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Keira Mfg. is considering a rights offer. The company has determined that the ex

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Question

Keira Mfg. is considering a rights offer. The company has determined that the ex-rights price would be $66. The current price is $80 per share, and there are 42 million shares outstanding. The rights offer would raise a total of $70 million.

What is the subscription price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Keira Mfg. is considering a rights offer. The company has determined that the ex-rights price would be $66. The current price is $80 per share, and there are 42 million shares outstanding. The rights offer would raise a total of $70 million.

Explanation / Answer

Given:

Ex-right price = $66

Current share price = $80

Total shares outstanding = 42 million

Rights offer would raise to = $70 million

Solution:

Total worth of the firm = total shares * share price

                                = 42 million * $80

                                = $3,360 million

After the rights offerings,

Total worth = $3,360million + $70million

                = $3,430 million

Total no. of shares after offering = total worth / ex-rights price

                                              = $3,430 million / $66

                                              = 51.969 million shares outstanding

Additional no. of shares raised = (51.969 - 42) million shares

                                            = 9.969 million shares

Hence,

Subscription price = total raise by rights offering / additional shares raised

                         = $70 million / 9.969 million shares

                         = $7.02