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1. Would implementing the suggestions dilute the existing stockholders' position?2. How much
new equity would be raised by each action?3. What may happen to the price of the stock?4.
What are the costs associated with each strategy?5. Would a stock split combined with either
strategy help raise additional equity financing?6. Would an increase in the cash dividend
coupled with the dividend reinvestment plan help raise additional equity financing?7. Is there
any reason to prefer or exclude any one of the four strategies (that is, issuing new shares,
reducing the dividend, instituting a dividend reinvestment plan, or substituting a stock dividend
for the cash dividend)?Christina Molitoris is preparing for a meeting of the board of directors of
Chesapeake Bay Corporation, a developer of moderate-priced homes and vacation homes in
the Chesapeake Bay area. The combination of the location near major metropolitan areas with
the recreational facilities associated with the Chesapeake Bay has made the firm one of the
most successful homebuilders in the nation. During the last five years, the firm's cash dividend
has risen from $2.10 to $3.74, and the price of its stock has risen from $36 to $75. Since the
firm has $12,000,000 shares outstanding, the market value of the stock is $900,000,000. Given
the volatile nature of its industry, the increases in the price of the stock and in the dividend were
substantial achievements.Management, however, is considering entering into non-building
areas in an effort to diversify the firm. These new investments will require more financing.
Although additional debt financing is a possibility, management believes that it is unwise to
issue only new debt and not increase the firm's equity base. New equity could be obtained by
issuing additional stock or reducing the dividend and thus retaining a larger proportion of the
firm's earnings. Two major points had previously been raised against these strategies: Issuing
additional shares may dilute the existing stockholders' position, and reducing the dividend could
cause the value of the stock to decline.Even though it is possible that no change will be made
and that the firm will continue its present course, the board believes that a thorough discussion
of all possibilities is desirable. Ms. Molitoris has been instructed to develop alternatives to the
two strategies for the next meeting of the board in two weeks.The short period for preparation
means that a thorough analysis may be impossible, especially of the possible impact of a
dividend cut on the value of the stock, but Ms. Molitoris presumes that some additional
alternatives do exist. One of her assistants suggested that the firm institute a dividend
reinvestment plan, in which additional shares would be sold to stockholders to raise additional
equity capital. Her other assistant suggested that the company substitute a 5 percent stock
dividend for the cash dividend. Before making either (or both) suggestions to the board, Ms.
Molitoris decided to seek your help in answering several questions: View Solution:
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