ML Underwriters Paid an Issuer $37,694,528 as IPO Proceeds

question 88

Multiple Choice

ML Underwriters paid an issuer $37,694,528 as IPO proceeds. The IPO offered 1.86 million shares of which 1.835 million were sold at an offer price of $21.85 a share. The underwriting spread was 7.25%. What type of underwriting was this?

• A)best efforts
• B)variable
• C)firm commitment
• D)plain vanilla
• E)stand-by

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