RAMSEY, Minn.--Vision-Ease Lens, based here, is planning an initial public offering of its common stock. In a registration statement and preliminary prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, Oct. 13, Vision-Ease said it will offer its stock on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol “VELS.” The date of the offering, number of shares and share price has not been announced yet.

The underwriters for the proposed offering will be J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., acting as the sole book-running manager with William Blair & Company, BMO Capital Markets and Robert W. Baird & Co. acting as co-managers in the offering.

Vision-Ease is privately owned by Insight Equity A.P.X, a Texas limited partnership, which purchased Vision-Ease in August, 2004 from BMC Industries, which had earlier declared bankruptcy.