % -10.5 %
Trian Acquisition I / TUX-U 01/24/08 $10.00 $10.04 $9.15 0.4 % -8.9 % -8.5 %
Verso Paper / VRS 05/14/08 $12.00 $10.00 $1.03 -16.7 % -89.7 % -91.4 %
Visa / V 03/18/08 $44.00 $56.50 $52.45 28.4 % -7.2 % 19.2 %
Western Gas Partners / WES 05/08/08 $16.50 $16.50 $12.83 0.0 % -22.2 % -22.2 %
Whiting USA Trust I / WHX 04/24/08 $20.00 $20.85 $10.88 4.3 % -47.8 % -45.6 %
Williams Pipeline Pa / WMZ 01/17/08 $20.00 $20.00 $14.17 0.0 % -29.2 % -29.2 %