1) List at least five of the major (US or major international) companies that came out with substantial IPOs or SEOs in, say, the last one year. What was the primary explicitly stated or implied reasons for those stock issues, in at least TWO of the cases?
a) In any ONE of the instance you indicated in # 1 above, indicate specifically (a) the amount of originally proposed IPO or SEO amount, (b) the amount actually raised (final issue price and the total), and (c) the reasons for the difference in the two amounts if any. What, if any, was the amount “left on the table?”
b) What, in your opinion, is the future of raising capital from outside sources? What do you think would be the relative importance of internal sources of capital funding in the near future and why?