Neo Inc. is 100% equity financed. The stock price is $100 per share. The firm plans to repurchase 20% of its stock and substitute an equal value of debt yielding 5%. Suppose that before the repurchase, an investor owns 1,000 shares of the firm's common stock. What could the investor do to maintain his original unlevered equity investment in the firm? Ignore taxes and costs of financial distress.
a. Borrow $20,000 at 5% and buy 200 more shares
b. Continue to hold 100 shares
c. Sell 200 shares for $20,000 and purchase $20,000 of 5% yielding bonds
d. Buy 5% more stock and sell bonds