The company declared a cash dividend of €0.80 per share. It goes ex-dividend tomorrow. Ignoring any tax effects, what is the cum-dividend price and the ex-dividend price?

Case 2: Dividend policy. The balance sheet for Zeta Corporation is shown below in market value terms. There are 1.000 shares outstanding. Market value balance sheet Cash 200 Equity 4200 Non-current assets 11000 Liabilities 7000 Total 11200 Total 11200 a. The company declared a cash dividend of €0.80 per share. It goes ex-dividend tomorrow. Ignoring any tax effects, what is the cum-dividend price and the ex-dividend price? b. What will the market value balance sheet look like after the dividends are paid? c. What if instead of cash dividend, the company has announced it is going to repurchase €800 million worth of equity. What effect will this transaction have on the equity of the firm? How many shares will be outstanding? d. What will the price per share be after the repurchase? e. Are the two strategies equivalent? Why, or why not?