The shares of XYZ corp are trading for $280 and the board of directors think that makes them too expensive for most retail investors to be able to buy a board lot. They'd prefer that the shares be trading for about $20 . If you were advising the board , what would you tell them ?

a) Pay a huge special dividend to bring the company's value down to the $20 per share range. b) Do a 14 to 1 stock split. ) Do a 1 for 14 reverse stock split d) Issue a press release asking investors to lower the price to make them more affordable.