Answer:
The additional information missing from the question is:
Currently 1,909,064 shares at 55.73 price with 2.37 dividend
Current Long Term Assets or Plant and Equipment are $84,380 (000)
Current Inventory $249 (000)
The correct option is A,Purchases assets at a cost of $25,000 (000)
Explanation:
The $25 million purchase of assets is the most significant of the options in that it would require most cash funding compared to dividends of $ 9,545,320.00 (1,909,064*$5).
Also the other cash inflows which would improve the cash position of the company are just $249,000 for inventory and $10 million for long-term assets.
All in all,only cash outflows put the company at risk of emergency loan and the most critical is the purchase of assets of $25 million