Question

ACME Confetti Corporation needs to finance $20 million for a plant expansion building project. They've decided to issue common stocks to finance the entire project. How many shares do they need to issue to cover the cost of the project plus all floatation costs (7% of issue price). ASSUMPTION: Issue price is $50 per share. Assets can cover the value of the share price and floatation costs.
a. 379, 940
b. 465,000
c. 430, 108
d. 383, 652

Answer 1

Answer:

Option (C) is correct.

Explanation:

The required proceeds:

= Amount need to be finance ÷ (1 - 7%)

= $20 million ÷ (1 - 0.07)

= $215,05,376.34 (approx)

Hence, the number of shares needed to be issued:

= required proceeds ÷ Issue price per share

= $215,05,376.34 ÷ $50 per share

= 430,108 shares (approx)

Therefore, 430,108 shares they need to issue to cover the cost of the project plus all floatation costs.