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HCA Holdings, Inc. has filed an IPO. In their filing, HCA Holdings, Inc. is offering 124,000,000 shares of common stock. This figure is comprised of 87,719,300 shares of common stock offered by HCA Holdings, Inc. and 36,280,700 shares of common stock offered by the selling stockholders. They expect the price for the shares to be between $27.00 and $30.00 for this offering.

Located in Nashville, TN, HCA Holdings, Inc. is the biggest non-governmental hospital operator in the U.S. and is a comprehensive, integrated provider of health care and other related services. As of December 31, 2010, they operated a portfolio of 164 hospitals, with around 41,000 beds, and 106 freestanding surgery centers across 20 states in the U.S. and in England. For the year ending December 31, 2010, they generated revenues of $30.683 billion.

Their growth strategy is to increase their presence in existing markets as well as to have the best performance in clinical and customer satisfaction. In addition to this, then intend to employ more physicians that will meet their high quality service needs.

The net proceeds, after deducting all of the expenses, will be approximately $2.4 billion, assuming that the shares are sold at the mid point of the estimated price range at $28.50. The proceeds will be used to repay existing debts in addition to general corporate purposes.

HCA Holdings, Inc. has applied to have their common stock listed on the NYSE under the symbol “HCA”.

The primary underwriters involved in this filing are: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC., Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC., Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley

Nexsan Corp. has filed an IPO. In their filing, Nexsan Corp. does not specify the quantity or price of the shares of their common stock is being offered. In addition to this, 116,000 shares are being sold by the selling stockholder.

Located in Thousand Oaks, California, Nexsan Corp. is a leading provider or disk based storage systems that allow mid-sized organizations to store their digital information. Their products optimize the efficient storage and protection of unstructured data, which is the kind of data that mid-sized organizations are increasingly producing.

The company services several markets including, medical, digital surveillance, local government, scientific and research, museums and archives, gaming, law enforcement, financial, transportation and cloud storage. To date, they have shipped over 27,000 systems in over 60 countries.

The goal for Nexsan Corp. is to be the leading provider of disk based storage for mid-sized organizations world wide. They aim to target these organizations’ use of capacity-optimized storage, evolve and expand their storage platform and expand their software to become the leading independent provider to the channel.

The amount of proceeds to be generated for this offering is unknown, since the quantity and price are not yet specified. However, Nexsan Corp. intends to use the net proceeds for working capital and other operational expenses.

Nexsan Corp. have received their approval for listing their common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “NXSN”.

The underwriters involved with this filing are, Piper Jaffray & Co., William Blair & Company, LLC. and Needham & Company, LLC.

Lone Pine Resources, Inc. is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Forest Oil Corporation. They are an independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company that has operations in Canada in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec and the Northwest Territories. The company was incorporated in Delaware in September 2010. Their principle offices are located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

As of December 31, 2010, the company had approximately 1.1 million gross acres of land (0.8 million net), and approximately 80% of this was undeveloped. They also had approximately 181 gross (139 net) proved undeveloped drilling locations and approximately 3,700 gross (2,500 net) identified drilling locations.

Their business strategy is to develop more resources by applying horizontal drilling and other new technologies. In addition to this they plan to focus on operational control and cost effectiveness to make their programs more economical and to enhance their returns.

Despite not knowing the quantity and price of their offering, the company plans to use the net proceeds to repay outstanding debts and the remainder will be used for corporate purposes and for working capital.

Lone Pine Resources, Inc. has filed to have their common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “LPR”. They also intend to list their common stock on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the same symbol. The underwriter involved with this filing is J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC.

State Investors Bancorp, Inc. is a Metairie, Louisiana corporation that was recently formed. Their principal activity will be the ownership of all of the outstanding common stock of State-Investors Bank.

State-Investors Bank is a federally chartered mutual savings bank. As of December 31, 2010, the bank had total assets of $208.7 million, deposits of $159.1 million and total equity of $21.3 million.

Following the conversion and offering, State-Investors Bank will be wholly owned by State Investors Bancorp. A minimum of 1,870,000 shares must be sold in order for the filing to be completed.

