Corporate Finance, 12e (Ross)
1) The market for venture capital refers to the:
A) private financial marketplace for servicing new, often high-risk firms.
B) corporate bond market.
C) market for selling unsubscribed rights.
D) market for selling seasoned equity securities.
E) public market for all issues of both company stocks and bonds.
2) In a typical deal, the venture capitalist will receive at least ________ percent of the equity of
the financed firm.
A) 5
B) 20
C) 40
D) 50
E) 75
3) Venture capitalists are:
A) intermediaries that raise funds from outside investors.
B) investors who take a hands-off approach to investment management.
C) generally interested in primarily long-term investments.
D) easily contacted and tend to assist with most requests received.
E) generally granted a maximum of 25 percent of a firm’s equity.
4) Venture capitalists provide financing for new firms from the seed and start-up stage all the
way to mezzanine and bridge financing. In exchange for this financing, venture capitalists
generally receive:
A) the personal financial guarantees of all current owners.
B) an equity position and board of director positions.
C) the right to set the offer price in any future initial public offering.
D) the protection provided by a court-appointed trustee.
E) a government-funded guarantee of repayment for all funds provided.
5) Venture capitalists will frequently:
A) hold voting preferred stock which grants them priorities in the event of a sale or liquidation.
B) hold voting common stock which grants them priorities over the debt holders.
C) hold nonvoting preferred stock.
D) hold nonvoting common stock.
E) obtain seats on the board but not obtain shares of stock.
6) Wood Crafts has expended almost all its start-up funds and is seeking venture capital to begin
manufacturing. Which type of financing is it seeking?
A) Mezzanine financing
B) First-round financing
C) Bridge financing
D) Seed money financing
E) Second-round financing
7) Which one of these statements correctly relates to the capital commitments to U.S. Venture
Funds?
A) The highest level of commitment occurred in 1999.
B) The average annual commitment since the Year 2004 has been less than that of the 1980s.
C) After the Year 2000, the level of commitment has steadily declined.
D) The level of commitment is relatively unaffected by economic conditions.
E) As of 2016, the amount of capital commitments was increasing.
8) Management’s first step in any issue of securities to the public is to:
A) file a registration form with the SEC.
B) distribute copies of the preliminary prospectus.
C) distribute copies of the final prospectus.
D) obtain approval from the board of directors.
E) prepare the tombstone advertisement.
9) A red herring contains:
A) exactly the same information as the final prospectus except for the SEC approval.
B) the same information as the final prospectus.
C) only a brief synopsis of the final prospectus.
D) only a description of how the funds raised will be used.
E) information very similar to the final prospectus but excludes the selling price.
10) A company must file a registration statement with the SEC providing various financial and
company information prior to selling new securities to the public. This registration statement
does not need to be filed if the:
A) issue is less than $50 million.
B) securities are loans that mature in one year or less.
C) issue is less than $2.5 million.
D) securities are valued at less than $5 million and are being sold on the Internet.
E) securities are loans that mature within nine months.
11) Security issues that are governed by Regulation A are:
A) distributed solely among current company employees and directors.
B) sold in full to a single purchaser.
C) those that only include securities currently held by corporate insiders.
D) limited such that only current shareholders can purchase them.
E) valued at less than $5 million.
12) Potential investors primarily obtain detailed information regarding a new issue by reading
the:
A) SEC’s comment letter.
B) preliminary prospectus.
C) letter of commitment.
D) registration statement.
E) rights offering statement.
13) A registration statement is effective on the 20th day after filing unless:
A) the SEC is backlogged with statements.
B) a tombstone ad is issued indicating its demise.
C) a letter of comment suggesting changes is issued by the SEC.
D) a syndicate can be formed sooner.
E) the issue exceeds $50 million in which case the wait period is 30 days.
14) If a firm lists its stock on a stock exchange without employing an underwriter, the firm is
raising funds via:
A) equity crowdfunding.
B) charitable crowdfunding.
C) token securities.
D) a direct listing.
E) venture capital.
15) The maximum amount of equity that can be raised through crowdfunding in a 12-month
period is:
A) $1 million.
B) $25 million.
C) $10 million.
D) $50 million.
E) $100 million.
16) Tokens offered in initial coin offerings:
A) can be exchanged for services but not for cash.
