Valuing a right Knight inventory Systems, Inc., has announced a rights offer. The company has announced that

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Valuing a right Knight inventory Systems, Inc., has announced a rights offer. The company has announced that it will take four rights to buy a new share in the offering at a subscription price of $40. At the close of business the day before the ex-rights day, the company’s stock sells for $80 per share. The next morning, you notice that the stock sells for $72 per share and the rights sell for $6 each. Are the stock and the ex-rights correctly priced to create an immediate profit?

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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-0077861629

8th Edition

Authors: Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, Bradford D.Jordan

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