Question
HF Holding Plc. has 40 million ordinary shares of 50p is in issue. These shares are currently valued on the London Stock Exchange at £1.80 per share. The company directors have decided to offer existing shareholders one new share for every four shares held at £1.35 ie. a one-for-four issue. What is the value of the rights offer? Select the correct answer from the option listed below. E0.24 E0.49 0.48 E0.36
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Wyn
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Now let's calculate and substitute the given conditions into the formulas what we've thought out. ## **In Step 1:**The original total shares are 40 million. After substituting into the formula we concluded:The new shares = 40,000,000/4=10,000,000 shares## **In Step 2:**Substitute the calculation result from the first step into the second equation: Rights offers Value= £1.35*10,000,000 = £13,500,000 We got the final solution to the question.The value of the rights offer =
. The correct answer to be identified was not listed above.
Explanation
## Step1: First, we need to calculate the number of new shares that estar shareholders will receive by the issuance policy. From the condition mentioned, we know that for every 4 original shares, investors are awarded one additional share. Therefore, the increment of shares is the total number of shares that HF Holding Plc. initially issued divided by 4: ### **The New Shares= Total original shares / 4**## Step2:Then, we saw that the price of every new share HF Holding Plc. issued is
. The total value of new shares, hence, is the price of per further share times the total amount of new shares:### **Rights offers Value = The Price of Each New Share * The New Shares**