Reference no: EM132853791

1. What annual coupon rates would Carem have to pay in order to issue 10-year par value bonds and receive proceeds of $2 million?

2. What face value of zero-coupon bonds would have to be issued in order to receive proceeds of $2 million? (Assume semi-annual compounding.)

3. What price can Carem expect for issuing new shares? Ms.Raymar is comfortable with using constant-growth DDM/DGM, but wants "r" (required return/cost of equity) to be estimated using DDM/DGM and CAPM (i.e. somewhere in the range established by the two alternative methods, and support your selection). (Note: For purposes of calculating "r" using DDM/DGM, year 1 is 2021. For purposes of calculating share price using DDM/DGM, year 1 is 2022. The reason is that the recent share price is based on 2021 dividends, but prospective share price will be based on 2022 dividends.)

4. If Carem increased their dividends by an additional 5% annually, could they issue fewer shares to raise the $3 million of equity? If so, how many fewer shares? Explain. (Note: You do not need to consider the impact that a higher dividend would have on growth due to lower reinvestment in the business.)

5. Ms.Raymar was wondering what the impact on the price of the new shares would be if Carem froze dividend payments at the 2020 level for the next five years before resuming their normal growth.