Suppose Microsoft has 8.75 billion shares outstanding and pays a marginal corporate tax rate of 21%. If

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Suppose Microsoft has 8.75 billion shares outstanding and pays a marginal corporate tax rate of 21%. If Microsoft announces that it will pay out $50 billion in cash to investors through a combination of a special dividend and a share repurchase, and if investors had previously assumed Microsoft would retain this excess cash permanently, by how much will Microsoft’s share price change upon the announcement?

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Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9780134999463

5th Edition

Authors: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo

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