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Hors d’Age Cheeseworks has been paying a regular cash dividend
of $4.00 per share each year for over a decade. The company is
paying out all its earnings as dividends and is not expected to
grow. There are 121,000 shares outstanding selling for $80 per
share. The company has sufficient cash on hand to pay the next
annual dividend.
Suppose that, starting in year 1, Hors d’Age decides to cut its
cash dividend to zero and announces that it will repurchase shares
instead.
a. What is the immediate stock price reaction?
Ignore taxes, and assume that the repurchase program conveys no
information about operating profitability or business risk.
Immediate stock price reaction |
b. How many shares will Hors d’Age re-purchase?
(Round your answer to the nearest whole
number.)
Number of shares repurchased |
c. Project and compare future stock prices for the old and new policies. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your old policy answers to the nearest whole number and your new policy answers to 2 decimal places.)
Share Price |
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Year |
Old Policy |
New Policy |
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