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Chapter 17. Common and Preferred Stock Financing. Business Organization. Sole Proprietorship – No separation of person assets from business assets and business profit taxed as personal income (unlimited liability)
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Chapter 17 Common and Preferred Stock Financing
Business Organization • Sole Proprietorship – No separation of person assets from business assets and business profit taxed as personal income (unlimited liability) • Partnership – partners share the profit and liability of the organization personally (unlimited liability); can limit risk exposure through limited partnership • Corporation – Limited liability and impersonal identity; easily transferred ownership; taxed at corporate rates; separation of management & ownership (shareholders)
Managers as the agent of the shareholders • Small shareholders have little control over management – little say • Managers may put their interests above stockholders • Insufficient corporate governance e.g.directors are recommended by the management; stockholders are rubber seal • Agency problem – managers won’t work for the owners unless it is in their own best interests
How to solve agency problem • Goal alignment of the managers & owners • Make the mangers the owners • Tie compensation to share price - e.g. stock options, bonuses based on share price • Strengthen corporate governance – e.g. appoint outside directors • Takeover and replacement of management
Shareholders’ Rights • Residual claim to income – amount remained after the creditors and preferred shareholders; dividends or retained earning; no legal or enforceable claim to dividends • The voting rights – on major issues such as director election, CEO appointment, etc • The right to purchase new shares – Preemptive RightProvision in corporate charter allows existing shareholdersto maintain the percentage of ownership, voting power and claim to earnings
The Voting Right • Majority voting – holders of majority (> 50%) of stock can elect all directors • Cumulative voting – allow minority (<50%) shareholders to elect some of the directors; stockholder can cast one vote for each share of stock owned times the number of directors to be elected
Right to Purchase New Shares • Difference between initial public offerings (IPO or non-seasonal offerings) and seasonal offerings • In both cases, the company will set the initial price at a discount • Share price rises in the first case but very often falls in the latter case • Reason - in the latter case, there is a dilution of the value of existing outstanding shares
Dilution of Shares • Assume there are 9M outstanding shares currently, each share has a market value of $40. • The company decides to issue another 1M new shares at a price of $30 • The total number of outstanding shares becomes 9M + 1M = 10M with a total value of 9Mx40 + 1Mx30 = 390 M • New value for each share = 390 M/ 10 M = $39
Right Offerings • Each old stockholder receives one right for each share owned • Needs to combine several rights and pay the subscription price to buy one new share • How many rights should be necessary to purchase one new share? • What is the value of these rights?
Right Offerings cont’ • Given the followings • Market value of existing share $40/share • Share outstanding 9 M • Current equity in total $360 M • Additional funds required $30 M • Subscription price $30/share • New share issued 1 M
How many rights are needed? • The ratio of old to new shares is 9 to 1, hence old shareholder needs to combine 9 shares (or rights) to buy one new share • Number of rights required = number of outstanding shares/ number of new shares to be issued • In addition, the old shareholder has to pay a subscription price of $30 for each new share
What’s the value of each right? • New value of the share after dilution = $39 per share • Acquisition costs = 9 rights + $30 • Hence 9 rights = $39 - $30 = $9 • Each right = $1 • Rights may not sell at this theoretical value due to the investors’ expectation and market short-term condition
Rights-on share price (Mo) R = (Mo – S)/ (N+1) S = subscription price N = number of rights required to purchase one new share Ex-rights share price (Me) R = (Me – S)/ N Infact Me = Mo - R Formulae for Right Pricing
Before and After Right Offerings • Before: 9 old shares at $40 = $360 • Cash = 30 • Total = 390 • After: exercise the rights • 10 shares at $39(diluted value) = $390 Cash = 0 Total = 390
After Right Offerings cont’ • Case 1: selling the rights • 9 shares at $39 (diluted value) = $351 • Proceeds from sale of rights = 9 • Cash = 30 • Total = 390 • Case 2: neither exercise nor sell the rights • 9 shares at $39 = $351 • Cash = 30 • Total = 381
Effect of Rights on Old Shareholders • Exercise the rights; no net gain or loss • Sell the rights; no net gain or loss • Allow the rights to lapse; a loss due to the dilution of existing shares • Remember to exercise or sell the rights upon seasonal offerings
Advantage of Rights Offerings Financing • Protects stockholder’s voting position and claim on earnings • Existing shareholders provide a built-in market for new issues • Distribution costs are lower • The false appearance of a bargain may create more interest in the company stock
Poison Pill • A right offering to prevent the company from being acquired by hostile buyer • Once the hostile buyer accumulates a certain percentage of the common stock (say 20%), the other shareholders will receive rights to purchase additional shares at very low prices • This will dilute the hostile buyer’s ownership percentage as well as the share value
Preferred Stock Financing • From the corporate perspective, preferred stock contributes to capital structure balance by • Expanding the capital base without diluting common stock or incurring contractual obligations • Unlike interest payment on debt, preferred stock dividends are not tax deductible
Preferred Stock Financing cont’ • From investor perspective, institutional investors may receive the preferred stock dividends tax free (Legislation changed) • For small individual investors, they may enjoy dividend tax credit
Possible features for Preferred Shares • Cumulative dividends - dividends may accumulate but must be paid before dividends on common shareholders • Participation provision - receives higher than the quoted yield when company makes exceptional profit • Convertible - may convert into common shares • Callable - company has option to call back • Retractable - investor has option to redeem • Floating rate - preferred yield adjust to market condition
Alternative Security Financing • Corporate Bonds • Preferred Stock • Common Stock • Table 17-1 & 2
Required rate of return Corporate issues Common stock Subordinated debentures Senior unsecured debt Secured debt Long-term government securities Treasury bills (short term) Savings account Risk to investor Figure 17-2Risk and expected return for various securities