Your only asset is a portfolio of Pinder Ltd shares. You own 20% of the 180,000 outstanding shares in the firm. Pinder Ltd, an all-equity company, has just announced that it is considering paying a $10 dividend on its shares that are currently trading at $100 per share. You require that exact amount of funds to fund your own consumption irrespective of the companys dividend decision.

Using the information above, illustrate Miller and Modiglianis dividend irrelevance theory and the concept of a homemade dividend taking care to note the impact of the dividend decision on the following:

a) The market value of the companys assets;

b) Your financial position;

c) Your proportional ownership of the company

Note that all of Miller and Modiglianis assumptions are assumed to hold including that of a set investment plan.