| IPO Company Profile |
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| Freedom Securities Corporation |
| One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108 * (617) 725-2000 |
| The company through its two brokerage subsidiaries, Tucker Anthony Incorporated and Sutro & Co. Inc. and its asset management subsidiary Freedom Capital Management Corporation is a full service, regionally focused retail brokerage and investment firm. |
| Manager | Tier | Phone |
| Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. | Lead Manager | (212) 371-0641 |
| CS First Boston | Co-manager | (212) 325-2000 |
| Sutro & Company Inc. | Co-manager | (415) 445-8323 |
| Tucker Anthony Incorporated | Co-manager | (800) 453-8205 |
| NYSE: | FSI | Financial: | SIC 6211 | |
| Type of Shares: | Common Shares | Filing Date: | 1/26/98 | |
| U.S. Shares: | 7,400,000 | Offer Date: | 4/1/98 | |
| Non-U.S. Shares: | 0 | Filing Range: | $17.00 - $19.00 | |
| Primary Shares: | 4,200,000 | Offer Price: | $20.00 | |
| Secondary Shares: | 3,200,000 | Gross Spread: | $1.35 | |
| Offering Amount: | $133,200,000 | Selling: | $0.81 | |
| Expenses: | $0 | Reallowance: | $0.10 | |
| Post-IPO Shares: | 19,100,000 | |||
| Employees: | 1812 |
| Issuer's Law Firm: | Hutchins Wheeler & Dittmar |
| Bank's Law Firm: | Davis, Polk & Wardwell |
| Auditor: | Ernst & Young |
Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data | |||||
| Full Year Audited Income | Latest Unaudited Income | Prior Audited Income | Balance Sheet | ||
| 12/31/97 | 12/31/97 | ||||
| Revenue: | $398.20 | Assets: | $727.60 | ||
| Net Income: | $18.70 | Curr Assets: | |||
| EPS: | $2.19 | Liabilities: | $625.30 | ||
| Prior EPS: | Curr Liab: | ||||
| Cash Flow/Oper: | $13.62 | Equity: | $102.30 | ||
| Cash Flow/Fin: | -$6.64 | Cash: | $12.94 | ||
| Cash Flow/Inv: | -$1.28 | ||||
| Competition |
| The Company competes directly with national and regional full service broker-dealers and, to a lesser extent, with discount brokers, dealers, investment banking firms, investment advisors and certain commercial banks. In addition, the Company competes indirectly for investment assets with insurance companies and others. In addition to competition from firms currently in the securities business, domestic commercial banks and investment banking boutiques have recently entered the business. In recent years, large international banks have entered the markets served by United States investment banks, including the markets in which the Company competes. The Company expects competition from domestic and international banks to increase as a result of recent and anticipated legislative and regulatory initiatives in the United States to remove or relieve certain restrictions on commercial banks relating to the sale of securities. The financial services industry has become considerably more concentrated as numerous securities firms have either ceased operations or have been acquired by or merged into other firms. Such mergers and acquisitions have increased competition from these firms, many of which have significantly greater equity capital and financial and other resources than the Company. The Company also faces competition from a rapidly developing industry comprised of companies offering discount and/or electronic brokerage services. These competitors may have lower costs and may offer their customers more attractive pricing or other terms than those offered by the Company. |
| Business Plan |
| The key elements of the company's strategy include: (I) Enhance Personalized, High-End Service, (ii) Improve Profitability of Retail Brokerage Operations, (iii) Expand Regional and Specialty Investment Banking Activities, (iv) Increase Asset Management Business and (v) Achieve Growth Through Strategic Acquisitions and Other Opportunities. |
| Use of Proceeds |
| The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to repay existing credit facilities. |