Thu, May 21st, 2009
Online restaurant-reservations system OpenTable Inc. found investors had a hearty appetite for its initial public offering Thursday.
Shares of the San Francisco company opened at $24.50 apiece on the Nasdaq, up 23% from its IPO price of $20. A total of three million shares were sold at prices above its expected range of $16 to $18. The range was increased by $4 earlier this week in response to increased investor demand by underwriter Merrill Lynch.
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No Dine And Dash For opentable
May 19th, 2009 - Forbes.com
BURLINGAME, Calif. -- It would be only fitting that OpenTable investors go out for a nice steak dinner Thursday night. Shares of the online restaurant reservations company debuted Thursday at $24.
Dot-com redux: opentable IPO soars 59% in trading debut
May 19th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
OpenTable Inc. lived up to its hype: Shares of the online restaurant-reservations company rocketed after they began trading today, following Wednesday’s initial public offering.
Wall Street feasts on opentable IPO
May 19th, 2009 - MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- OpenTable Inc. priced its initial public offering at $20 a share for its stock-market debut on Thursday in what is only the second venture-backed deal since August of 2008.
OpenTable IPO prices for $20, above range
May 19th, 2009 - Reuters
(Adds details on IPO, company's financials) NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - OpenTable Inc, which operatesa restaurant reservation system, priced its shares at $20 eachon Wednesday...
OpenTable IPO attracts investors hungry to snap up shares
May 19th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
This is just what online restaurant-reservations firm OpenTable Inc. wants to see: More hungry customers than it has seats to offer. Apparently strong investor interest...



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