Biggest Issues in the Southeast: All of 2002

Date Issuer Amt ($000s) Manager Oct 24 Jefferson County, Ala., utilities (ref) 839,500 Various firms Mar 20 Building Equity Sooner For Tomorrow, S.C., schools 800,000 UBS PaineWebber Dec 11 Miami-Dade County, Fla., airports (AMT) 600,000 UBS PaineWebber Sep 18 Jefferson County, Ala., utilities 540,000 J.P. Morgan Sep 20 Virginia Transportation Board, highway GOs 523,320 Goldman Sachs Aug 01 Jacksonville Electric Authority, Fla. (ref) (TAX/TE) 513,200 J.P. Morgan Apr 11 Educational Funding of South, Tenn., stud. loans (AMT/TAX) 505,550 William R. Hough Apr 24 Georgia (State), GOs (cpt) 503,925 Goldman Sachs Dec 12 North Carolina (State), GOs (ref) 499,870 Various firms Oct 31 Jefferson County, Ala., utilities 475,000 J.P. Morgan Dec 12 Tennessee Housing Development Agency, single-family 450,000 Morgan Keegan Jan 02 Atlanta, Ga., utilities (NM/ref) 441,345 UBS PaineWebber Sep 05 South Carolina Public Service Authority (ref) 440,760 Bear Stearns Dec 11 Knox Co. Hlth., Ed. & Hsg. Facs. Bd,, Tenn., hospitals (NM/ref) 374,957 Salomon Smith Barney Apr 24 North Carolina (State), GOs 355,000 Various firms Oct 09 Virginia Housing Dev. Auth., MF hsg. GOs (AMT/TAX/TE) 352,370 Merrill Lynch Aug 21 Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, hospitals (NM/ref) 340,000 Salomon Smith Barney Sep 25 Florida State Board of Education, GOs (ref) (cpt) 323,905 Salomon Smith Barney Jan 09 Mississippi (State), GOs (ref) (TAX/TE) 313,495 Salomon Smith Barney Jan 09 Kentucky State Property & Building Commission (NM/ref) 312,220 Bear Stearns Aug 27 Birmingham Waterworks & Sewer Board, Ala. 300,000 Raymond James May 17 Miami-Dade County, Fla., airports 299,000 Salomon Smith Barney Jul 16 Georgia (State), GOs (cpt) 295,955 J.P. Morgan/Salomon Dec 06 South Carolina Jobs Economic Development Auth., hospitals 292,675 Merrill Lynch Oct 16 Orange County, Fla. (ref) (cpt) 291,310 UBS PaineWebber Key to Abbreviations: (AMT) - alternative minimum tax; (cpt) - competitive; GO - general obligation; (NM/ref) - new-money & refunding; (pvt) - private placement; (ref) - refunding; SF hsg - single-family housing; (TAX) - taxable; (TE) - tax-exempt.

Source: Thomson Financial (1/11/03)