Initek Co'S Stock Trades for $12

Multiple Choice

Initek Co.'s stock trades for $12.50.Initek has too much cash.The CEO,Bill Lumberg,wants to distribute the excess cash with an open market stock repurchase.He is contemplating buying back $5.45M worth of shares at a price of $12.50.Initek is an all equity company with 20M shares outstanding.Pete Gibb owns 2 million shares in Initek.He purchased his shares before the repurchase for $12.50.If Pete sells the same proportion of shares as the company repurchases (and receives the same price that they pay) ,then what is his change in wealth from before to after the repurchase?

A) -$2.500 million
B) -$1.250 million
C) $0
D) $2.500 million
E) $12.50 million