Read each of the following statements, and indicate whether each statement is true or false.

Statement	True	False
Firms raise capital from retained earnings only when they cannot issue new common stock due to market conditions outside of their control.
One reason that flotation costs associated with the sale of new equity is significantly greater than those associated with the sale of new debt is the difference in number and characteristics of the purchasers of the new securities.
The cost of retained earnings and the cost of new common stock are calculated in the same manner, except that the cost of the new shares is based on the value of the firms share price net of its flotation cost, while the cost of a firms retained earnings is based solely on the shares expected future cash flows, its current market price, and the expected rate of growth of the firms earnings and the shares dividends.

Consider the case of Alpha Moose Transporters:

Alpha Moose Transporters has a current stock price of $27 per share, and is expected to pay a per-share dividend of $4.80 at the end of next year. The companys earnings and dividends growth rate are expected to grow at a constant rate of 5.40% into the foreseeable future. If Sunny Day expects to incur flotation costs of 6.20% of the value of its newly-raised equity funds, then the flotation-adjusted (net) cost of its new common stock (rounded to two decimal places) should be .