Simpkins, Inc., is proposing a rights offering. Presently, there are 425,000 shares outstanding at $65 each. There

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Simpkins, Inc., is proposing a rights offering. Presently, there are 425,000 shares outstanding at $65 each. There will be 90,000 new shares offered at $57 each.

a. What is the new market value of the company?

b. How many rights are associated with one of the new shares?

c. What is the ex-rights price?

d. What is the value of a right?

e. Why might a company have a rights offering rather than a general cash offer?

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Corporate Finance Core Principles And Applications

ISBN: 9781260571127

6th Edition

Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford Jordan

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