The Mann Company currently has 95,000 outstanding shares selling at $96 each. Th

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The Mann Company currently has 95,000 outstanding shares selling at $96 each. The firm is contemplating the declaration of a $5 dividend at the end of the fiscal year that just began. Assume there are no taxes on dividends. Answer the following questions based on the Miller and Modigliani model, which is disscussed in the text.

A) What will be the price of the stock on the ex-dividend date if the dividend is declared?

B) What will be the price of the stock at the end of the year if the dividend is not declared?

C) If Mann makes $2.1 million of new investments at the beginning of the period, earns net income of $1.2 million, and pays the dividend at the end of the year, how many shares of new stock must the firm issue to meet its funding needs?

D) Is it realistic to use the MM model in the real world to value stock? Why or why not?

***Please provide formulas****

Explanation / Answer

Amangupta is correct.
The answers are
91
96
21875
And no for the reasons he discussed.

By the way, Chegg has a textbook section with clear answers on these subjects:

http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/dividends-stock-price-mann-company-currently-95-000-outstand-chapter-16-problem-10q-solution-9780073530680-exc

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