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  1. KMS Corporation faces a choice between

  • paying out $200 million cash through a share repurchase, and

  • investing the $200 million in Treasury securities paying 7% interest for one year.

If shareholders are paid the cash through a share repurchase they are going to invest it in the same T-securities as KMS would. If KMS retains and invests cash it is going to pay the entire investment income out to shareholders in the form of dividends

Assume that corporate tax rate is 35% and investors pay 15% tax rate on dividends and capital gains and 30% on interest income. What would shareholders want KMS to do with the cash? Explain, provide computations

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