BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 16, 2000 ISSUE
SPECIAL REPORT

A Pipeline to Losses?


LBO funds made huge investments in stocks of public companies this year. 
Many of these controversial PIPEs are showing big losses...

                                        AMOUNT SINCE        STOCK-
                                         INVESTMENT         PRICE
FUND                COMPANY               MILLIONS          CHANGE*

HICKS MUSE          ICG                    $230              -98%

BAIN/T.H. LEE       US LEC Corp             200              -79

KKR                 CAIS Internet           100              -73

TEXAS PACIFIC       Convergent              150              -74
                    Communications

T.H. LEE            Conseco                 470              -57

CS FIRST BOSTON     Winstar                 300              -56

APOLLO              Allied Waste            440              -37

SILVER LAKE         Gartner Group           200              -21

BLACKSTONE          Sirrius Satellite       200              +76

T.H. LEE            Metris                  300             +533


* Reflects percent change in stock price since day before announcement of 
investment to end of trading 10/3/00

DATA: BUSINESS WEEK


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