Which of the following statements are true about new issues of seasoned equity?
1. As a percentage of gross proceeds, issue costs tend to be lower for bonds than for seasoned equity.
2. The annoucement of new issues of seasoned equity generally results in a decline in the stock price.
3. It is generally believed that managers will be more likely to provide new issues of common stock when they think the stock is overvalued than when they think the stock is undervalued.
All of above are correct but I don't understand why 1 is the way it is because I have no idea how they issue seasoned equity. The other 2 are quite common sense.
1. As a percentage of gross proceeds, issue costs tend to be lower for bonds than for seasoned equity.
2. The annoucement of new issues of seasoned equity generally results in a decline in the stock price.
3. It is generally believed that managers will be more likely to provide new issues of common stock when they think the stock is overvalued than when they think the stock is undervalued.
All of above are correct but I don't understand why 1 is the way it is because I have no idea how they issue seasoned equity. The other 2 are quite common sense.