IPO Costs. Moonscape has just completed an initial public offering. The firm sold 3 mil- lion shares at an offer price of $8 per share. The underwriting spread was $.50 a share. The price of the stock...

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Moonscape has just completed an initial public offering. The firm sold 3 mil- lion shares at an offer price of $8 per share. The underwriting spread was $.50 a share. The

price of the stock closed at $11 per share at the end of the first day of trading. The firm in- curred $100,000 in legal, administrative, and other costs. What were flotation costs as a frac- tion of funds raised? Were flotation costs for Moonscape higher or lower than is typical for IPOs of this size (see Table 5.10)?