Hastings Corporation is interested in acquiring Visscher Corporation. Assume that the riskfreerate of interest is 4%, and the market risk premium is 5%. Hastings estimates that if it acquires Visscher, the year-end dividendwill remain at $1.99 a share, but synergies will enable the dividend to grow at a constantrate of 7% a year (instead of the current 5%). Hastings also plans to increase the debt ratioof what would be its Visscher subsidiary; the effect of this would be to raise Visscher’s betato 1.05. What is the per-share value of Visscher to Hastings Corporation?

Nielson Motors (NM) has no debt. Its assets will be worth $600 million in one year if the economy is strong, but only $300 million if the economy is weak. Both events are equally likely. The market value today of Nielson's assets is $400 million. Suppose the risk-free interest rate is 3%. If Nielson borrows $157 million today at this rate and uses the proceeds to pay an immediate cash dividend, then according to MM, the expected return of Nielson's stock just after the dividend is paid would be closest to (%) (2 decimal places):

45) Costly Corporation plans a new issue of bonds with a par value of $1000, a maturity of 37 years, and an annual coupon rate of 11.0%. Flotation costs associated with a new debt issue would equal 3.0% of the market value of the bonds. Currently, the appropriate discount rate for bonds of firms similar to Costly is 9.0%. The firm's marginal tax rate is 50%. What will the firm's true cost of debt be for this new bond issue?   11.34%   9.29%   4.65%   5.67%   12.74%

Becker industries is considering an all equity capital structure against one with both debt and equity.  The all equity capital structure would consist of 34000 shares of stock.  The debt and equity option would consist of 17000 shares of stock plus $265000 of debt with an interest rate of 8 percent.  What is the break even level of earnings before interest and taxes between these two options? Ignore taxes

Howell Corporation is interested in acquiring Burns Industries. Burns has 1.5 million shares outstanding and a target capital structure consisting of 30% debt; its beta is 1.55 (given its target capital structure). Burns has $8.33 million in debt that trades at par and pays a 7% interest rate. Burns’ free cash flow (FCF0) is $1 million per year and is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% a year. Burns pays a 25% combined federal-plus-state tax rate, the same rate paid by Howell. The risk-free rate of interest is 6%, and the market risk premium is 7%. Hasting’s first step is to estimate the current intrinsic value of Burns. A. What is Burns’ cost of equity? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round to two decimal places. _______% B. What is its weighted average cost of capital? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round to two decimal places.  ________% C. What is Burns’ intrinsic value of operations? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round to two decimal places.…

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Bloom Company Limited expects its EBIT to be $80,000 every year forever. The firm canborrow at 9 percent. The firm currently has no debt, and its cost of equity is 13 percent. Thetax rate is 35 percent. The firm will borrow $100,000 and use the proceeds to repurchase shares. You are required to answer the following:(a) What is the value of the unlevered firm? (b) What will be the value of firm after recapitalization? (c) What is the value of equity in the recapitalized firm? (d) What is the Weighted Cost of Capital of the levered firm?

Jimstan & Jimstan Corp. can sell a new 10-year bond with an annual coupon of 5% and a face value of $1,000 for $1,070. The company will incur flotation costs of $40 per bond and has a tax rate of 25%. What is the company's after-tax cost of debt? (use linear allocation method.)

Horizon Corporation has decided to a capital restructuring. This process of restructuring involves increasing its existing $80 million in debt to $125 million. However, the interest rate on the debt is 9 percent and it is not expected to change. The firm currently has 10 million shares outstanding, and the price per share is $60. If the restructuring is expected to increasethe return on equity (ROE), what is the minimum level for EBIT that Horizon’s management must be expecting? Ignore taxes in your answer.

Hastings Corporation is interested in acquiring Vandell Corporation. Hastings Corporation estimates that if it acquires Vandell Corporation, synergies will cause Vandell’s free cash flows to be $2.3 million, $2.9 million, $3.4 million, and $3.79 million at Years 1 through 4, respectively, after which the free cash flows will grow at a constant 5% rate. Hastings plans to assume Vandell’s $10.29 million in debt (which has a 7.4% interest rate) and raise additional debt financing at the time of the acquisition. Hastings estimates that interest payments will be $1.6 million each year for Years 1, 2, and 3. After Year 3, a target capital structure of 30% debt will be maintained. Interest at Year 4 will be $1.431 million, after which the interest and the tax shield will grow at 5%. Vandell currently has 1.5 million shares outstanding and a target capital structure consisting of 30% debt; its current beta is 1.10 (i.e., based on its target capital structure). Vandell and Hastings each have a…