Question

Beedles Inc. needed to raise $14 million in an IPO and chose Security Brokers Inc. to underwrite the offering. The agreement stated that Security Brokers would sell 3 million shares to the public and provide $14 million in net proceeds to Beedles. The out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Security Brokers in the design and distribution of the issue were $220,000. What profit or loss would Security Brokers incur if the issue were sold to the public at the following average price

Answer 1

Answer:

a. Profit = $780,000

b. Profit = $3,780,000

c. Loss = $2,220,000

Explanation:

Note: This question is not complete. The complete question is therefore provided before answering the question as follows:

Beedles Inc. needed to raise $14 million in an IPO and chose Security Brokers Inc. to underwrite the offering. The agreement stated that Security Brokers would sell 3 million shares to the public and provide $14 million in net proceeds to Beedles. The out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Security Brokers in the design and distribution of the issue were $220,000. What profit or loss would Security Brokers incur if the issue were sold to the public at the following average price

a. $5 per share

b. $6 per share

c. $4 per share

The explanation of the answer is now given as follows:

The profit or loss can be calculated using the following formula:

Profit or loss = Sales proceed - Net proceeds to Beedles - Out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Security Brokers ........... (1)

Where;

Sales proceed = Average price * Number of shares = Average price per share * 3,000,000

Net proceeds to Beedles = 14,000,000

Out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Security Brokers = $220,000

We can proceed as follows:

a. profit or loss at average price $5 per share

Substituting all the values into equation (1), we have:

Profit or loss = ($5 * 3,000,000) - $14,000,000 - $220,000 = $780,000 profit

b. profit or loss at average price $6 per share

Substituting all the values into equation (1), we have:

Profit or loss = ($6 * 3,000,000) - $14,000,000 - $220,000 = $3,780,000  profit

c. profit or loss at average price $4 per share

Substituting all the values into equation (1), we have:

Profit or loss = ($4 * 3,000,000) - $14,000,000 - $220,000 = -$2,220,000 loss