A company has 1 million shares outstanding and earnings are d2 million. The company decides to use d10 million in idle cash to repurchase shares in the open market. The Chapter 6 Dividends and Share Repurchases: Basics 53 part-i-06 13 January 2012; 10:20:27 company’s shares are trading at d50 per share. If the company uses the entire d10 million of idle cash to repurchase shares at the market price, the company’s earnings per share will be closest to:
a. £2.00.
b. £2.30.
c. £2.50.
Ans: c. £2.50.
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