On January​ 20, Metropolitan ​Inc., sold 8 million shares of stock in an SEO. The market price of Metropolitan at the time was $40.25 per share. Of the 8 million shares​ sold, 5 million shares were primary shares being sold by the​ company, and the remaining 3 million shares were being sold by the venture capital investors. Assume the underwriter charges 5.1% of the gross proceeds as an underwriting fee. a. How much money did Metropolitan ​raise?   b. How much money did the venture capitalists​ receive? c. If the stock price dropped 3.4% on the announcement of the SEO and the new shares were sold at that​ price, how much money would Metropolitan ​receive?

You have been appointed as a financial consultant by the directors of Chennai Holdings. They require you to calculate the cost of capital of the company. The following information is available on the capital structure of the company: • 1 500 000 Ordinary shares, with a market price of R3 per share. The latest dividend declared was 90 cents per share. A dividend growth of 13% was maintained for the past 5 years. • 1 000 000 12%, R1 Preference shares with a market value of R2 per share. • R1 000 000 Debentures due in 7 years with a current market value of R 951 356 and • a before tax cost of 10% • R900 000 14% Bank loan, due in December 2016 Additional information: 1. The company has a tax rate of 30%. 2. The beta of the company is 1.7, a risk free rate of 7% and the return on the market is 15%. Required: 1.1 Calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Use the Gorden Growth • Model to calculate the cost of equity. (17) 1.2 Calculate the cost of equity, using the Capital Asset…

The Carlton Corporation has $4 million in earnings after taxes and 2 million shares outstanding. The stock trades at a P/E of 30. The firm has $1 million in excess cash. a. Compute the current price of the stock. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. If the $1 million is used to pay dividends, how much will dividends per share be? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Brown Corporation earns $600,000 and pays cash dividends of $200,000 during 2012. Dexter Corporation owns 3,000 of the 10,000 outstanding shares of Brown. What amount should Dexter show in the investment account at December 31, 2012 if the beginning of the year balance in the account was $800,000? $980,000. $800,000. $920,000. $1,200,000.

Xtel Inc. with a total market value of $630 million has $30 million in excess cash and no debt. Xtel has 1 million shares outstanding. Xtelʹs board is meeng to decide whether to pay out its $30 million in excess cash as a special dividend or to use it to repurchase shares of the firm’s stock. You own 1,000 shares of Xtel stock. Assume that Xtel uses the entire $30 million to repurchase shares at a current share price. How many shares will Xtel repurchase?

ABC Co. just completed an IPO with an investment back in a firm commitment basis. The firm issue 6 million shares of common stock and the underwriting fees were $2.46 per share. the offering price was $30.00 per share. How much money did the company receive; what was the net proceeds to the Firm?

Brookman Inc's latest EPS was $2.75, its book value per share was $22.75, it had 275,000 shares outstanding, and its debt/total invested capital ratio was 44%. The firm finances using only debt and common equity, and its total assets equal total invested capital. How much debt was outstanding? Do not round your intermediate calculations. a. $5,013,938 b. $4,571,531 c. $4,768,156 d. $5,358,031 e. $4,915,625

Myers Drugs Inc. has 2 million shares of stock outstanding. Earnings after taxes are $9 million. Myers also has warrants outstanding that allow the holder to buy 100,000 shares of stock at $15 per share. The stock is currently selling for $50 per share. a. Compute basic earnings per share. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Basic earnings per share b. Compute diluted earnings per share considering the possible impact of the warrants. Assume the cash proceeds are used to repuchase shares. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Use the following formula: Earnings after taxes Shares outstanding + Assumed net increase in shares from the warrants Diluted earnings per share

In previous years, Cox Transport reacquired 2 million treasury shares at $20 per share and, later, 1 million treasury shares at $26 per share. By what amount will Cox’s paid-in capital—share repurchase increase if it now sells 1 million treasury shares at $29 per share and determines cost as the weighted-average cost of treasury shares?

ABC Co. just completed an IPO with an investment back in a firm commitment basis. The firm issue 6 million shares of common stock and the underwriting fees were $2.46 per share. the offering price was $30.00 per share. what was the total proceeds fro. the common stock sale?