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Hi John,
Kindly assist, as usual.
The share price is $4.
They announce a 1 for 5 rights at $3.10 per share. What percentage of the rights offered to a shareholder does the shareholder needs to take up as to have no net cash flow resulting from the issue?
Thanks.
Ignore the answer above.
First, we need to calculate the ex-rights price.
Now since total shares will be 5+1.
The price will be (5×4/6) + (3.1/6) = $3.85
Suppose someone currently owns 10000 shares (any number will do – 10000 is easy!)
They are currently worth 10,000 x $4 = $40,000
After the rights issue, they must be worth in total $40,000 and therefore if there is to be no cash effect, their shares must in total be worth $40,000.
Since the new MV is $3.85, it means they must now own 40,000/3.85 = 100390 shares – 390 more than before.
They were entitled to 1/5 x 10,000 = 2,000 shares.
So they must have taken up 390/2,000 = 19.5% of their rights
Salman: although your answer is correct, please do not answer in this forum. It is the Ask the Tutor Forum, and you are not the tutor 🙂
