2002E	2003E	2004E	2005E	Terminal Value
EBIAT	50	50	60	60
CAPX	10	10	10	10
Depreciation	5	5	5	5
Investment in Working Capital	5	5	5	5
interest	5	5	5	5
goodwill	1	1	1	1

Risk free rate: 4%

Market risk premium: 7%

Expected growth rate of cash flows after 4.year = 5%

Beta Asset = 1.6

Beta Debt=1

Cost of Debt=8%

The company is planning to change the capital structure by the end of its 2^rd year. For the first two years debt to equity ratio is 2/3 and 1/4 afterwards. Assume the cost of debt is decreased to 6% with the change in the debt of the company. Calculate the value of the company using WACC approach. Assume corporate tax rate is 40%

A company was distributing 5$ of dividend per share till this year. The board decided to decrease the dividend per share to 3.5$ for the current quarter only. This information is leaked to the public on 23rd of April but the official announcement is made on April 25th. Assume the tax on dividend is same as tax on capital gains and investors believe that the decrease in dividends is a good action taken by the company as it is a bad time in the economy and has nothing to do with earnings.

a-) (9 points) What happens to the share price, increase, decrease or remain similar) under the following theories of dividend on announcement day? Assume ex-date is June 15th. What happened to share price on ex-date. How much the price will decrease or increase?

	23-Apr	25-Apr	15-June
Modigliani and Miller Irrelevance
Signaling
Agency
Clientele Effect ( Assuming majority of investors dislike dividend)