Question

The Clifford Corporation has announced a rights offer to raise $10 million for a new journal, the Journal of Financial Excess. This journal will review potential articles after the author pays a nonrefundable reviewing fee of $6,000 per page. The stock currently sells for $60 per share, and there are 1 million shares outstanding. a. What is the maximum possible subscription price? What is the minimum? (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.) b. If the subscription price is set at $50 per share, how many shares must be sold? How many rights will it take to buy one share? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your rights needed answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) c. What is the ex-rights price? What is the value of a right? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) d. A shareholder with 2,000 shares before the offering has no desire (or money) to buy additional shares offered as rights. What is his portfolio value before and after the rights offer? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

1. The maximum possible subscription price is $60

The maximum price is anything greater than $0

2.Number of new shares

$10,000,000/$50

=$200,000

Number of right shares

$1,000,000/$200,000

=$5

3. Excess right 58.33

(5*60+50)/(5+1)

Value of excess 1.67

($60-58.33)

4.Portfolio value before right offering

2,000×60

= 120,000

Portfolio value after right offering 120,000

(2000×58.33 +2000×1.67 )