Accounting (Text Only)
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Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
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Chapter 13, Problem 13.2CP
To determine
Authorized stock: It refers to the maximum number of shares preferred or common shares allowed by the state charter to be issued by the company.
To discuss: Whether Person L is behaving in a professional manner.
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Lou Hoskins and Shirley Crothers are organizing Red Lodge Metals Unlimited Inc. to undertake a high-risk gold-mining venture in Canada. Lou and Shirley tentatively plan to request authorization for 400,000,000 shares of common stock to be sold to the general public. Lou and Shirley have decided to establish par of $0.03 per share in order to appeal to a wide variety of potential investors. Lou and Shirley believe that investors wouldbe more willing to invest in the company if they received a large quantity of shares for what might appear to be a “bargain” price.Discuss whether Lou and Shirley are behaving in a professional manner.
Lou Hoskins and Shirley Crothers are organizing Red Lodge Metals Unlimited Inc. to undertake a high-risk gold mining venture in Canada. Lou and Shirley tentatively plan to request authorization for 400,000,000 shares of common stock to be sold to the general public for $35 per share. Lou and Shirley have decided to establish par of $0.03 per share in order to appeal to a wide variety of potential investors. Lou and Shirley believe that investors would be more willing to invest in the company if they received a large quantity of shares for what might appear to be a “bargain” price.
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Bruce Wayne is going public with his new business. Berkman Investment Bank will be his banker and is doing a best efforts sale with a
3.8%
commission fee. The SEC has authorized Wayne
4,790,000
shares for this issue. He plans to keep
1,180,000
shares for himself, hold back an additional
240,000
shares according to the green-shoe provision for Berkman Investment Bank, pay off Venture Capitalists with
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$16.46
a share. Given the bids at the auction
distribute the shares to all bidders using a pro-rata share procedure, and assume Berkman Investment Bank takes its green-shoe shares. What is the total cash flow to Wayne after the sale? To Berkman Investment Bank?
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Gotham Pension Fund 1,990,000
Clark Kent Investors 1,250,000
Central City Insurance 610,000
Arthur Curry 440,000
Barry Allen 350,000
Total 4,640,000
Chapter 13 Solutions
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