2. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. One disadvantage of dividend

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2. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a. One disadvantage of dividend reinvestment plans is that they increase transactions costs for investors who want to increase their ownership in the company.
b. One advantage of dividend reinvestment plans is that they enable investors to postpone paying taxes on the dividends credited to their account.
c. Stock repurchases can be used by a firm that wants to increase its debt ratio.
d. Stock repurchases make sense if a company expects to have a lot of profitable new projects to fund over the next few years, provided investors are aware of these investment opportunities.
e. One advantage of an open market dividend reinvestment plan is that it provides new equity capital and increases the shares outstanding.

3. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
a. When firms are deciding on the size of stock splits

Explanation / Answer

2)Statement C is CORRECT. Stock repurchases reduce the number of shares outstanding and are often accompanied by a stock price increase. Assets are reduced (it uses cash to buy back the shares) and stock repurchases reduce equity. The amount of debt remains unchanged; however, since equity has decreased the proportion of debt increases. Furthermore, the increase in debt ratios should increase the riskiness of the stock and lower the price earnings ratio. 3) e. If a firm’s stock price is quite high relative to most stocks—say $500 per share—then it can declare a stock split of say 10-for-1 so as to bring the price down to something close to $50. Moreover, if the price is relatively low—say $2 per share—then it can declare a ?reverse split? of say 1-for-25 so as to bring the price up to somewhere around $50 per share.

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