1. You just started at a new position at a large investment bank. You have been assigned to help a senior analyst, Ms. Jones, on a Dutch Auction of shares for Thornton & Danaher Inc. The equity of the firm is currently closely held by the founding families and the senior managers, so there is no available market price. They are hoping to raise about $315,000,000. This represents about 25% of the firms current equity value. Ms. Jones has estimated that the firm equity is currently worth about $1,250,000,000 ($315,000,000 is about 25%). Of course, this is just an estimate, and the amount raised will depend on what the market will bear. They have decided to auction 9,135,000 shares, which will hopefully sell for about $35 per share. Thornton & Danaher will receive the proceeds from the sale of 9000,000 of the shares, and your investment bank will receive the proceeds from the remaining 135,000 shares (a 1.50% commission).

Your firm pitched the issue to several large private equity clients. Fourteen sealed bids were submitted, and you have sorted them by bid price. The results are shown below.

Bidder . Price Shares

A $46.43 . 625,000

B . $45.87 . 620,000

C $45.12 650,000

D $43.93 . 700,000

E $41.73 860,000

F $40.37 1,020,000

G $38.12 . 1,330,000

H $36.54 1,480,000

I $35.37 930,000

J $34.42 . 1,455,000

K $33.14 1,400,000

L $32.52 1,480,000

M $30.73 . 1,600,000

N $29.28 1,830,000

What marginal price will the 9,135,000 shares of Thornton & Danaher sell at in the Dutch Auction? Also, calculate the pro rata portion of shares that the winning bidders will receive for the number of shares they bid.

How much money will Thornton & Danaher receive from the auction? What will your investment bank receive?

2. You work in the Finance Department for Flynn, Inc. Your firm needs to raise $7,250,000,000 ($7.25B) to finance new capital investments. Your boss is considering raising this capital using a rights offering. He has asked you to analyze the effect of such an offering on the firms shareholders.

The firm has 1,100,000,000 shares outstanding. These are currently selling on the stock exchange for $24.52.

Calculate the current market value of firm equity.

To raise the needed $7,250,000,000 in new capital, your boss is considering issuing new shares at a subscription price of $20 in the rights offering.

How many new shares will the firm need to issue to raise the $7,250,000,000?

Calculate the number of rights that will be needed to purchase a new share.

During the subscription period, what will be the market value of a right?

After the rights offering, what will be the firm value? The number of outstanding shares? The share price?

3. You are employed in the Finance Division of a firm that has 567,562,000 shares outstanding. The current share price is $27.86. The forecast earnings are $1,788,570,000.

Calculate the current market value of firm equity and the earnings per Share (EPS).

The firm has accumulated a stockpile of $2,500,000,000 in excess cash, and the directors want to pay-out these funds to the shareholders. You have been asked to compare the effects of a special one-time dividend and a share repurchase.

If the funds are paid out as a one-time special dividend, what will be the dividend per share (DPS)? What is the firm value after the dividend? What is the share price after the dividend? What is the EPS after the dividend?

If the firm executes a share repurchase, how many shares can it purchase at what price? How many shares will remain? What is the firm value after the repurchase? What is the share price after the repurchase? What is the EPS after the repurchase?