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Profit or Loss on New Stock Issue
Security Brokers Inc. specializes in underwriting new issues by small firms. On a recent offering of Beedles Inc., the terms were as follows:
Price to public: | $5 per share |
Number of shares: | 3 million |
Proceeds to Beedles: | $14,000,000 |
The out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Security Brokers in the design and distribution of the issue were $500,000. What profit or loss would Security Brokers incur if the issue were sold to the public at the following average price?
Answer to Part a.
Price to Public = $4.50 per share
Number of Shares = 3,000,000 Shares
Proceeds from public = $4.50 * 3,000,000 = $13,500,000
Profit / (Loss) = Proceeds from public – Proceeds to Company
–Out of Pocket Expenses
Profit / (Loss) = $13,500,000 - $14,000,000 - $500,000
Loss = -$1,000,000
Answer to Part b.
Price to Public = $6.25 per share
Number of Shares = 3,000,000 Shares
Proceeds from public = $6.25 * 3,000,000 = $18,750,000
Profit / (Loss) = Proceeds from public – Proceeds to Company
–Out of Pocket Expenses
Profit / (Loss) = $18,750,000 - $14,000,000 - $500,000
Profit = $4,250,000
Answer to Part c.
Price to Public = $3.75 per share
Number of Shares = 3,000,000 Shares
Proceeds from public = $3.75 * 3,000,000 = $11,250,000
Profit / (Loss) = Proceeds from public – Proceeds to Company
–Out of Pocket Expenses
Profit / (Loss) = $11,250,000 - $14,000,000 - $500,000
Loss = -$3,250,000