a. What is the value of OPC if it chooses to retire all of its debt and become an unlevered firm? (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567.) b. What is the value of OPC if it decides to repurchase stock instead of retiring its debt? (Hint. Use the equation for the value of a levered firm with personal tax on Interest Income I.e., V₁ = VU+(1-[(1 - Tc)/(1-TB) B- C(B).) (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567.) c. What is the value of OPC if the expected bankruptcy costs have a present value of $400,000? (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567.)

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Problem 17-10 Personal Taxes, Bankruptcy Costs, and Firm Value
Overnight Publishing Company (OPC) has $2.5 million in excess cash. The firm plans to
use this cash either to retire all of its outstanding debt or to repurchase equity. The firm's
debt is held by one institution that is willing to sell it back to OPC for $2.5 million. The
Institution will not charge 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 has no transaction costs. The company will generate $1.3
million of annual earnings before interest and taxes in perpetulty regardless of its capital
structure. The firm immediately pays out all earnings as dividends at the end of each
year. OPC is subject to a corporate tax rate of 21 percent and the required rate of return
on the firm's unlevered equity is 20 percent. The personal tax rate on Interest income is
25 percent and there are no taxes on equity distribution. Assume there are no
bankruptcy costs.
a. What is the value of OPC If it chooses to retire all of its debt and become an
unlevered firm? (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answer in
dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g.,
1,234,567.)
b. What is the value of OPC if it decides to repurchase stock instead of retiring its debt?
(Hint: Use the equation for the value of a levered firm with personal tax on Interest
Income 1.e., VL = VU +(1-[(1 - Tc)/(1-TB) x B-C(B).) (Do not round Intermediate
calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to
the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567.)
c. What is the value of OPC if the expected bankruptcy costs have a present value of
$400,000? (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answer in
dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g.,
1,234,567.)
a. Company value
b. Company value
c. Unlevered value
Levered value
S
5,135,000
Transcribed Image Text:Problem 17-10 Personal Taxes, Bankruptcy Costs, and Firm Value Overnight Publishing Company (OPC) has $2.5 million in excess cash. The firm plans to use this cash either to retire all of its outstanding debt or to repurchase equity. The firm's debt is held by one institution that is willing to sell it back to OPC for $2.5 million. The Institution will not charge 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 has no transaction costs. The company will generate $1.3 million of annual earnings before interest and taxes in perpetulty regardless of its capital structure. The firm immediately pays out all earnings as dividends at the end of each year. OPC is subject to a corporate tax rate of 21 percent and the required rate of return on the firm's unlevered equity is 20 percent. The personal tax rate on Interest income is 25 percent and there are no taxes on equity distribution. Assume there are no bankruptcy costs. a. What is the value of OPC If it chooses to retire all of its debt and become an unlevered firm? (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567.) b. What is the value of OPC if it decides to repurchase stock instead of retiring its debt? (Hint: Use the equation for the value of a levered firm with personal tax on Interest Income 1.e., VL = VU +(1-[(1 - Tc)/(1-TB) x B-C(B).) (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567.) c. What is the value of OPC if the expected bankruptcy costs have a present value of $400,000? (Do not round Intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567.) a. Company value b. Company value c. Unlevered value Levered value S 5,135,000
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