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2001 Fourth Quarter Review - Industry Report: Business Services Charts: [ Total Amount Raised | Average Amount Raised | Number of Offerings ] Report Criteria Report Type: Offer to Most Recent Quote Period: 10/2001 - 12/2001 Sort Criteria: Percentage Change Industry: Business Services Securities Types: Common Stock, ADS Underwriting Types: Firm Committment Region(s): all regions Foreign Companies: included Report Statistics Number of IPOs: 5 Largest Company: Principal Financial Group, Inc. Smallest Company: The Advisory Board Best Performer: Cross Country, Inc. (+55.8%) Worst Performer: The Aluminium Corp of China Ltd. (Chalco) (-1.4%) Total Amount Raised: $3180.1 Mil. Average Amount Raised: $636.0 Mil. Average Percentage Change: +29.18 % Company Symbol Offer Date Offer Price Close Price on 12/31/01 Percent Change Market Value ($Mil) Cross Country, Inc. CCRN 10/25 $17.00 $26.50 +55.8% $822.0   The Advisory Board ABCO 11/13 $19.00 $27.70 +45.8% $339.2   Principal Financial Group, Inc. PFG 10/23 $18.50 $24.00 +29.2% $8640.0   Aramark Worldwide Corp RMK 12/11 $23.00 $26.90 +16.5% $4858.1   The Aluminium Corp of China Ltd. (Chalco) ACH 12/06 $17.70 $17.48 -1.4% $1809.7     Copyright 2002 IPO Monitor. All rights reserved. Redistribution or publication of this content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of IPO Monitor. This information is provided AS-IS, without any warranty of any kind. IPO Monitor makes no claims concerning the accuracy or validity of the information, and shall not be held liable for any errors, delays, omissions or use thereof. Please report problems with this site to: ipo-admin@ipomonitor.com