The net proceeds after the offering expenses are deducted will be approximately $24,212,000. State Investors Bancorp intends to use the net proceeds to loan funds to the employee stock ownership plan. Over time, State Investors Bancorp, may also use the proceeds to invest in securities, to repurchase shares of its common stock and for general corporate purposes.

State Investors Bancorp, Inc. intend to list their stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “SIBC”. The underwriter involved with this filing is Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.

Located in Austin, Texas, Newgistics, Inc. is a leading U.S. provider of technology-enabled parcel and freight transportation solutions that provide services to direct-to-consumer retailers, manufacturers, distributors and logistics. They offer two business segments: parcel solutions and freight services.

Over the last four years, they have experienced substantial growth in their operating income. Their current strategy is to improve their position as a leading provider of parcel transportation and to grow their freight solutions through an increased customer base, increase their volumes and to pursue strategic acquisitions.

The amount of proceeds to be generated for this offering is unknown, since the quantity and price are not yet specified. However, Newgistics, Inc. intends to use the net proceeds to redeem all of their outstanding shares of series F preferred stock and accrued dividends for approximately $12.2 million in addition to using the funds for general corporate purposes and working capital.

The company’s shares are not yet traded on any market or securities exchange, however, Newgistics, Inc. intends to apply for their common stock to be listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “NEWG”. The underwriters involved in this filing are, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc., Piper Jaffray & Co., BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott and Stringfellow, LLC., and William Blair & Company, LLC.

TMS International Corp. are the largest provider of outsourced industrial services to steel mills in North America, as measured by revenue and international presence. They offer the most comprehensive suite of outsourced industrial services to the steel industries. Their services are critical to their customers’ 24-hour-a-day operations, and enables them to generate cost savings and operational efficiencies. Their customer base includes 12 of the top 15 global steel producers including, United States Steel, Baosteel, ArcelorMittal and Gerdau.

Their services include, scrap management and preparation, semi-finished and finished material handling, metal recovery and slag handling, surface conditioning, raw materials procurement and logistics and more. Their business model is characterized by long-term contracts which enable a a strong cash flow.

They intent to continue to grow in the international markets and to expand their service offerings to their customers. They will also selective pursue acquisitions and partnerships. All of these things will allow TMS International Corp. to maximize their profit potential.

Despite not knowing the quantity and price of their offering, the company plans to use the net proceeds to repay certain debts and also for general corporate purposes.

TMS International Corp. has applied for their stock to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TMS”. The underwriters involved in this filing are: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC. and J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC.

Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, Fusion-io, Inc. is a company that has pioneered the next generation storage memory platform for the decentralization of data. Their platform significantly improves the capabilities in a data-center by relocating process-critical data from the centralized storage to the server where the data is being processed. Their hardware and software solutions allow for increased efficiency, enterprise grade performance, reliability and manageability. They currently sell their solutions through their global sales force and equipment manufacturers including Dell, HP and IMB and other partners. Since their inception, Fusion-io, Inc. has shipped solutions of over 20 petabytes of enterprise class storage memory to over 1,000 end users.

The amount of proceeds to be generated for this offering is unknown, since the quantity and price are not yet specified. However, Fusion-io, Inc. intends to use the net proceeds from this offering as working capital and for other corporate purposes. This may also include acquisitions of, or investments in other businesses or technologies.

Fusion-io, Inc. intend to list their common stock on the NYSE under the symbol “FIO”. The underwriters associated with this filing are, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC.

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Universal Business Payment Solutions Acquisition Corp. is a blank check corporation that was incorporated in Delaware in November 2010. They were formed to acquire, through a merger, share exchanges, asset acquisitions, stock purchases, plans of arrangement, recapitalizations and reorganizations. They expect to focus on the financial services industry, but they do not intend to limit their search to a particular geographic location or industry.

There are significant risks involved with investing in this company, since they do not have an operating history and investors will not have a basis to evaluate their ability to achieve their business objective.

Provided all of the units are sold, the net proceeds will be around $72,720,000 after deducting the offering expenses which will be around $2,510,000. The net proceeds will be used to pay for general operating expenses, including accounting fees, legal fees and administrative fees and also for working capital.

The company’s shares are not yet traded on any market or securities exchange.  The underwriters involved with this filing are EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC.