Tremblay Corporation is reviewing its capital budget for the upcoming year. It has paid a $3.00 dividend

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Tremblay is reviewing its capital budget for the upcoming year. It has paid a $3.00 per share (DPS) for the past several years, and its shareholders expect the to remain constant for the next several years. The company's target is 60% equity and 40% debt; it has 1,000,000 shares of common equity outstanding; and its net income is $8 million. The company forecasts that it would require $10 million to fund all of its profitable (i.e., positive NPV) projects for the upcoming year.
a. If Tremblay follows the residual model and makes all distributions as dividends, how much retained earnings will it need to fund its capital budget?
b. If Tremblay follows the residual model with all distributions in the form of dividends, what will be the company's per share and payout ratio for the upcoming year?
c. If Tremblay maintains its current $3.00 DPS for next year, how much retained earnings will be available for the firm's capital budget?
d. Can the company maintain its current maintain the $3.00 DPS, and maintain a $10 million capital budget without having to raise new common stock?
e. Suppose that Tremblay's management is firmly opposed to cutting the that is, it wishes to maintain the $3.00 for the next year. Also assume that the company was committed to funding all profitable projects and was willing to issue more debt (along with the available retained earnings) to help finance the company's capital budget. Assume that the resulting change in has a minimal impact on the company's composite cost of capital, so that the capital budget remains at $10 million. What portion of this year's capital budget would have to be financed with debt?
f. Suppose once again that Tremblay's management wants to maintain the $3.00 DPS. In addition, the company wants to maintain its target (60% equity, 40% debt), and maintain its $10 million capital budget. What is the minimum dollar amount of new that the company would have to issue in order to meet each of its objectives?
g. Now consider the case where Tremblay's management wants to maintain the $3.00 DPS and its target but it wants to avoid issuing new common stock. The company is willing to cut its capital budget in order to meet its other objectives. Assuming that the company's projects are divisible, what will be the company's capital budget for the next year?
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