Share Price Reactions to Dividend Announcements: the Double Boot Co

question 7

Multiple Choice

Share price reactions to dividend announcements: The Double Boot Co. has paid a regular dividend of $0.25 quarterly for the last several years. The company has 1 million shares outstanding. Over the next year the company will have to spend $600,000 to service its debt and spend $500,000 in capital expenditures. The company has $600,000 of cash and cash equivalents. Over the next year how much cash must be provided from operations to continue to make the same quarterly dividend payment and still have $250,000 in cash at the end of the year?

• A) $1,000,000
• B) $1,100,000
• C) $1,750,000
• D) $2,100,000

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