Four Seasons Total Landscaping is an all-equity firm that has been in existence for the past three years. Company management expects that the company will last for two more years and then be dissolved. The company will generate a free cash flow of $854, 700 one year from today and then its final free cash flow of $1, 121, 211 two years from today. This second cash flow incorporates all of the proceeds from the liquidation process. Assume that the current dividend policy of the firm is to pay out all available free cash flow each year to its shareholders. There are 70,000 shares outstanding and the shareholders currently require a return of 11% per annum. A) What should be the current price per share of Four Seasons Total Landscaping? The current share price should be $ share (Round to 2 decimal places. Use the unrounded value in any future calculations that need it) The board of directors of Four Seasons Total Landscaping is dissatisfied with the current dividend policy and proposes that a $1, 243, 200 dividend be paid one year from today (i.e. at t=1). To raise the extra cash needed necessary for the increased dividend, the company will sell new shares at t=1 in order to immediately pay out the proceeds to the existing shareholders as the board of directors' desired dividend. B) How much extra funding does Four Seasons Total Landscaping need to raise at t=1 through the new share sale in order to have enough funds to pay the increased dividend to the existing investors? The firm needs to raise $ extra. (Round to 2 decimal places. Use the unrounded value in any future calculations that need it) C) What must be the total value at t=1 of both the existing shares and the newly issued shares together? It may be helpful to remember that, at that time, the only remaining cash flow will be the final liquidating t=2 cash flow of one year later. The value of both the existing and new shares must together be worth $ at t=1 (Round to 2 decimal places. Use the unrounded value in any future calculations that need it) D) How many new shares must be sold at t=1 to new investors to raise the required funds needed for this increased dividend at t=1 paid to existing investors? The firm must issue new shares at t=1 in order to raise the extra funding. (Round to 2 decimal places. You may assume that fractional shares are possible. Use the unrounded value in any future calculations that need it) E) What price per share do those new investors pay for their new shares at t=1? The investors must pay for each of the new shares. (Round to 2 decimal places. Use the unrounded value in any future calculations that need it) Assume that Four Seasons Total Landscaping commits to the above increased t=1 dividend plan and corresponding share sale) and announces this plan to the public at t=0 (today). F) What price per share would investors now be willing to pay at t=0 for the existing 70,000 shares after the announcement? After the announcement, investors would be willing to pay exactly $ at t=0 for each of the existing shares. (Round to 2 decimal places)
