24. After the market close on May 11, 2001, Adaptec, Inc., distributed a dividend of shares of...

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24. After the market close on May 11, 2001, Adaptec, Inc., distributed a dividend of shares of the stock of its software division, Roxio, Inc. Each Adaptec shareholder received 0.1646 share of Roxio stock per share of Adaptec stock owned. At the time, Adaptec stock was trading at $10.55 per share (cum-dividend), and Roxio’s share price was $14.23 per share. In a perfect market, what would be Adaptec’s ex-dividend share price after this transaction?

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Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9781292018409

3rd Global Edition

Authors: Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford

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