Requirement (a) - Flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retained earnings
Step-1, Calculation of the cost of common stock
Dividend in year 1 (D1) = $2.50 per share
Current Share Price (P0) = $24.90 per share
Dividend Growth Rate (g) = 4.60% per year
Flotation Cost (FC) = 5.30%
Therefore, the cost of common stock (Ke) = D1/ [P0 (1 - FC)] + g
= [$2.50 / {$24.90(1 – 0.0530)}] + 0.0460
= [$2.50 / ($24.90 x 0.9430)] + 0.0460
= [$2.50 / $23.58] + 0.0460
= 0.1060 + 0.0460
= 0.1520 or
= 15.20%
Step – 2, flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retained earnings
Flotation Cost (FC) Adjustment = Cost of common stock - cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment
= 15.20% - 12.00%
= 3.20%
“Therefore, the Flotation cost adjustment to be added the cost of retained earnings will be 3.20%”
Requirement (b) - The cost of new common equity
Cost of new common equity (Ke) = Cost of old common equity + Floatation cost adjustment
= 11.50% + 3.20%
= 14.70%
“Hence, the cost of new common equity will be 14.70%”
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