Sunshine Travel has earnings of £18 million of which £6 million is available for either investment or shareholders.Sunshine Travel has two options: a) it can invest the £6 million in Treasury bonds at 5 per cent or distribute as adividend. Sunshine Travel faces a corporate tax rate of 25 per cent. As managers of the firm, you know that theshareholder base is diverse. You have pension funds that are tax-exempt, corporate investors with a marginal taxrate of 25 per cent, and retail investors who have a 45 per cent marginal tax rate.Required:a) Consider the firm's investment decision from the perspective of pension funds, corporate investors, andretail investors. Discuss which decision is best for each group.b) Sunshine travel has decided to distribute the £6 million to shareholders. Advise Sunshine Travel thechoice between paying cash dividends and repurchasing shares.

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Sunshine Travel has earnings of £18 million of which £6 million is available for either investment or shareholders. Sunshine Travel has two options: a) it can invest the £6 million in Treasury bonds at 5 per cent or b)distribute as a dividend. Sunshine Travel faces a corporate tax rate of 25 per cent. As managers of the firm, you know that the shareholder base is diverse. You have pension funds that are tax-exempt, corporate investors with a marginal tax rate of 25 per cent, and retail investors who have a 45 per cent marginal tax rate. Required:b) Sunshine travel has decided to distribute the £6 million to shareholders. Advise Sunshine Travel the choice between paying cash dividends and repurchasing shares.
the kosol co. can raise $200,000 by (1) selling 1,000 shares of common stock at $200 each or (2) selling new bonds that will net the firm $200,000 and carry an interest rate of 9 percent. Currently, the firm has $200,000 of debt at 7% and 2,000 common stock outstanding. If the firm's tax rate is 25 percent, what is the indifferent EBIT (EBIT*)?
Two firms, Kit plc and Kat plc, are identical except for their capital structure. Both will earn £300 million in a boom and £100 million in a slump. Kit plc is entirely equity-financed, and therefore shareholders receive the entire income. Its shares are valued at £1 billion. Kat plc has issued £800 million of risk-free debt at an interest rate of 10%, and therefore £80 million of Kat plc income is paid out in interest. There is no taxation and investors can borrow and lend at the risk-free rate of interest. Moreover, you are told that £10 invested in the market portfolio today grows as follows: Today In 1 year £10 £15 (good state) £5 (bad state) a) What is the risk-neutral probability of the good state realisation? What is the value of Kat plc stock? Show all your calculations and comment on your results. b) Suppose that you invest £40 million in Kit plc stock. Is there an alternative investment in Kat plc that would give identical payoffs in both good and bad state…
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Conrad Corporation plans to raise $8 million to pay off its existing short-term bank loan of $2.4 million and to increase total assets by $5,600,000. The bank loan bears an interest rate of 12 percent. The company's president owns 55% of the 4,000,000 shares of common stock and wishes to maintain control of the company. The company's tax rate is 21%. Balance sheet information is shown below. The company is considering two alternatives to raise the $8 million: (1) sell common stock at $20 per share, or (2) Sell bonds at a 12% coupon, each $1,000 bond carrying 25 warrants to buy common stock at $30 per share. Current Liabilities $3,000,000 Common Stock, Par $0.50 2,000,000 Retained earnings 1,400,000 Total Assets $6,400,000 Total claims $6,400,000 Alternative 1: Common stock $20 Tax rate 35% # new shares 400,000 New financing $8,000,000 Par value per share $0.50 Existing Loan $2,400,000…
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