The Clifford Corporation has announced a rights offer to raise $26 million for a new journal, the

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The Clifford Corporation has announced a rights offer to raise $26 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 $5,000 per page. The stock currently sells for $28 per share, and there are 2.9 million shares outstanding.

a. What is the maximum possible subscription price? What is the minimum?

b. If the subscription price is set at $25 per share, how many shares must be sold? How many rights will it take to buy one share?

c. What is the ex-rights price? What is the value of a right?

d. Show how a shareholder with 1,000 shares before the offering and no desire (or money) to buy additional shares is not harmed by the rights offer.

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A Corporation is a legal form of business that is separate from its owner. In other words, a corporation is a business or organization formed by a group of people, and its right and liabilities separate from those of the individuals involved. It may...
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Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-0077861759

11th edition

Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford Jordan

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