PlacementTracker Publishes Q3 2004 PIPE Market League Tables


SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Sagient Research Systems (OTCBB:SRYS), a leading publisher of independent research for the financial services and institutional investment communities, today announced that Roth Capital Partners, LLC ranked as the No. 1 investment bank in the PIPE market in the third quarter of 2004 for total number of transactions and that UBS Investment Bank ranked as the No. 1 investment bank in the PIPE market in the third quarter of 2004 for total dollars raised. Laurus Funds topped the list of most active institutional investors during the third quarter of 2004.

PlacementTracker, a flagship product of Sagient Research Systems, is well recognized as the leading provider of research, data, and analytics covering the PIPE market.

Commenting on the League Tables, Robert F. Kyle, executive vice president of Sagient Research said, "A slowing in PIPE market activity that started in the second quarter continued in the third quarter of 2004. We believe that the weakness and low liquidity in the general market were the main catalysts for the decreased activity. In addition, pending regulatory action and uncertainty surrounding the upcoming presidential election may have contributed to the slowdown. In response to these conditions, we also took note of a slight up-tick in the issuance of Structured PIPEs (PIPEs that involve some degree of contractual price protection). Overall, we expect that 2004 will finish strong in the PIPE market and propel us to near-record levels for completed transactions. As always, we congratulate all of the active agents and investors in the PIPE market for their third quarter performance, especially those leaders who topped the League Tables. Many of these firms are long-time clients of PlacementTracker, and we look forward to continuing to provide them with industry leading data, research, and analytics to help keep them on top of this market."

PlacementTracker's dynamically updating League Tables are now available online at: http://www.sagientresearch.com/pt/leaguetables.cfm.



    The Q3 2004 PIPE Market Investment Banking League Table
                   By Dollar Amount Raised:

 Placement Agent Name   Transaction Count   Total Amount Raised

  UBS Investment Bank             1               $92,016,994
  CIBC World Markets              2               $84,371,988
  Lazard Freres & Co.,
   LLC.                           2               $73,344,985
  Banc of America
   Securities, LLC.               3               $53,345,000
  Roth Capital
   Partners, LLC.                 7               $52,485,481
  SG Cowen & Co., LLC.            2               $41,491,419
  Aton Securities, Inc.           2               $40,837,360
  The Kriegsman Group             1               $40,000,000
  The Shemano Group, Inc.         4               $36,500,000
  Tejas Securities Group,
   Inc.                           1               $31,500,000
  Rodman & Renshaw, LLC.          3               $30,750,000
  ThinkEquity Partners            1               $27,507,970
  Burnham Hill Partners           3               $26,139,042
  C.E. Unterberg, Towbin          2               $21,679,870
  Carnegie ASA                    1               $21,654,960
  Enskilda Securities ASA         1               $21,654,960
  Fearnley Fonds ASA              1               $21,654,960
  Credifinance Securities
   Limited                        1               $18,337,360
  Cohen & Steers Capital
   Advisors                       1               $17,750,000
  Harris Nesbitt Corp.            1               $16,749,999
  Morgan Keegan & Company,
   Inc.                           2               $16,383,903
  HPC Capital Management
   Corporation                    3               $15,300,000
  RBC Capital Markets,
   Inc.                           1               $15,082,999
  Lane Capital Markets,
   LLC.                           1               $15,000,000
  Pritchard Capital
   Partners, LLC.                 2               $14,640,000

 Investment Banking rankings exclude all Equity Line of Credit
 transactions and all PIPE transactions conducted by Canadian
 domiciled issuers.  On transactions where an investment banking firm
 has acted solely as Financial Advisor, that transaction has been
 excluded from that firm's ranking.  Co-agented transactions award
 full transaction credit to all agents participating (regardless of
 status of lead agent or co-agent).  Data is as reported as of
 10/26/04.

