Corporate Finance, Student Value Edition (4th Edition)
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Author: Berk, Jonathan; DeMarzo, Peter
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 31P
Info Systems Technology (IST) manufactures microprocessor chips for use in appliances and other applications. IST has no debt and 100 million shares outstanding. The correct price for these shares is either $14.50 or $12.50 per share. Investors view both possibilities as equally likely, so the shares currently trade for $13.50. IST must raise $500 million to build a new production facility. Because the firm would suffer a large loss of both customers and engineering talent in the event of
- a. Suppose that if IST issues equity, the share price will remain $13.50. To maximize the long-term share price of the firm once its true value is known, would managers choose to issue equity or borrow the $500 million if
- i. They know the correct value of the shares is $12.50?
- ii. They know the correct value of the shares is $14.50?
- b. Given your answer to part (a), what should investors conclude if IST issues equity? What will happen to the share price?
- c. Given your answer to part (a), what should investors conclude if IST issues debt? What will happen to the share price in that case?
- d. How would your answers change if there were no distress costs, but only tax benefits of leverage?
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