Exam 14: Raising Equity Capital

Simone founded her company using $200,000 of her own money, issuing herself 300,000 shares of stock. An angel investor bought an additional 100,000 shares for $150,000. She now sells another 400,000 shares of stock to a venture capitalist for $2 million. What percentage of the firm does Simone now own?

How does IPO pricing puzzle financial economists?

David found a company and goes through the investment rounds shown below: He decides to take the company public through an IPO, issuing 2 million new shares. Assuming that he successfully completes the IPO, the net income for the next year is estimated to be $9 million. His banker informs him that the price of shares should be set using average price-earnings ratios for similar businesses, which is 14. What will be the IPO price per share?

The offer price of shares in an IPO is generally less than the price those shares sell for at the end of the first trading day. Which of the following parties suffer most from this situation?

An entrepreneur founded his company using $200,000 of his own money, issuing himself 200,000 shares of stock. An angel investor bought an additional 100,000 shares for $150,000. The entrepreneur now sells another 400,000 shares of stock to a venture capitalist for$2 million. What is the post-money valuation of the company?

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

What are angel investors?

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is a pension fund for public school teachers in the province of Ontario. It has a large and diverse portfolio of investments, both in Canada and internationally, and had net assets in December 2007 of C$108.5 billion. Which of the following best describes the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan?

In a best-efforts IPO, the underwriter guarantees that all stock will be sold.

What are the advantages of a rights offer over a cash offer when issuing new shares?

Which of the following statements concerning the volume and number of IPOs issued over time is most correct?

Why do most people launching a start-up company acquire their funds through the venture capital industry rather than through angel investors?

The founders and owners of a private company have funded it through the following rounds of investment: The owners decide to take the company public through an IPO, issuing 1 million new shares. Assuming that they successfully complete the IPO, the net income for the next year is estimated to be $6 million. The price of shares is set using average price-earnings ratios for similar businesses of 15. What portion of the company will be owned by the angel investor after the IPO?

Underpricing of an IPO would most likely be greatest in which of the following markets?

Highlander Homes stock trades at $30 per share and there are 50 million shares outstanding. The management would like to issue a total of 10 million (primary and secondary) shares in an SEO. If the underwriter charges 5% of gross proceeds, 25% of the shares are primary shares sold to new investors, and 75% of the shares are secondary shares sold to new investors, what percentage of the company will be owned by the new investors?

Valiant Industries has 30 million shares of stock outstanding at a price of $28 per share. The company wishes to raise more money and plans to do so through a rights issue. Every existing stockholder will receive one right for each share of stock held. For every four rights held by the stockholder, they can buy one share at a price of $28. If all rights are exercised, how much money will be raised in this offer?

Convex Incorporated sells 10 million shares of stock in an SEO-8 million being primary shares issued by the company and 2 million being secondary shares sold by investors in the company. At the time of the sale, Convex's stock was selling at $7.50 per share. If the underwriter charges 4% of the gross proceeds as a fee, how much money was raised in the sale?

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following is an advantage of a cash offer over a rights offer?

Which of the following statements is FALSE?