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Iota Industries is an all-equity firm with 50 million shares outstanding. Iota has $200 million in cash and expects future free cash flows of $75 million per year. Management plans to use the cash to expand the firm's operations, which in turn will increase future free cash flows by 12%. Iota's cost of capital is 10% and assumes that capital markets are perfect.
-What impact did the introduction of a dividend imputation system have on Australian firms' financial policies?
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Definitions:

Weighted-Average Method

An inventory costing method that calculates the cost of goods sold and ending inventory based on the average cost of all items available for sale during the period, weighted by the number of units.

Costs Per Equivalent Unit

A calculation used in process costing that distributes costs evenly across units produced, factoring in various stages of completion.

Weighted-Average Method

An inventory costing method that assigns cost to inventory on the basis of the average cost of all similar goods available during the period.

Equivalent Units of Production

A conversion of partially completed units into a number of fully completed units during a period, used in process costing systems.