Mayo Corp. has just completed an initial public offering. The firm sold three million shares at an offer price of $8 per share. The underwriting spread was $.50 a share. The price of the stock closed at $11 per share at the end of the first day of trading. The firm incurred $100,000 in legal, administrative, and other costs. What were flotation costs as a fraction of funds raised?
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Flotation cost = $0.50 per share spread x 3,000,000 shares + Legal and admin costs
Flotation cost = $0.50 x 3,000,000 + $100,000
Flotation cost = $1,600,000
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Fund raised = Offer price x Total number of shares
Fund raised = $8 x 3,000,000
Fund raided = $24,000,000
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Flotation cost a fraction of the fund raised = Floatation cost / Fund raised = $1,600,000/$24,000,000
Flotation cost a fraction of the fund raised = 0.066667 or 6.67%
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(We should ignore closing price because that price is not received by firm)
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