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1
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What are the 5 potential good uses of FCF

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  1. Interest Payments
  2. Principal Repayments
  3. Purchase of Short-Term Investments
  4. Paying Dividends
  5. Stock Repurchases
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The Distribution Policy of a Company dictates?

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  1. The level of distribution
  2. The form
  3. The Stability
  4. Frequency
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3
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The amount distribution is dependent on the investors?

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preference: capital gains or dividends

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4
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T or F: The target payout ratio is already included in the target distribution ratio

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T

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5
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The investor preference for returns will be determined by the

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target distribution ratio

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6
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which is the amount to be paid in cash dividends to shareholders.

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the target payout ratio

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7
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How many years does a planning horizon need?

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often 5 years

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8
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What are needed to create dividend policies?

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  • Forecast Capital
  • Capital Structure
  • Equity Needs
  • Target Payout
  • Dividend Growth Rate
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9
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What is the four factors of an optimal distribution ratio?

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  1. Investors’ Preference
  2. Firm’s Investment Opportunity
  3. Target Capital Structure
  4. Availability and cost of external capital
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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION DECISIONS: debtors will have first claim to your earnings

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Bond Indentures

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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION DECISIONS: some shareholders have earlier claim to dividends

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Preferred Stock Restrictions

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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION DECISIONS: dividends can not exceed retained earnings

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Impairment of Capital Rule

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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION DECISIONS: shortage of cash

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Availability of Cash

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14
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Shortage of cash in bank can be offset by

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Borrowings

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15
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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION DECISIONS: prevent wealthy individuals from using corporations to avoid personal taxes

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Improperly Accumulated Earnings Tax

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16
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The factor of improperly accumulated earnings tax is generally only applicable to

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privately owned firms

17
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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION DECISIONS: The floatation costs incurred when selling the stocks will have an impact on the level of future payouts

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Cost of Selling New Stock

18
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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION DECISIONS: If the firm can adjust its debt ratio without raising costs sharply, then it can pay the expected dividend—even if earnings fluctuate—by increasing its debt ratio.

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Ability to Substitute Debt for Equity

19
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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION DECISIONS:
If management is concerned about maintaining control

20
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Theories: the value of the firm depends only on the income produced by its assets, not on how this income is split between dividends and retained earnings.

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Dividend Irrelevance Theory

21
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Theories: stock’s risk declines as dividends increase.

-Dividends are favored because less risky

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Bird in the Hand Theory

22
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Theories: capital gains are taxed lower

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Tax Preference Theory

23
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According to the signaling hypothesis, what does an increase in dividend mean?

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assumption that the firms believe that higher earnings will happen in the future

24
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Investor group will prefer different dividend policies

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The clientele effect

25
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What is the effect of changing divident policies on stock prices?

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It will fluctuate

26
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What does the residual dividend model do to WACC

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minimizes WACC, through flotation and equity signaling costs

27
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What is the formal for the residual distribution model?

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Dividends = Net Income - ((Target Equity Ratio)(Total Capital Budget))

28
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What is the formula for the payout ratio?

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Distribution Value/ Net Income

29
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What is the effect of low or high investment opportunities on dividends?

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Few IO= Higher Dividend Payout
High IO= Lower Dividend Payout

30
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What does a stock split/dividend?

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get the stock price in an optimal range

31
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What signal is taken by the investors when stock splits are done

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Positive Signals

32
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Shareholders can automatically reinvest their dividends in shares of the company’s common stock. Get more stock than cash.

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Dividend reinvestment plan

33
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Why are reinvestment plans popular?

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Enable stockholders to buy additional shares without brokerage fees

34
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DRIP Plan: Cash to be reinvested are turned over to trustee who buy shares on the open market

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Open Market Purchase Plan

35
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DRIP Plan:Firm issues new stock to DRIP enrollees, keeps money and uses it to buy assets.

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New Stock Plan

36
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Purposes of Repurchasing Stocks?

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  1. Recapitalization
  2. Employee Stock Options
  3. Excess Cash

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