    The Q3 2004 PIPE Market Investment Banking League Table
                By Number of Transactions:

 Placement Agent Name   Transaction Count  Total Amount Raised

  Roth Capital Partners,LLC.      7               $52,485,481
  The Shemano Group,Inc.          4               $36,500,000
  Ascendiant Securities,LLC.      4               $14,200,000
  H. C. Wainwright & Co.,Inc.     4               $ 5,985,000
  Banc of America Securities,
   LLC.                           3               $53,345,000
  Rodman & Renshaw,LLC.           3               $30,750,000
  Burnham Hill Partners           3               $26,139,042
  HPC Capital Management
   Corporation                    3               $15,300,000
  JPC CapitalPartners,Inc.        3               $11,850,000
  Jesup & Lamont
   Securities Corporation         3               $11,777,650
  Sands Brothers &  Co.,Ltd.      3               $ 7,339,900
  Casimir Capital L.P.            3               $ 6,694,550
  Duncan Capital,LLC.             3               $ 4,492,375
  CIBC World Markets              2               $84,371,988
  Lazard Freres & Co.,LLC.        2               $73,344,985
  SG Cowen & Co.,LLC.             2               $41,491,419
  Aton Securities,Inc.            2               $40,837,360
  C.E. Unterberg, Towbin          2               $21,679,870
  Morgan Keegan & Company,
  Inc.                            2               $16,383,903
  Pritchard Capital
   Partners,LLC.                  2               $14,640,000
  William Blair & Company
  ,LLC.                           2               $14,305,050
  Burnham Securities              2               $ 9,000,000
  Olympus Securities,LLC.         2               $ 5,880,000
  J.P. Turner & Co.               2               $ 4,650,001
  C.K. Cooper & Co.,Inc.          2               $ 4,080,000

 Investment Banking rankings exclude all Equity Line of Credit transactions
 and all PIPE transactions conducted by Canadian domiciled issuers.  On 
 transactions where an investment banking firm has acted solely as 
 Financial Advisor, that transaction has been excluded from that firm's 
 ranking.  Co-agented transactions award full transaction credit to all 
 agents participating (regardless of status of lead agent or co-agent).  
 Data is as reported as of 10/26/04.

   The Q3 2004 PIPE Market Institutional Investor League Table
                    By Number of Transactions:

 Investor Name       Transaction Count  Total Amount Invested

 Laurus Funds                     18              $70,750,000
 Highbridge International,
  LLC                             13              $28,471,657
 Vertical Ventures
  Investments,LLC                 12              $ 7,074,985
 Ramius Capital Group,LLC         10              $16,539,774
 DKR Management Company,
  Inc                             10              $ 8,449,965
 Kingsport Capital
  Partners,LLC                     9               $13,250,000
 Bristol Capital
 Advisors,LLC                      9               $ 6,733,875
 LH Financial Services
  Corporation                      8               $ 3,699,999
 Omicron Capital,LP                8               $ 8,829,988
 SRG Capital,LLC                   8               $ 1,744,999
 Millennium Management,
  LLC                              7               $28,600,001
  Canaccord Capital
  Corporation                      7               $ 3,899,750
 GreenLight(Switzerland)
  SA                               7               $ 2,586,000
 The Mercator Group                6               $17,150,000
 NIR Group,LLC                     6               $ 8,125,000
 BayStar Capital,LP                6               $ 7,549,985
 Heights Capital
  Management,Inc                   5               $ 5,312,100
 GSSF Master Fund, LP.             5               $ 2,600,002
 Andrew Carter Capital, Inc        5               $   649,999
 Pequot Capital
  Management,Inc                   4               $21,850,725
 Staro Asset Management,
   LLC                             4               $ 9,999,400
 Balyasny Asset
  Management,LP                    4               $ 7,160,023
 Bluegrass Growth Fund
  Partners                         4               $ 3,149,728
 Ram Capital Resources,
  LLC                              4               $ 1,303,976
 Downsview Capital,Inc             4               $ 1,299,999

 Investor rankings exclude all Equity Line of Credit transactions and
 all PIPE transactions conducted by Canadian domiciled issuers.
 Investors classified as Corporate Investors and Insurance Companies
 have been excluded from this ranking.  Data is as reported as of
 10/26/04.

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