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Aspect Medical Systems, Inc.
Two Vision Drive, Natick, MA 01760 * (508) 653-0603
Business Description The company develops, manufactures and markets anesthesia monitoring systems that enable anesthesia providers to assess levels of consciousness and administer the appropriate amount of anesthetics during surgery.
Offering
Information

Company has
gone public

Trading As  ASPM (NASNTL) Industry  Manufacturing (SIC 3845)
Type of Stock Offered  Common Shares Filing Date  6/25/98
Domestic Shares Offered  3,500,000 Offer Date  1/27/00
Foreign Shares Offered  0 Filing Range  $13.00 - $15.00
Company Shares  3,500,000 Offer Price  $15.00
Selling Shrhldrs Shares  0 Gross Spread  $1.050
Gross Proceeds  $52,500,000 Selling  $0.630
Expenses  - - Reallowance  $0.100
Post-IPO Shares  - - Employees  77
Primary
Underwriting
Group
Underwriter NameParticipationUnderwriter Phone
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Lead Manager (212) 761-5900
Deutsch Banc Alex. Brown Co-manager (410) 727-1700
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Co-manager (612) 342-6220
Income
Statement
and
Cash Flow
Summary
  Prior
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
  Full Year Audited Figures 3 Months Ending
Figures in U.S. millions except per share data 12/31/93 12/31/94 12/31/95 12/31/96 12/31/97 3/29/97 4/4/98
Revenues   0.155 0.852 1.067 1.389 3.068 0.415 1.733
Income from Oper.   - - - - -10.308 -2.224 -2.941
Net Income   -3.657 -4.260 -5.546 -5.396 -9.886 -2.166 -2.817
E.P.S   - - - - -1.280 - -0.300
Revenue Growth (%)      449.68 25.23 30.18 120.878   317.59
Net Income Growth (%)      - - - -   -
Oper. Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Net Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Cash Flow - Oper.     -8.75 -2.12 -2.64
Cash Flow - Inv.     -4.69 -2.03 -3.03
Cash Flow - Fin.     12.46 12.63 11.58
Balance Sheet
Summary
and
Financial
Ratios
Balance sheet as of: 4/4/98 Financial Ratios
Total Assets    17.46 Current Assets    15.45 Current Ratio    3.43
Total Liab.    4.58 Current Liab.    4.50 Debt Ratio    26.25%
Total Equity    12.87 Working Cap.    10.95 Debt to Equity Ratio    0.36
Cash    13.21    Return on Assets   -
Use Of
Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to fund sales and marketing, research and development, the sales-type lease program, possible acquisitions and working capital and for general corporate purposes.
Legal Counsel
Registrar
Auditor
Issuer's Law Firm  Hale and Dorr
Bank's Law Firm  Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault
Auditor  Arthur Andersen
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Industry
Competition
The Company believes that competition will initially come from companies, including patient monitoring companies, currently marketing conventional EEG monitors utilizing standard signal-processing techniques such as the Spectral Edge Frequency and Median Frequency or from companies that market EEG monitors utilizing novel signal-processing technologies, including at least two companies that are currently conducting clinical trials on products under development. Additionally, a number of academic researchers worldwide are studying the potential use of other techniques to measure the effects of anesthetics, including the use of auditory evoked potentials, heart rate variability, pupillary reflexes and skin blood flow measurement techniques. Competitors that develop a product that is substantially equivalent to an FDA-cleared product developed by the Company may use the Company's product as a predicate device to obtain more quickly FDA clearance under the 510(k) process. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that competitors will not develop and market products that compete with any of the Company's products in less time than it took the Company to develop its products. Further, the Company may face substantial competition from companies developing sensor products that compete with the Company's proprietary BIS Sensors for use with the Company's BIS monitors.
Business
Plan
The company's objective is to become a major multinational anesthesia-monitoring company by establishing BIS monitoring as the standard of practice in anesthesia and sedation monitoring. Key elements of the Company's strategy to accomplish its objective include the following: (i) Direct Sales Force for Rapid Commercialization, (ii) Clinical Specialists to Educate and to Promote the Use of Aspect's BIS System, (iii) OEM Relationships to Broaden Distribution Channels, (iv) Technological Leadership and (v) New Product Development.

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