TV Technology Corp

question 50

Multiple Choice

TV Technology Corp. recently went public with an initial public offering of 2 million shares of stock. The underwriter used a firm commitment offering in which the net proceeds was $50.75 per share and the underwriter's spread was 6 percent of the gross proceeds. TV Technology also paid legal and other administrative costs of $400,000 for the IPO. Calculate the gross proceeds per share received by TV Technology from the sale of the 2 million shares of stock.

• A) $48.07
• B) $50.95
• C) $53.99
• D) $54.20

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