Digital Studios Inc. After completing their degree at UTRGV in 1992, Brian Mark, Finance Major and Steven James, IT major pursued their dream of launching computer games design company. Early 1993, the friends started preparing Stevens house garage to become the first location of their company, Digital Studios partnership. Throughout the years, Digital Studios passed through several successes and failures. Within the period 1993-1996, Digital Studios exploded significantly with regard to sales and reputation. They specialized in producing and designing kids games based on animation and cartoon characters. Early 1997, Digital Studios encountered a hard to reject opportunity. Disney Inc. was searching for a small company to partnership with in order to produce a computer game for their new star Hercules. Digital Studios did not have enough resources and capital to undertake this opportunity. However, with the unbelievably growing IT industry towards late 1990s, the friends immediately thought of going public. It is May 1st 1997, the most recent value estimate for Digital Studios is $20 Million. The company is going to be incorporated and part of its equity is going to be sold to the public. The friends decided to keep 60% of the firms voting rights. However, to raise the fund required to undertake Disneys opportunity, the company had to sell 80% of its equity to the public. The underwriter proposed to register two types of shares to accommodate their request, Class A to be issues to the public and Class B to be issued to the founders. The company is going to issue 20 million shares in total.

1) If the par value of Class A and Class B shares are the same and equal to $1. How many shares of Class A are going to be issues? and how many shares of Class B? a) 4,000,000 and 16,000,000 b) 12,000,000 and 8,000,000 c) 16,000,000 and 4,000,000 d) 8,000,000 and 12,000,000

2) If each share of Class A gets 1 vote, how many votes does each share of Class B get? a) 4 votes b) 6 votes c) 2 votes d) 8 votes

3- at the initial public offering time, potential shareholders were trying to estimate a fair value (fair price) to digital studios share. Previous year earnings per share was $ 2. The price earnings ratio of Lion digital production Inc., the main competitor of digital studio, is 10. What would be a fair share price of digital studios? a) $ 5 b) $ 20 c) $ 25 d) $ no enough information

4- 1997, After paying all registration fees to the exchange, and also the costs of the IPO, Digital Studios Inc. management thought that additional funding is needed. Mark suggested issuing corporate bonds to mature in 15 years. The company issued the bonds at par, the total size of the bond issue was $10 million. If digital studios bond pays coupon semiannually, and the YTM at issuance is 5%. What is the amount of coupon payment?

a) $ 25 b) $ 50 c) $ 75 d) $ 12.5

5- shortly after the digital studios incorporation went public, the management announced the following dividends policy. Dividends at year 1= $ 1. Dividends at year 2 = $ 1.5. Dividends at year 3 = $ 1.9. and after that the company is expected to increase its annual dividends by 3% indefinitely. What is the stock price estimate at that time if the required rate of return was7%? a) $ 41.12 b) $ 43.73 c) $ 38.77 d) $ 23.73

6- at the beginning of 2002, Digital Studio dividends just paid was $ 1.96. Digital Studios expected to grow at a higher rate and the management wanted to share the good days with shareholders. Digital Studios decided to increase dividends by 5% annually. What is the stock price today if the required rate of return is 7%?

a) $ 98 b) $ 29.4 c) $ 102.9 d) $ 41.16

7- It is 2003, Digital Studios Inc. is trying to raise additional equity. The company is going to issue 5 million shares. Because of the preemptive rights, existing shareholders get the right to purchase this new issue first. An equity holder named Susan Malik owns 10,000 of Class A shares. How many shares is she going to be offered?

a) 10,000 rights b) 5,000 rights c) 2,500 rights d) 12,500 rights

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