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7) Beta Company is going public at $23 and will use the ticker BCI. The underwriters will charge a 7.5% spread. The company is issuing

7) Beta Company is going public at $23 and will use the ticker BCI. The underwriters will charge a 7.5% spread. The company is issuing 100 million shares and insiders will continue to hold an additional 50 million shares that will not be part of the IPO. The company will also pay $1.6 million of audit fees, $2.1 million of legal fees and $925,000 of printing fees. BCI closes at $30.50 a share at the end of the first day.

Based on the information above, please answer the following questions:

a) What is the market cap of BCI at the end of the first day of trading?

b) Including the underpricing, what are the total costs of the offering?

c) What are the total costs of going public as a percentage of the total pre-cost equity value? (Use the closing price at the end of day one).

8) Using the information provided in problem 7, assume that the underwriter is granted a 15% overallotment option. The underwriter issues shares backed by the entire overallotment option but has not yet exercised the option.

Based on the information above, please answer the following questions:

a) Explain what will happen if the stock price increases to $40 a share. Describe the underwriters profits in your answer.

b) Explain what will happen if the stock price falls to $20 a share. Describe the underwriters profits in your answer.

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