UPENN: LOOSE LEAF CORP.FIN W/CONNECT
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Chapter 16, Problem 8QP
Homemade Leverage Star, Inc., a prominent consumer products firm, is debating whether or not to convert its all-equity capital structure to one that is 35 percent debt Currently there are 6,000 shares. outstanding and the price per share is $58. EBIT is expected to remain at $39,600 per year forever. The interest rate on new debt is 7 percent, and there are no taxes.
- a. Ms. Brown, a shareholder of the firm, owns 100 shares of stock. What is her cash flow under the current capital structure, assuming the firm has a
dividend payout rate of 100 percent? - b. What will Ms. Brown’s cash flow be under the proposed capital structure of the firm? Assume that she keeps all 100 of her shares.
- c. Suppose the company does convert, but Ms. Brown prefers the current all-equity capital structure. Show how she could unlever her shares of stock to recreate the original capital structure.
- d. Using your answer to part (c), explain why the company's choice of capital structure is irrelevant.
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