In the Republic of Atlantis the regulators decide to allow private placement of equity (see problem set 2 extra questions). A firm called Fish Inc. currently trades in their stock market at a price of $3 (Atlantic dollars) with 100 million shares outstanding. The manager currently needs to raise extra $300m. They decide to do that in a private placement and sell the shares to an individual investor at a discount of 20% of current share price. Which of the following statements is (are) true: (i) Private placements are fair. (ii) The company will issue 125m extra shares. (iii) Pre-existing investors will lose $34p per share.Required to answer. Single choice.

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In the Republic of Atlantis the regulators decide to allow private placement of equity (see problem set 2 extra questions). A firm called Fish Inc. currently trades in their stock market at a price of $3 (Atlantic dollars) with 100 million shares outstanding. The manager currently needs to raise extra $300m. They decide to do that in a private placement and sell the shares to an individual investor at a discount of 20% of current share price. Which of the following statements is (are) true:
(i) Private placements are fair.
(ii) The company will issue 125m extra shares.
(iii) Pre-existing investors will lose $34p per share.Required to answer. Single choice.
 
 
 
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