Red Shoe Company 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 $$140$ to $$126($$$140$ is the rights$-$on price; $$126$ is the ex$-$rights price,also known as the when$-$issued price$).$ The company is seeking $$14$ million in additional funds with a per$-$share subscription price equal to $$70.$ 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.$)$Multiple Choice$149,333768,000800,000840,000832,000$