The Issuance of Warrants in Rights Offerings: Agency Costs and Signaling Effects
Australian Journal of Management, Forthcoming
2013 Financial Markets & Corporate Governance Conference
Australian Centre for Financial Studies - Finsia Banking and Finance Conference 2010
41 Pages Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last revised: 17 Mar 2017
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The Issuance of Warrants in Rights Offerings: Agency Costs and Signaling Effects
The Issuance of Warrants in Rights Offerings: Agency Costs and Signaling Effects
Date Written: November 4, 2016
Abstract
We examine the issuance choice across rights issues of equity, unit offerings and standalone warrants and investigate the market reactions to these issue types. We find that agency costs, growth opportunities and current funding needs relative to assets in place are prime drivers of the type of equity issuance choice. Managers use quality signals such as underpricing, underwriting status and the proportion of funds raised by exercising warrants in determining the features of the warrant issue. Further, we document that the market reacts more favorably to standalone warrants issues than units and equity during the rights offering period.
Keywords: Issuance choice, rights offerings, unit offerings, warrants, equity, agency cost, signaling, Australia
JEL Classification: G14, G32
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