Question

Disturbed Corp. needs to raise $57 million to fund a new project. The company will sell shares at a price of $23.70 in a general cash offer and the company's underwriters will charge a spread of 7.5 percent. The direct flotation costs associated with the issue are $725,000 and the indirect costs are $445,000. How many shares need to be sold?

Answer 1

Answer: 2653438 shares

Step-by-step explanation:

From the information given in the question, the following can be deduced:

The share price will be:

= $23.70 × (1 - 7.5%)

= $23.70 × (1 - 0.075)

= $23.70 × 0.925

= $21.9225

The money that will be raised will be:

= 57,000,000 + 725,000 + 445,000

= $58,170,000

The number of shares that are needed to be sold will be:

= $58,170,000/$21.9225

= 2653438 shares