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Hello John PG Co has a paid-up ordinary share capital of $4,500,000 represented by 6 million shares of 75c each. It hasn o loan capital. Earnings after tax in the most recent year were $3,600,000. The P/E ratio of the company is 15. The company is planning to make a large new investment which will cost $10,500,000, and is considering raising the necessary finance through a rights issue at 800c. Required Calculate the theoretical ex-rights price, and state what factors in practice might invalidate your calculation. In order to raise $10,500,000 at a price of 800 cents, the company will need to issue an additional 1,312,500 ($10,500,000/$8.00) shares. Following the investment, the total number of shares in issue will be 7,312,500 (6,000,000 + 1,312,500). At this point, the total value of the company will be: (6m x $9) + $10,500,000 = $64,500,000 The theoretical ex-rights price will therefore be $64.5m/7.3125m = $8.82. 1. My issue is with the "At this point, the total value of the company will be: (6m x $9) + $10,500,000 = $64,500,000" - Normally the $9 is the EPS and I want to know why this figure has being used to calculate the value of the existing share. Thanks