Driver Corporation faces an IOS schedule calling for a capital budget of $60 million. Its optimal capital structure is 60% equity and 40% debt. Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were $98 million for the year. The firm has $200 million in assets, pays an average of 10% on all its debt, and faces a marginal tax rate of 34 percent. If the firm maintains a residual dividend policy and will keep its optimal capital structure intact, what will its dividend payout be after financing its capital budget? Calculation needed.

Driver Corporation faces an IOS schedule calling for a capital budget of $60 million. Its optimal capital structure is 60% equity and 40% debt. Its earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were $98 million for the year. The firm has $200 million in assets, pays an average of 10% on all its debt, and faces a marginal tax rate of 34 percent. If the firm maintains a residual dividend policy and will keep its optimal capital structure intact, what will its dividend payout be after financing its capital budget? Calculation needed.

EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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Chapter16: Working Capital Policy And Short-term Financing

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