Question

Prahm Corp. wants to raise $5.3 million via a rights offering. The company currently has 590,000 shares of common stock outstanding that sell for $54 per share. Its underwriter has set a subscription price of $27 per share and will charge the company a spread of 6 percent. If you currently own 7,000 shares of stock in the company and decide not to participate in the rights offering, how much money can you get by selling your rights

Answer 1

Proceeds from sale of rights will be $49407.62

Step-by-step explanation:

Proceeds from the sale of rights

=> Net Proceeds per share = Subscription price per share x (1 – Spread)

= $27 × (1 – 0.06)

= $25.38 per share

=> New shares offered = money raised/net proceeds per share

= 5300000/25.38 = 208826 Shares

=> Number of rights needed = current shares/New share offered

= 590000/208826 = 2.82532

=> The Ex-rights stock price will be

Ex-rights stock price = ((Number of rights needed × selling price per share) + Subscription price) + (Number of rights needed + 1)

= ((2.82532 × 54) + $27 per share) / (2.82532 + 1) = $46.94177 per share

So, the value of a right = Selling price per share - Ex-rights stock price

= $54 - $46.94177

= $7.05823 per share

Therefore, proceeds from selling the rights will be

= Number of shares × value of a right

= 7000 × 7.05823

= $49407.62

Proceeds from sale of rights will be $49407.62