Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861759
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 24QP

Stock Value and Leverage Green Manufacturing, Inc., plans to announce that it will issue $1.8 million of perpetual debt and use the proceeds to repurchase common stock. The bonds will sell at par with a coupon rate of 6 percent. Green is currently an all-equity company worth $5.9 million with 350,000 shares of common stock outstanding. After the sale of the bonds, the company will maintain the new capital structure indefinitely. The company currently generates annual pretax earnings of $1.35 million. This level of earnings is expected to remain constant in perpetuity. The tax rate is 40 percent.

  1. a. What is the expected return on the company’s equity before the announcement of the debt issue?
  2. b. Construct the company's market value balance sheet before the announcement of the debt issue. What is the price per share of the firm’s equity?
  3. c. Construct the company’s market value balance sheet immediately after the announcement of the debt issue.
  4. d. What is the company’s stock price per share immediately after the repurchase announcement?
  5. e. How many shares will the company repurchase as a result of the debt issue? How many shares of common stock will remain after the repurchase?
  6. f. Construct the market value balance sheet after the restructuring.
  7. g. What is the required return on the company's equity after the restructuring?
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Question: Green Manufacturing, Inc., plans to announce that it will issue $2.06 million of perpetual debt and use the proceeds to repurchase common stock. The bonds will sell at par with a coupon rate of 6 percent. Green is currently an all-equity firm worth $7.38 million with 460,000 shares of common stock outstanding. After the sale of the bonds, Green will maintain the new capital structure indefinitely. Green currently generates annual pretax earnings of $1.56 million. This level of earnings is expected to remain constant in perpetuity. Green is subject to a corporate tax rate of 40 percent. What is the required return on Green's equity after the restructuring?
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ABC Inc. has a the capital structure shown below. Liabilities Stockholders' Equity $122,099,000 $95,228,000 ABC Inc. will raise additional capital for new projects this year, in the amount of $44,978,000. The firm believes, however, that a capital structure with 56.25% debt is ideal. The firm will be able to issue new discount bonds at a price of $909 with a yield-to-maturity of 3%. Assuming they want to change their capital structure to the new target, how many new bonds will the firm need to issue? unur answer to the nearest bond.

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