The Mann Company belongs to a risk class for which the appropriate discount rate is $12$ percent. Mann currently has $158,000$

outstanding shares selling at $$125$ each. The firm is contemplating the declaration of a $$6$ dividend at the end of the fiscal year that

just began. Assume there are no taxes on dividends. Answer the following questions based on the Miller and Modigliani $($MM$)$ model,

which is discussed in the text.

a$.$ What will the price of the stock be on the ex$-$dividend date if the dividend is declared? $($Omit $ sign in your response.$)$

Price of the stock

b$.$ What will the price of the stock be at the end of the year if the dividend is not declared? $($Omit $ sign in your response.$)$

Price of the stock

c$.$ If Mann makes $$3\mathrm{.}8$ million of new investments at the beginning of the period, earns net income of $$2\mathrm{.}2$ million, and pays the

dividend at the end of the year, how many shares of new stock must the firm issue to meet its funding needs? $($Do not round

intermediate calculations.$)$

Number of shares to be issued

d$.$ Is it realistic to use the MM model in the real world to value stock?

Yes

$No$