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KBW, Inc.
Two World Trade Center, 85th Floor, New York, NY 10048 * (212) 323-8300
Business Description The company is an institutionally oriented investment banking firm that is a nationally recognized authority on the commercial banking and thrift industries, which has been the Company's primary focus since its inception in 1962.
Filing
Information

IPO has been
withdrawn

To Trade As  KBW (NYSE) Industry  Financial (SIC 6211)
Type of Stock Offered Common Shares Filing Date  04/16/1999
Domestic Shares Filed 4,722,000 Filing Range  $17.00 - $19.00
Foreign Shares Filed  0 Offering Amount  $84,996,000
Company Shares  2,361,000 Est. Expenses  - -
Selling Shrhldrs Shares  2,361,000 Post-IPO Shares  16,932,345
Employees  143
Primary
Underwriting
Group
Underwriter NameParticipationUnderwriter Phone
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. Lead Manager (212) 371-0641
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Co-manager (212) 902-5959
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. Co-manager (212) 323-8470
Income
Statement
and
Cash Flow
Summary
  Prior
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
  Full Year Audited Figures - - Months Ending
Figures in U.S. millions except per share data 12/31/1993 12/31/1995 12/31/1996 12/31/1997 12/31/1998    
Revenues   46.534 66.260 86.604 143.019 155.445 - -
Income from Oper.   - - - - - - -
Net Income   8.331 15.326 17.945 37.312 30.780 - -
E.P.S   9.730 17.950 1.330 2.690 2.120 - -
Revenue Growth (%)      42.39 30.70 65.14 8.688   -
Net Income Growth (%)      83.96 17.09 107.92 -17.51   -
Oper. Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Net Profit Margin (%)    17.90 23.13 20.72 26.09 19.80 - -
Cash Flow - Oper.     -8.80 - -
Cash Flow - Inv.     2.08 - -
Cash Flow - Fin.     5.06 - -
Balance Sheet
Summary
and
Financial
Ratios
Balance sheet as of: 12/31/1998 Financial Ratios
Total Assets    221.54 Current Assets    - Current Ratio    -
Total Liab.    49.50 Current Liab.    - Debt Ratio    22.34%
Total Equity    172.05 Working Cap.    - Debt to Equity Ratio    0.29
Cash    4.75    Return on Assets   13.89%
Use Of
Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for general corporate purposes.
Legal Counsel
Registrar
Auditor
Issuer's Law Firm  Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Bank's Law Firm  Brown & Wood
Auditor  KPMG Peat Marwick
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Industry
Competition
The Company is engaged in the highly competitive securities brokerage and financial services businesses. It competes directly with large Wall Street securities firms, regional securities firms and securities subsidiaries of major commercial bank holding companies as well as companies, such as Instinet(R), that provide electronic communications networks ("ECNs") that permit subscribers to bypass brokers and trade directly among themselves. The Company's industry focus also subjects it to direct competition from a number of specialty securities firms and smaller investment banking boutiques that specialize in providing services to the financial services industry. Competition from commercial banks has increased because of recent acquisitions of securities firms by commercial banks, as well as because of internal expansion by commercial banks into the securities business. In addition, 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 reduce or eliminate certain restrictions on commercial banks. Many of the Company's competitors have greater capital, personnel and financial resources than the Company. Larger competitors, for example, are able to offer their customers access to international markets and other products and services not offered by the Company, which may provide such firms with competitive advantages over the Company. Industry developments, such as the emergence of ECNs, may materially reduce the Company's revenues from sales and trading. In recent years, competitive pressures have reduced market making spreads and underwriting and agency spreads for corporate finance transactions. This trend is expected to continue. Such reductions could adversely affect the Company's operating results.

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