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Chapter 5: 1BP_a (page 527)
The Pioneer Petroleum Corporation has a bond outstanding with an \(85 annual interest payment, a market price of \)800, and a maturity date in five years. Find the following:
a. The coupon rate.
b. The current rate.
c. The yield to maturity
a. The coupon rate is 8.50%.
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The Presley Corporation is about to go public. It currently has after-tax earnings of \(7,200,000, and 2,100,000 shares are owned by the present stockholders (the Presley family). The new public issue will represent 800,000 new shares. The new shares will be priced to the public at \)25 per share, with a 5 percent spread on the offering price. There will also be $260,000 in out-of-pocket costs to the corporation.
a. Compute the net proceeds to the Presley Corporation.
Take the following list of securities and arrange them in order of their priority of claims: (LO16-1)
Preferred stock Senior debenture
Subordinated debenture Senior secured debt
Common stock Junior secured debt
How might a leveraged buyout eventually lead to high returns for a company?
The Presley Corporation is about to go public. It currently has after-tax earnings of \(7,200,000, and 2,100,000 shares are owned by the present stockholders (the Presley family). The new public issue will represent 800,000 new shares. The new shares will be priced to the public at \)25 per share, with a 5 percent spread on the offering price. There will also be $260,000 in out-of-pocket costs to the corporation.
e. Determine what rate of return must be earned on the proceeds to the corporation so there will be a 5 percent increase in earnings per share during the year of going public.
Kevin’s Bacon Company Inc. has earnings of \(9 million with 2,100,000 shares outstanding before a public distribution. Seven hundred thousand shares will be included in the sale, of which 400,000 are new corporate shares, and 300,000 are shares currently owned by Ann Fry, the founder and CEO. The 300,000 shares that Ann is selling are referred to as a secondary offering, and all proceeds will go to her.
The net price from the offering will be \)16.50, and the corporate proceeds are expected to produce $1.8 million in corporate earnings.
a. What were the corporation’s earnings per share before the offering?
b. What are the corporation’s earnings per share expected to be after the offering?
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