The Pandora Internet Radio Company was started in 2000 to provide a personalized radio listening experience over

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The Pandora Internet Radio Company was started in 2000 to provide a personalized radio listening experience over your computer or iPhone and is privately owned. However, its success could easily lead its owners to take the company public with the sale of common stock to the public. When companies sell common stock for the first time the flotation cost can be very high. If Pandora needs $75 million to finance an acquisition and sells shares to the public, how much stock would it have to sell if flotation costs are expected to be 15 percent?


Common Stock
Common stock is an equity component that represents the worth of stock owned by the shareholders of the company. The common stock represents the par value of the shares outstanding at a balance sheet date. Public companies can trade their stocks on...
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Financial Management Principles and Applications

ISBN: 978-0133423822

12th edition

Authors: Sheridan Titman, Arthur Keown, John Martin

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