B) can only be obtained from Ethereum.
C) must be exchanged for shares of common stock once the coin’s issuer has gone public.
D) are considered to be illiquid investments.
E) may be obtained in the hope that the tokens will appreciate in value.
17) The first equity issue offered to the general public by a firm is a:
A) rights offer.
B) general cash offer.
C) restricted placement.
D) direct placement.
E) seasoned offering.
18) An equity issue sold to the firm’s existing stockholders is called a:
A) rights offer.
B) general cash offer.
C) private placement.
D) restricted placement.
E) direct placement.
19) The first public equity issue offered by a company is commonly referred to as a(n):
A) initial private offering.
B) initial public offering.
C) secondary offering.
D) seasoned new issue.
E) registered issue.
20) A seasoned equity offering:
A) may be either a cash offer or a rights offer.
B) is a privileged subscription.
C) must be a rights offer.
D) must be a direct placement.
E) must be a cash offer.
21) Assume a firm issued securities through an agreement where the investment bankers sold as
many shares as possible at a fixed price. This issue would be classified as a:
A) Dutch auction.
B) direct rights offer.
C) direct placement.
D) best-efforts cash offer.
E) standby rights offer.
22) A firm commitment arrangement with an investment banker occurs when the:
A) syndicate is in place to handle the issue.
B) spread between the buying and selling price is less than one percent.
C) issue is solidly accepted in the market as evidenced by a large price increase.
D) investment banker buys the securities for less than the offering price and accepts the risk of
not being able to sell them.
E) investment banker sells as much of the security as the market can bear without a price
decrease.
23) The Green Shoe provision is used to:
A) cover oversubscriptions.
B) address unsold shares.
C) provide additional reward to investment bankers for a risky issue.
D) provide funding to investment bankers for unsold shares.
E) reduce the number of shareholders.
24) Which one of the following services is least apt to be offered to a corporation by an
investment bank?
A) Formulating a method to issue new securities
B) Pricing of new securities
C) Facilitating a merger
D) Providing checking account management
E) Selling new securities
25) Which one of the following is not one of the four main functions provided by underwriters?
A) Assumption of some market risk
B) Responsibility for marketing securities
C) Auditing the financial statements
D) Estimating the value of an offering
E) Establishing the offer price
26) In a best efforts offering the investment bank makes its money primarily by earning:
A) the spread between the buying and offering price.
B) a commission on each share sold.
C) a negotiated percentage of the offering price.
D) a flat fee charged for services rendered.
E) the difference between the offer price and the warrant price.
27) Under the ________ method, the underwriter buys the entire issue, while under the
________ method, the underwriter does not purchase the shares but merely acts as an agent.
A) best efforts; firm commitment
B) firm commitment; best efforts
C) negotiated offer; competitive offer
D) competitive offer; negotiated offer
E) seasoned; unseasoned
28) Empirical evidence suggests that new equity issues are generally:
A) priced efficiently by the market.
B) overpriced by investor excitement concerning a new issue.
C) overpriced resulting from SEC regulation.
D) underpriced, in part, to counteract the winner’s curse.
E) underpriced resulting from SEC regulation.
29) The price at which offered securities are sold in a Dutch auction underwriting is determined
by the:
A) lead underwriter.
B) bidders.
C) SEC.
D) issuing firm.
E) venture capitalists.
30) Green Shoe options generally last ________ days and benefit ________.
A) 30; the issuer
B) 30; the underwriting syndicate
C) 60; the underwriting syndicate
D) 60; the issuer
E) 90; both the issuer and the underwriting syndicate
31) Which one of these applies to the aftermarket period?
A) The red herrings are distributed.
B) Underwriters generally only sell shares at or above the offer price.
C) Book building is conducted.
D) The lead underwriter determines the offer price.
E) Underwriting negotiations are completed.
32) Oversubscription is most commonly the result of:
A) unsuccessful book building.
B) underpricing.
C) exercising the Green Shoe option.
D) a negotiated, rather than a competitive, underwriting.
E) unexercised rights.
33) Negotiated offers generally:
A) are used as a last resort.
B) involve an underwriting syndicate.
C) result in higher issue costs than do competitive offers.
D) involve only large issuers.
E) reduce the probability an issue will be successful.
