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Omicron Technologies has $50 million in excess cash and no debt. The firm expects to...

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Omicron Technologies has $50 million in excess cash and no debt. The firm expects to generate additional free cash flows of $40 million per year in subsequent years and will pay out these future free cash flows as regular dividends. Omicron's unlevered cost of capital is 8% and there are 10 million shares outstanding. Omicron's board is meeting to decide whether to pay out its $50 million in excess cash as a special dividend or to use it to repurchase shares of the firm's stock.

Assume that Omicron uses the entire $50 million to repurchase shares. The number of shares that Omicron will repurchase is closest to ________.


1.82 million
1.09 million
0.73 million
0.9 million

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