2. Tax issues involving preferred stock Preferred dividends are paid from All else being equal, is a firm more or less likely to issue preferred stock if its tax rate increases? Aa Aa earnings. O More likely Doesn't matter O Less likely Consider the case of THC Endowment: THC Endowment is an institutional investor and owns preferred stocks worth a 20% stake in Mitata Co. Mitata Co. paid out dividends of $197,400 to THC Endowment this year. Mitata Co. had issued perpetual preferred stock with a par value of $100 and pays a(n) 9.40% annual dividend. Investors' required return on Mitata Co.'s preferred stock is 12.60%, and the tax rate for both the companies is 40%. Based on the information given, calculate the following: Value The current market price of Mitata Co.'s preferred stock is: THC Endowment tax liability on its dividend income will be: Mitata Co. also issued preferred stock whose dividends varied with the interest rate on the T-bil. Though this feature was intended to keep the price of the stock stable, the fluctuations in the Treasury yields between the dividend rate change dates led to price instability, and several institutional investors reallocated their investments from this preferred stock to other short-term investments. What kind of preferred stock did Mitata Co. issue? Market auction preferred stock O Adjustable rate preferred stock