Corporate Finance Plus MyLab Finance with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (4th Edition) (Berk, DeMarzo & Harford, The Corporate Finance Series)
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Chapter 17, Problem 22P
Assume capital markets are perfect. Kay Industries currently has $100 million invested in short-term Treasury securities paying 7%, and it pays out the interest payments on these securities each year as a dividend. The board is considering selling the Treasury securities and paying out the proceeds as a one-time dividend payment.
- a. If the board went ahead with this plan, what would happen to the value of Kay stock upon the announcement of a change in policy?
- b. What would happen to the value of Kay stock on the ex-dividend date of the onetime dividend?
- c. Given these price reactions, will this decision benefit investors?
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Corporate Finance Plus MyLab Finance with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (4th Edition) (Berk, DeMarzo & Harford, The Corporate Finance Series)
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