Exam 15: Raising Capital

Pearson Electric recently registered 180,000 shares of stock under SEC Rule 415. The company plans to sell 100,000 shares this year and the remaining 80,000 shares next year. What type of registration was this?

MHM wants to diversify its operations. The stock price is $22 a share with 225,000 shares outstanding. Total assets are $7.2 million, total liabilities are $3.8 million, and net income is $425,000. The company is considering an investment that has the same PE ratio as the current company. The cost of the investment is $360,000 which will be financed with a new equity issue. What would the ROE on the investment have to be if we wanted the stock price to remain constant?

Jen owns 7,500 of the 480,000 shares of TC Inc. The company has just announced a rights offering whereby 75,000 shares are being offered at a subscription price of $12 a share. The current stock price is $16 a share. Assume she sells her rights and that all rights are exercised. What percentage of the firm will she own after the rights offering?

What is a seasoned equity offering?

Existing shareholders:

LC Delivery has decided to sell 1,800 shares of stock through a Dutch auction. The bids received are as follows: 600 shares at $37 a share, 800 shares at $36, 900 shares at $35, 200 shares at $34, and 100 shares at $32 a share. How much will the company receive in total from selling the 1,800 shares? Ignore all transaction and flotation costs.

Franklin Minerals recently had a rights offering of 12,000 shares at an offer price of $17 a share. Isabelle is a shareholder who exercised her rights option by buying all of the rights to which she was entitled based on the number of shares she owns. Currently, there are six shareholders who have opted not to participate in the rights offering. Isabelle would like to purchase these unsubscribed shares. Which one of the following will allow her to do so?

Alberto currently owns 2,500 shares of Southern Tools. He has just been notified that the company is issuing additional shares and he is being given a chance to purchase some of these shares prior to the shares being offered to the general public. What is this type of an offer called?

Nelson Paints recently went public by offering 50,000 shares of common stock to the public. The underwriters provided their services in a best efforts underwriting. The offering price was set at $17.50 a share and the gross spread was $2.30. After completing their sales efforts, the underwriters determined that they sold a total of 47,500 shares. How much cash did the company receive from its IPO?

Which one of the following is a preliminary prospectus?

BK & Co. offered 15,000 shares in a rights offer. T.L. Moore & Co. was the underwriter that by prior agreement purchased the 639 unsold shares. For its participation in this rights offer, T.L. Moore & Co. is most likely entitled to:

Kurt currently owns 4.2 percent of NT Co. The company has a total of 685,000 shares outstanding with a current market price of $19.20 a share. At present, the firm is offering an additional 15,000 shares at a price of $18 a share. Kurt decides not to participate in this offering. What will his ownership position be after the offering is completed?

What is the form called that is filed with the SEC and discloses the material information on a securities issuer when that issuer offers new securities to the general public?

Davis Bros. and The Storage Shed have both announced IPOs at $32 per share. One of these is undervalued by $9, and the other is overvalued by $4, but you have no way of knowing which is which. You plan on buying 1,000 shares of each issue. If an issue is underpriced, it will be rationed, and only half your order will be filled. What is the amount of the difference between your expected profit and the amount of profit you could earn if you could get 1,000 shares of both IPO offerings?

The High-End mutual fund recently loaned $13.6 million to Henderson Hardware for 15 years at 6.8 percent interest. This loan is best described as a:

With Dutch auction underwriting:

The total direct costs of underwriting an equity IPO:

What is an issue of securities that is offered for sale to the general public on a direct cash basis called?

Executive Tours has decided to go public and has hired an investment firm to handle the offering. The investment firm is serving as a(n):

Outdoor Goods needs $3.8 million to modernize its production equipment. The underwriters set the stock price at $29.50 a share with an underwriting spread of 7.35 percent. This would be a firm commitment underwriting. The estimated issue costs are $272,000. How many shares of stock must be sold to finance this project?