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question 82

Multiple Choice

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Luther is a successful logistical services firm that currently has $5 billion in cash.Luther has decided to use this cash to repurchase shares from its investors,and has already announced the stock repurchase plan.Currently Luther is an all-equity firm with 1.25 billion shares outstanding.Luther's shares are currently trading at $20 per share.
-Assume that in addition to 1.25 billion common shares outstanding,Luther has stock options given to employees valued at $2 billion.After the repurchase how many shares will Luther have outstanding?

• A)1.0 billion
• B)1.2 billion
• C)0.75 billion
• D)1.1 billion

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