Mayo plc is financed by 31 million shares of equity with a market capitalisation of £74.4 million, and debt with a face value and market value of £30 million. The interest rate on the debt is 7.5% and debt interest is tax deductible. The firm's most recent earnings before interest and tax iş, £16.25 million. The corporate tax rate is 21%. There are no market imperfections apart from corporate tax. a) What are Mayo's current earnings per share, share price, and cost of equity (return on equity)?
Cost of Capital
Shareholders and investors who invest into the capital of the firm desire to have a suitable return on their investment funding. The cost of capital reflects what shareholders expect. It is a discount rate for converting expected cash flow into present cash flow.
Capital Structure
Capital structure is the combination of debt and equity employed by an organization in order to take care of its operations. It is an important concept in corporate finance and is expressed in the form of a debt-equity ratio.
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
The Weighted Average Cost of Capital is a tool used for calculating the cost of capital for a firm wherein proportional weightage is assigned to each category of capital. It can also be defined as the average amount that a firm needs to pay its stakeholders and for its security to finance the assets. The most commonly used sources of capital include common stocks, bonds, long-term debts, etc. The increase in weighted average cost of capital is an indicator of a decrease in the valuation of a firm and an increase in its risk.
![Mayo plc is financed by 31 million shares of equity with a market çapitalisation of
£74.4 million, and debt with a face value and market value of £30 million. The
interest rate on the debt is 7.5% and debt interest is tax deductible. The firm's most
recent earnings before interest and tax is £16.25 million. The corporate tax rate is
21%. There are no market imperfections apart from corporate tax.
a) What are Mayo's current earnings per share, share price, and cost of equity
(return on equity)?
Suppose the firm decides to change its capital structure by holding a rights issue to
raise enough cash to reduce the debt to £15 million. The rights price will be at a
20% discount off the current share price.
b) How many new shares must be issued in the rights issue? What will be the
new earnings per share?
What is Mayo's share price following the rights issue?
What is Mayo's cost of equity following the rights issue? Has it changed?
Why/why not?
What will be the change in wealth for a shareholder who had 1000 shares in
Mayo before the rights issue? Why? Will the rights issue succeed? Explain.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fade12f7e-6dd3-4418-b72b-433eaa29a02d%2F02706053-6d0b-4ff1-b998-07370a400c74%2F40f925_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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