Question: The limit order book for a security is as follows: The specialist receives the following, in order: Market order to sell 300 shares

The limit order book for a security is as follows: The specialist receives the following, in order:



The limit order book for a security is as follows:


● Market order to sell 300 shares
● Limit order to buy 100 shares at 25.38
● Limit order to buy 500 shares at 25.30
How, if at all, are these orders filled? What does the limit order book look like after these orders?

Amazon.com issued an initial public offering in May 1997.
Prior to its IPO, the following information on shares outstanding was listed in the final prospectus:


The limit order book for a security is as follows:


In the IPO, the firm issued 3,000,000 new shares. The initial price was $18.00/share with investment bankers retaining $1.26 as fees. The final first-day closing price was$23.50.

Unfilled Limit Orders Buy Orders 25.12 25.20 25.23 100 500 200 Sell Orders 25.36 25.38 25.41 300 200 200 Percentage of Shares Outstanding After Number of Shares Beneficially Owned 9,885,000 Prior to Offering 7,5% Name and Address Offering Jeffrey P. Bezos 41.4% c/o Amazon.com, Inc. 1518 Second Avenue, 4th Floor Seattle, WA 98101 L. John Doerr 3,401,376 16.4 14.3 Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 3520 San Francisco, CA 94111 Tom A. Alberg Scott D. Cook Patricia Q. Stonesifer All directors and executive officers as a group (14 persons) Total shares outstanding 195,000 75,000 75,000 15,688,925 20,858,702 72.5 100.0 83.5

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