Brown Corporation currently has 14 million shares of stock outstanding at a price of $42 per share. The company would like to raise money and has announced a rights issue. Every existing shareholder will be sent one right per share of stock that he or she owns. The company plans to require ten rights to purchase one share at a price of $42 per share. How much money will it raise if all rights are​ exercised?     The company will be able to raise           million.  ​(Round to one decimal​ place.)

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Brown Corporation currently has 14 million shares of stock outstanding at a price of $42 per share. The company would like to raise money and has announced a rights issue. Every existing shareholder will be sent one right
per share of stock that he or she owns. The company plans to require ten rights to purchase one share at a price of
$42 per share. How much money will it raise if all rights are​ exercised?  
 
The company will be able to raise           million.  ​(Round to one decimal​ place.)
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Rights Issue:

A rights issue, also referred to as a rights offer, is a kind of dividend that gives stockholders the right to buy additional shares at a discounted price. These rights are given to existing shareholders so it is considered non-dilutive. 

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