Exam 14: Raising Equity Capital

Which of the following is NOT one of the four characteristics of IPOs that puzzle financial economists?

In its IPO, Jillian's Imprints, a small publishing house, offered stock at a price of $10.00 per share. The underwriters of this IPO had a spread of 6.5% per share. If 2 million shares were sold, what funds did Jillian's receive from the IPO?

Parafoil Avionics sells 50 million shares of stock in an SEO-20 million being primary shares issued by the company and 30 million being secondary shares sold by investors in the company. At the time of the sale, Parafoil's stock was selling at $13.00 per share. If the underwriter charges 7% of the gross proceeds as a fee, how much money was raised in the sale?

A large publishing firm specializing in college textbooks wishes to expand into online delivery of its materials. In order to facilitate this, it invests in a number of small start-up companies that deliver college courses online and uses these companies to start diversifying the delivery of its content. Which of the following best describes the role of the publishing firm as described above?

Which of the following is a notable puzzle in IPOs?

Equity investors in a private company usually plan to realize a return on their investment by selling their stock when that company is acquired by another firm or sold to the public in a public offering.

Which of the following statements regarding exit strategies is FALSE?

Luther Industries currently has 100 million shares of stock outstanding at a price of $25 per share. The company would like to raise money and has announced a rights issue. Every existing shareholder will be sent one right per share of stock that he or she owns. The company plans to require twenty rights to purchase one share at a price of $30 per share. The amount of money that Luther will raise through its rights offering is closest to ________.

Which of the following is an activity typically taken by an underwriter during an IPO of a company?

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 $8 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 share of the company will David own after the IPO?

Jeremy founded a company. He issues 100,000 shares of series A stock for his own $100,000 investment. He then goes through three further rounds of investment, as shown below: What is the post-money valuation for the series D funding round?

Simone founded her company using $200,000 of her own money, issuing herself 200,000 shares of stock. An angel investor bought an additional 100,000 shares for $150,000. She now sells another 500,000 shares of stock to a venture capitalist for $1.5 million. What is the post-money valuation of the company?

Luther Industries is in the process of selling shares of stock in an auction IPO. At the end of the bidding period, Luther's investment bank has received the following bids: What will the offer price of these shares be if Luther is selling 1 million shares?

Which of the following best describes a firm commitment IPO?

At what stage of the IPO process do senior management and the lead underwriters travel to promote the company and explain their rationale for the offer price to the underwriters' largest customers?

You founded your own firm three years ago. You initially contributed $200,000 of your own money and in return you received 3 million shares of stock. Since then, you have sold an additional 2 million shares of stock to angel investors. You are now considering raising capital from a venture capital firm. This venture capital firm would invest $5 million and would receive 4 million newly issued shares in return. Suppose you sold the 2 million shares to the angel investor for $500,000. What was the post-money valuation of your shares immediately following the angel investor's investment?

The founder of a company currently holds 12 million of the 15 million shares in that company. She considers an IPO where she sells a mix of primary shares and 2 million of her own secondary shares for $16 per share. If she wants to retain a 70% ownership of the company, how much money can she raise in this IPO?

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

Criswell Mining stock trades at $19 per share, and there are 200 million shares outstanding. The management would like to raise $100 million in an SEO. If the underwriter charges 5% of gross proceeds, how many shares must it sell?

You founded your own firm three years ago. You initially contributed $200,000 of your own money and in return you received 3 million shares of stock. Since then, you have sold an additional 1 million shares of stock to angel investors. You are now considering raising capital from a venture capital firm. This venture capital firm would invest $5 million and would receive 2 million newly issued shares in return. After the venture capitalist's investment, the post-money valuation of the angel investor's shares is closest to ________.