) Salvatore Inc. is a motion picture production company. At the end of its most recent financial year, the firm had $ 500 million in interest bearing debt on its books (with interest payments of $ 35 million a year and an average maturity of 8 years). The firm has a rating of B + and a pre-tax cost of debt of 8%. There are 50 million shares trading at $ 6 per share and the levered beta for the firm is 2.25. The tax rate is 40%, the risk free rate is 4% and the market risk premium is 4.82%. a. Estimate the current cost of capital for the firm. b. Assume now that Salvatore Inc. is able to issue enough stock to retire half of its outstanding debt (in market value terms). If the stock price does not change after this transaction, estimate the pre-tax cost of debt after the transaction.

Saeed Construction’s CFO has the following information to estimate the company’s weighted average cost of capital:The company currently has 20-year, 8.5% semi-annual coupon bonds that currently sells for Rs.945.The company’s stock has a beta of 0.80.The market risk premium, RPm , equals 3%.The risk-free rate is 2.4% and market rate is 5.4%. The company’s growth (g) = 0%, stock price (P0) = Rs.50, current dividend (D0) = Rs.2 and additional/new equity flotation cost = 15%.The company has outstanding preferred stock that pays a Rs.2.00 annual dividend. The preferred stock sells for Rs.25 a share.The company’s tax rate is 40%. The company’s capital structure consists of 40% long-term debt, 40% common stock, and 20% preferred stock. Requirement: Calculate Component cost of debt, cost of equity, cost of preferred stock and weighted average cost of capital.

Time Warner shares have a market capitalization of $55 billion. The company just paid a dividend of $0.35 per share and each share trades for $35. The growth rate in dividends is expected to be 6.5% per year. Also, Time Warner has $20 billion of debt that trades with a yield to maturity of 7%. If the firm's tax rate is 30%, compute the WACC?

Blooming Ltd. currently has the following capital structure: Debt: $2,500,000 par value of outstanding bond that pays annually 12% coupon rate with an annual before-tax yield to maturity of 109%. The bond issue has face value of $1,000 and will mature in 25 years. Ordinary shares: 65,000 outstanding ordinary shares. The firm plans to pay a $7.50 dividend per share in the next financial year. The firm is maintaining 3% annual growth rate in dividend, which is expected to continue indefinitely. Preferred shares: 40 000 outstanding preferred shares with face value of $100, paying fixed dividend rate of 14%. Company tax rate is 30%. Required: Complete the following tasks: 3) Calculate the current price of the corporate bond? b) Calculate the current price of the ordinary share if the average return of the shares in the same industry is 9%: - c) Calculate the current value of the preferred share if the average return of the shares in the same industry is 12% d) Calculate the current market…