34) A road show is a portion of the underwriting process known as:
A) capital reputation building.
B) bookbuilding.
C) locking-up.
D) syndication.
E) Dutch auctioning.
35) Historically, firms that issued new securities at a price that was above the file price range
have:
A) successfully avoided leaving any significant funds on the table.
B) ended up overpricing their securities by at least 10 percent.
C) left more money on the table than firms that issued within the file price range.
D) ended up with unsold shares even though the final offer price was considered to be fair.
E) left less money on the table than firms that issued at or below the file price range.
36) Empirical evidence suggests that upon announcement of a seasoned equity issue, current
stock prices generally:
A) decrease perhaps because the issue reflects management’s view the stock is overvalued.
B) remain fairly constant since an efficient market anticipates a new equity issue.
C) decrease perhaps because the issues are associated with positive NPV projects.
D) increase because the market supply is always less than demand.
E) increase because underwriters exercise their Green Shoe option.
37) Debt capacity is often offered as a reason for a stock price to decline when additional equity
securities are issued. The primary reason that supports this argument is that:
A) the high issue costs of a debt offering must be paid by the shareholders.
B) an additional equity issue reduces the debt capacity of a firm.
C) management feels the probability of default has risen, which limits the firm’s debt capacity
and thus an equity issue is necessary.
D) unless additional debt is issued in the future, stock dividends will tend to decline after the new
securities are issued.
E) additional equity is only issued when a firm cannot meet its current debt obligations, thereby
signaling the firm is on the verge of bankruptcy.
38) Direct expenses of an IPO include the:
A) gross spread plus other direct expenses.
B) gross spread and underpricing.
C) abnormal returns and underpricing.
D) Green Shoe option and the abnormal returns.
E) gross spread, Green Shoe option, and other direct expenses.
39) In comparison to debt issuance expenses, the total direct costs of equity issues are:
A) considerably less.
B) the same.
C) minimally less.
D) considerably greater.
E) minimally greater.
40) Which type of offering will generally incur the lowest direct issue costs as a percentage of
gross proceeds?
A) Small-sized IPO
B) Straight, investment-grade bonds
C) SEO
D) Large-sized IPO
E) Convertible bonds
41) To determine the total value of a rights offering, the stockholder needs to know the following
two pieces of information in addition to the number of rights issued, the:
A) subscription price and the number of rights needed to acquire a new share.
B) current market price per share and the number of rights needed to acquire a new share.
C) current market price per share and the standby fee.
D) detachment date and the subscription price.
E) the number of rights needed to acquire a new share and the number of shares currently owned.
42) Assuming everything else is constant, when a stock goes ex-rights the stock price should:
A) decrease since the stockholder is losing an option.
B) increase since the corporation no longer has the right to force the stockholder to convert.
C) remain the same since an efficient market would anticipate this change.
D) remain constant as shareholder value is unaffected by a rights offering.
E) decrease by the amount of the tax applicable to the right.
43) If current shareholders want to acquire one share of stock under a rights plan they must:
A) acquire new shares of stock that are being issued with rights attached.
B) simply pay a registration fee plus the subscription price per share requested.
C) submit the number of rights required plus the subscription price.
D) inform the issuer and submit the market price per share desired.
E) exchange their current shares for new shares that have rights attached.
44) Which one of the following statements is true concerning a rights offering?
A) The subscription price is generally greater than the market price.
B) The subscription price must be greater than the ex-rights price.
C) The subscription price is generally less than the market price.
D) The ex-rights price is generally higher than the rights-attached price.
E) The market price tends to increase on the ex-rights date.
45) Shareholders who have rights are always:
A) better off if they exercise the rights rather than selling them.
B) better off if they sell their rights rather than exercising them.
C) in the same financial position if they sell or if they exercise their rights.
D) able to purchase one new share for each right they own.
E) financially disadvantaged any time a rights offer is made, regardless of any action they take.
46) A standby underwriting arrangement in conjunction with a rights offering provides the:
A) issuer with methods to cancel the offering should they so desire.
B) issuer with an alternate investment banker if a conflict between the issuer and the original
investment banker arises.
C) investment banker with an oversubscription privilege to ensure profits are earned.
D) issuer with an alternative avenue of sale to ensure success of the rights offering.
E) investment bankers with a means of withdrawing from their firm offer.