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question 23

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Luther Industries has $5 million in excess cash and 1 million shares outstanding.Luther is considering investing the cash in one-year treasury bills that are currently paying 5% interest,and then using the cash to pay a dividend next year.Alternatively,Luther can pay the cash out as a dividend immediately and the shareholders can invest in the treasury bills themselves.Assume that capital markets are perfect.
-In 2018,Luther Incorporated paid a special dividend of $5 per share for the 100 million shares outstanding.If Luther has instead retained that cash permanently and invested it into treasury bills earning 5%,then the present value of the additional taxes paid by Luther would be closest to:

• A)$35 million.
• B)$290 million.
• C)$105 million.
• D)$585 million.

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