Three years ago, you founded an outdoor recreation company called EloMax Inc., a retailer specializing
in the sale of equipment and clothing for recreational activities such as camping, skiing, and hiking. So far
your company has gone through three funding rounds:
Round |
Date |
Investors |
Shares |
Share price(GHS) |
Series A |
Feb 2016 |
You |
500,000 |
1.00 |
Series B |
Aug. 2017 |
Angels |
1,000,000 |
2.00 |
Series C |
Sept. 2018 |
Venture Capital Trust Fund |
2,000,000 |
3.50 |
It is now 2019 and you need to raise additional capital to expand your business. You have decided to take
your firm public through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). You would like to issue an additional 6.5
million new shares through this IPO. Additionally, as part of the IPO you also decide that the timing was
right to cash in on your investment by selling a quarter of your current share-holding in a secondary
offering. EDC Securities acting as your lead investment banker has set a price of GHS5.3 for the IPO. If
your firm successfully completes its IPO, you forecast that 2019 Earnings per share will be GHS0.75.
Required:
a. After the Series C round of financing what will be the total value of your equity stake in the
business?
b. What is the total amount the firm will raise through the IPO for the purpose of expanding the
business?
c. What is the total number of shares that will be issued for the purposes of the IPO?
d. What percentage of the firm will you own after the IPO?
e. After going public in 2019 EloMax Inc identified a strange pattern in stock price in June 2019.
The stock price of EloMax Inc declined following the offering. The CEO is enraged and does not
understand this happening. At breakfast this morning, the CEO engages you in your capacity as a
financial analyst for the firm and wants to know what reasons could have possibly accounted for
the share price decline. Briefly state your response to the CEO.