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Equities By U.S. Corporations Excluding IPOs
Issuer’s Counsel Rank By
Number Of Issues		 Number Of
Issues		 Proceeds
(Millions)		 Underwriter’s Counsel Rank By
Number Of Issues		 Number Of
Issues		 Proceeds
(Millions)
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood 1 31 $2,375 Davis Polk & Wardwell 1 80 $22,230
Latham & Watkins 2 25 3,687 Shearman & Sterling 2 43 10,443
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 2 25 5,829 Sidley Austin Brown & Wood 2 43 5,154
Vinson & Elkins 4 24 4,035 Cravath, Swaine & Moore 4 41 10,410
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 5 18 5,351 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 5 36 9,639
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 5 18 1,989
Includes secondaries, convertible bonds, convertible and nonconvertible preferred stock, and firmly underwritten rule 144a transactions announced in 2004.
Source: Thomson Financial

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IPOs
Issuer’s Counsel Rank By
Number Of Issues		 Number Of
Issues		 Proceeds
(Millions)		 Underwriter’s Counsel Rank By
Number Of Issues		 Number Of
Issues		 Proceeds
(Millions)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 1 16 $4,284 Latham & Watkins 1 20 $3,004
Latham & Watkins 2 13 2,673 Sullivan & Cromwell 2 16 4,831
Cooley Godward 3 11 738 Shearman & Sterling 3 13 2,271
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 4 9 2,382 Cravath, Swaine & Moore 4 12 3,736
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 5 8 5,065 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 4 12 4,967
Includes publicly registered IPOs by U.S. and foreign corporations in the U.S. marketplace in 2004.
Source: Thomson Financial