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question 83

Multiple Choice

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KD Industries has 30 million shares outstanding with a market price of $20 per share and no debt.KD has had consistently stable earnings,and pays a 21% tax rate.Management plans to borrow $200 million on a permanent basis through a leveraged recapitalization in which they would use the borrowed funds to repurchase outstanding shares.
-If KD expects the share price to increase from $20 per share to a new share price on announcement of the transaction and before the shares are repurchased,what will the new share price be after the announcement?

• A)$21.40
• B)$22.65
• C)$22.00
• D)$23.50

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Definitions:

Buyer in the Ordinary Course of Business

A buyer in the ordinary course of business purchases goods in good faith, without knowledge that the sale violates the rights of another person in the goods, and in the routine course of the seller’s business.

Good Faith Purchaser

An individual who buys property without knowledge of any existing claims or defects in the title of the property, thereby acquiring uncontested ownership.

Bulk Transfer

The transfer of a substantial part of the materials, inventory, or supplies of a business outside the ordinary course of business.

Ordinary Course of Business

The regular, usual, and customary activities and operations that a company engages in to conduct its business.