| Ticker: GRY | 6767 Forest Lawn Drive, Suite 300 | |
| Exchange: New York Stock Exchange | Los Angeles, California 90068 | |
| Industry: Construction | (213) 436-6300 |
| Type of Shares: | Common Shares | Filing Date: | 2/15/96 | |
| U.S. Shares: | 5,000,000 | Offer Date: | 6/20/96 | |
| Non-U.S. Shares: | 0 | Filing Range: | $14.00 - $16.00 | |
| Primary Shares: | 4,562,900 | Offer Price: | $13.00 | |
| Secondary Shares: | 437,100 | Gross Spread: | $0.91 | |
| Offering Amount: | $75,000,000 | Selling: | $0.53 | |
| Expenses: | $575,000 | Reallowance: | $0.10 | |
| Shares Out After: | 14,959,741 | |||
| Spin out parent firm: | Warburg Pincus Investors, L.P. | |||
| Manager | Tier | Phone |
| Smith Barney Inc. | Lead Manager | (718) 921-8473 |
| Lehman Brothers Incorporated | Co-manager | (212) 640-6129 |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated | Co-manager | (212) 703-4797 |
| Robertson, Stephens & Company | Co-manager | (415) 989-8500 |
| Auditor: Ernst & Young | |||||
| Audited Income | Latest Unaudited Income | Prior Unaudited Income | Balance Sheet | ||
| 12/31/95 | 3/31/96 | 3/31/95 | 3/31/96 | ||
| Revenue: | $293.92 | $63.54 | $34.73 | Assets: | $296.06 |
| Net Income: | $15.02 | $1.90 | $0.52 | Liabilities: | $168.27 |
| EPS: | $0.69 | $0.13 | $0.02 | Equity: | $127.79 |
Note: Dollar amounts are in U.S. millions; Audited figures expressed as full year, unaudited figures are partial year | |||||
| Business Description |
| The company is a leading regional builder of high quality, single family homes primarily targeted to first time and move-up homebuyers in infill and emerging markets located throughout Northern and Southern California. The company's operations are geographically diverse within California, with 53 residential projects in 12 countries. In December 1995, the company further expanded its operations through the acquisition of four residential projects in Las Vegas, Nevada and three residential projects in Phoenix, Arizona. Since commencing its homebuilding operations in 1992, revenues have grown rapidly from $26.2 million to $293.9 million in 1995, with pretax income increasing from a loss of $5.7 million to a profit of $17.5 million over the same period. The number of homes closed during that period increased from 135 in 1992 to 1,374 in 1995. In the first quarter of 1996, revenues increased by 83% to $63.5 million as compared to $34.7 million for the same quarter of 1995, with pretax income increasing to $3.2 million in the first quarter of 1996 from $0.5 million in the first quarter of 1995. |
| Use of Proceeds |
| The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to redeem its outstanding Series A preferred stock and other general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures and working capital. |
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