Principles of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
Principles of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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ISBN: 9781259144387
Author: Richard A Brealey, Stewart C Myers, Franklin Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 6PS

Dividends and stock price Go back to the first Rational Demiconductor balance sheet one more time. Assume that Rational does not win the lawsuit (see Problem 5) and is left with only $1 million in surplus cash. Nevertheless Rational decides to pay a cash dividend of $2 per share. What must Rational do to finance the $2 dividend if it holds its debt and investment policies constant? What happens to price per share?

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