QUESTION 21 Which of the following actions will best enable a company to raise additional equity capital, other things held constant a Refund long-term debt with lower cost short-term debt. Ob. Declare a stock split. O c. Begin an open-market purchase dividend reinvestment plan. Od. Initiate a stock repurchase program Oe. Begin a new-stock dividend reinvestment plan QUESTION 22 Which of the following statements is CORRECT? If a firm follows the residual dividend model, then a sudden increase in the number of profitable projects would be likely to lead to a reduction Oa. of the firm's dividend payout ratio. d. The clientele effect explains why so many firms change their dividend policies so often. One advantage of adopting the residual dividend model is that this policy makes it easier for a corporation to attract a specific and well- e identified dividend clientele. Od New-stock dividend reinvestment plans are similar to stock dividends because they both increase the number of shares outstanding but don't change the firm's total amount of book equity. e Investors who receive stock dividends must pay taxes on the value of the new shares in the year the stock dividends are received