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question 50

Multiple Choice

Use the table for the question(s) below.
David founds a company and goes through the investment rounds shown below:
He decides to take the company public through an IPO,issuing 2 million new shares.Assuming that he successfully completes the IPO,the net income for the next year is estimated to be $8 million.His banker informs him that the price of shares should be set using average price-earnings ratios for similar businesses,which is 15.0.
-An IPO is offered at $6.75 per share for 2 million shares.The IPO underwriters had a spread of 9%.What was the total fee paid to the underwriters?

• A)$13,500,000
• B)$1,215,000
• C)$12,285,000
• D)$12,385,000
• E)$1,800,000

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