Given an Efficient Market,a Rights Offer

question 31

Multiple Choice

Given an efficient market,a rights offer:

• A)provides a means for current shareholders to sell their shares for more than their actual worth.
• B)increases the wealth of the firm's current shareholders.
• C)neither creates nor destroys shareholder value.
• D)provides a means of obtaining shares for less than market value.
• E)imposes losses on the firm's current shareholders.

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