11. Payout policy in perfect capital markets (S15.2) Go back to the first Rational Demiconductor balance sheet....

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11. Payout policy in perfect capital markets (S15.2) Go back to the first Rational Demiconductor balance sheet. Now assume that Rational wins a lawsuit and is paid $1 million in cash. Its market capitalization rises by that amount. It decides to pay out $2 per share instead of $1 per share. Explain what happens to Rational’s stock price over the period of the announcement and over the period of the payment if the payout comes

(a) as a cash dividend or

(b) as a share repurchase.

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Principles Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9781264080946

14th Edition

Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Franklin Allen, Alex Edmans

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