Thaler Inc. holds a $1 million receivable ($800,000 principal, $200,000 accrued interest) from Einhorn Industries, and agrees to settle the receivable outright for $900,000 given Einhorn’s difficult financial situation. How much gain or loss should Thaler recognize on this troubled debt restructuring?

Hasting Corporation estimates that if it acquires Vandell Corporation, synergies will cause Vandell’s free cash flows to be $2.5 million, $2.9 million, $3.4 million, and $3.57 million at Years 1 through 4, respectively, after which the free cash flows will grow at a constant 5% rate. Hasting plans to assume Vandell’s $10.19 million in debt (which has an 8% interest rate) and raise additional debt financing at the time of the acquisition. Hastings estimates that interest payments will be $1.5 million eachyear 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 $1.472 million, after which the interest and the tax shield will grow at 5%. As described in Problem 22-4, Vandell currently has 1.5 million shares outstanding and a target capital structure consisting of 30% debt; its current beta is 1.4 (i.e., based on its target capital structure). Vandell and Hastings each have a 25% combined federal-plus-state tax rate.…

Once Bitten Corp. uses no debt. The weighted average cost of capital is 9 percent. If the company's EBIT is $1,980,000 in perpetuity and there are no taxes, what is the company worth? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g. 1,234,567.) Note: For simplicity, in this chapter we typically assume that net capital spending equals depreciation, and net working capital remains constant. This means that EBIT (net of any taxes) will equal CFFA. Company's Value %24

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Muffin’s Masonry, Inc.’s, balance sheet lists net fixed assets as $19 million. The fixed assets could currently be sold for $29 million. Muffin’s current balance sheet shows current liabilities of $8.0 million and net working capital of $7.0 million. If all the current accounts were liquidated today, the company would receive $7.50 million cash after paying the $8.0 million in current liabilities.   What is the book value of Muffin’s Masonry’s assets today and the market value of these assets? (Enter your answer in millions of dollars rounded to 2 decimal places.)   current assets fixed assets total

Broom Co. has a total debt of $420,000 and shareholders’ equity of $700,000. Broom is seeking capital to fund an expansion. Broom is planning to issue an additional $300,000 in common stock, and is negotiating with a bank to borrow additional funds. The bank is requiring a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75. what is the maximum additional amount Broom will be able to borrow?

02) Overnight Publishing Company(OPC) has $2.5 million in excess cash. The firm plans to use this cash either to retireall of its outstanding debt or to repurchase equity. The firm’s debt is held by oneinstitution that is willing to sell it back to OPC for $2.5 million. The institution will notcharge OPC any transaction costs. Once OPC becomes an all-equity firm, it will remain unlevered forever. If OPC does not retire the debt, the company will use the $2.5 million in cash to buy back some of its stock on the open market. Repurchasing stock also hasno transaction costs. The company will generate $1,300,000 of annual earnings beforeinterest and taxes in perpetuity regardless of its capital structure. The firm immediatelypays out all earnings as dividends at the end of each year. OPC is subject to a corporatetax rate of 35 percent, and the required rate of return on the firm’s unlevered equity is20 percent. The personal tax rate on interest income is 25 percent, and there are no taxeson…

Johnson Ltd requires advice on its debt collection policy. Its directors are considering two options for reducing bad debts and shortening the period of credit extended to its debtors. Option 1 involves employing an additional credit controller and option 2 involves employing 2 extra staff and allocating additional office space. The costs and likely effect of each of these options is set out below and compared to the current position. Current policy Option 1 Option 2 Annual expenditure on debt collection procedures £120,000 £150,000 £200,000 Bad debt losses (% of sales) 3% 2% 1% Average collection period 2 months 1½ months 1 month Current sales are £4,800,000 a year, and the company requires a 20% return on its investments. Required: Should the current policy be discarded in favour of option 1 or option 2?

Suppose a company borrows $1 million debt to invest in a project that generates uncertain future cash flow (revenue) of 0~$2 million (when debt is due). The debt has to be repaid (interest rate is zero) when the project's cash flow is realized. Assume 20% of the cash flow (revenue) is lost upon bankruptcy (i.e., when debtholders control the firm). Also, assume that renegotiations are allowed and the manager may be allowed to stay if debtholders find it better than firing. Instead of equal bargaining power, if lender has 30% bargaining power (lender gets 60% of renegotiation), at what company cash flow does strategic default start to occur? 1.16 million 1.25 million 1.65 million 0.85 million

! Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Thrillville has $39.3 million in bonds payable. One of the contractual agreements in the bond is that the debt to equity ratio cannot exceed 2.0. Thrillville's total assets are $79.3 million, and its liabilities other than the bonds payable are $9.3 million. The company is considering some additional financing through leasing. Required: 1. Calculate total stockholders' equity using the balance sheet equation. (Enter your answer in millions rounded to 1 decimal place (i.e., $5,500,000 should be entered as 5.5).) Stockholders' Equity minus