Al Ain Manufacturing has 7.5 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $49, and the book value per share is $4. Al Ain Manufacturing also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $60 million and a 7 percent coupon and sells for 93 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $50 million and a 6.5 percent coupon and sells for 96.5 percent of par. The first issue matures in 10 years, the second in 6 years. Required: What are Al Ain’s capital structure weights on a book value basis? What are Al Ain’s capital structure weights on a market value basis? Which are more relevant, the book or market value weights? Why?

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Al Ain Manufacturing has 7.5 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $49, and the book value per share is $4. Al Ain Manufacturing also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $60 million and a 7 percent coupon and sells for 93 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $50 million and a 6.5 percent coupon and sells for 96.5 percent of par. The first issue matures in 10 years, the second in 6 years.

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  1. What are Al Ain’s capital structure weights on a book value basis?
  2. What are Al Ain’s capital structure weights on a market value basis?
  3. Which are more relevant, the book or market value weights? Why?
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