On January 20, Whalen Inc., sold 10 million shares of stock in an SEO. The marke

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On January 20, Whalen Inc., sold 10 million shares of stock in an SEO. The market price of Whalen at the time was $42.25 per share. Of the 10 million shares sold, 4 million shares were primary shares being sold by the company, and the remaining 6 million shares were being sold by the venture capital investors. Assume the underwriter charges 5.3% of the gross proceeds as an underwriting fee. a. How much money did Whalen raise? b. How much money did the venture capitalists receive? c. If the stock price dropped 2.9% on the announcement of the SEO and the new shares were sold at that price, how much money would Whalen receive? a. How much money did Whalen raise? After underwriting fees, Whalen raised $ 160.04 million. (Round to two decimal places.) b. How much money did the venture capitalists receive? After underwriting fees, the venture capitalists received $ 240.06 million. (Round to two decimal places.) c. If the stock price dropped 2.9% on the announcement of the SEO and the new shares were sold at that price, how much money would Whalen receive? After underwriting fees Whalen would receive $ ___ million. (Round to two decimal places.)

Explanation / Answer

a)Whalen Raise=4million*42.25*(1-0.053)=160.043million

b)Venture Capitalists=6million*42.25*(1-0.053)=240.06million

c)Whalen Raised=4million*42.25*(1-0.029)*(1-0.053)=155.40million

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