Winston Sporting Goods is considering a public offering of common stock. Its investment banker has informed the company that the retail price will be $19.55 per share for 610,000 shares. The company will receive $18.00 per share and will incur $140,000 in registration, accounting, and printing fees.

a-1. What is the spread on this issue in percentage terms? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Spread

%

a-2. What are the total expenses of the issue as a percentage of total value (at retail)? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

Expenditure percentage

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b. If the firm wanted to net $16.96 million from this issue, how many shares must be sold? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer rounded to the nearest whole number.)

Shares