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Rights [LO 15.4] Red Shoe Co. has concluded that additional equity financing will be needed to expand operations and that the needed funds will be best obtained through a rights offering. It has correctly determined that as a result of the rights offering, the share price will fall from $49 to $47.60 ($49 is the rights-on price; $47.60 is the exrights price, also known as the when-issued price). The company is seeking $16.5 million in additional funds with a per-share subscription price equal to $34. How many shares are there currently, before the offering? (Assume that the increment to the market value of the equity equals the gross proceeds from the offering.)