Chapter 11 Flashcards
What is most common type of share capital
Ordinary shares
What does authorised share capital do
In theory, it acts as a ceiling on the amount of share capital the directors can issue
Initial payment in a fiscal year for a equity is called
Interim dividend
In advance of an ipo,the company usually works with IBs to advise on
Type of security to issue
Best price that can be expected
Number of shares to be issued
When to bring the ipo to market
What must also be provided for when doing ipo
Prospectus filed to sec containing risks and info about deal
Issues with ipo
Dilutes existing shareholders ownership
Risky as their is little history on what to base their share price off, new shares usually underpriced to increase attractiveness
Two types of secondary share offering
Seasoned equity offering, offering after doing an ipo
Secondary offering involves sale of shares held by directors at company for example
What is. A dilutive secondary offering and what is non dilutive secondary offering
Seasoned equity offering is dilutive
Secondary offering is non dilutive as no new shares are issued p, shares just transferred
Preference shares
Pay investors a fixed dividend as a percentage of face value of the share.
How can preferred stocks dividends be affected
Ordinary shareholders can defer dividends paid to preference shareholders if it is appropriate, ie poor earnings
Characteristics of preference shares
No voting right s
Dividends paid out before div to ordinary shares
Preference shares higher in cap structure compared to ordinary stock holders
Why do firms like preference shares
Act as a bond security but classed as equity so helps with financing but less affect on d/e ratio
American depository receipt
Stock that trades in the USA but represents an investment in a specified number of shares of a non us company
What are ADRs useful for
Helping us investors invest in non us companies, simpler
Lower admin costs and avoids paying foreign taxes
Why do foreign countries issue ADRs
Helps them increase exposure to wealthy North American market
What does a primary issue require
Firm must ensure they have financial stability and managerial competence to obtain stock exchange quotation
Underwrite a capital issue meaning
Investment bank will garentee they will buy up any unbought shares or arrange for the unbought to be bought by other institutions
Placing
A firm may issue equity by placing new securities with an IB. So issuing house (IB) buys all the shares and resells them to other investors
When is placing used and why is tit good
Used by smaller issues, less costly
Firm is garenteed to raise full amount of capital
When is placing used and why is it good
Used by smaller issues, less costly
Firm is garenteed to raise full amount of capital
book building
Investment banks go out and find investors who are interested in buying shares and create an actual book of them
Accelerated book building
Refers to short period of time when investor interest is shown and established by IB
IB may garentee a minimum price and sales revenue to issuing firm
Intermediaries offer
Number of brokers placing an issue with their own clients, thus widening the investor base
Offer for sale issuance and why’s it good
Issuing house purchase all of the shares from the firm and instead of offering to other investment houses, they issue to the general public instead. The issuing firm garentees the sale of share and IB acts as undersitier