Northwestern Lumber Products currently has 18,000 shares of stock outstanding. Patricia, the financial manager, is considering issuing $138,000 of debt at an interest rate of 6.7 percent. Given this, how many shares of stock will be outstanding once the debt is issued if the break-even level of EBIT between these two capital structure options is $66,000? Ignore taxes. Multiple Choice О 16,768.23 shares О 14,704.45 shares 15,478.36 shares О 13,267.17 shares О 14,446.47 shares

Northwestern Lumber Products currently has 18,000 shares of stock outstanding. Patricia, the financial manager, is considering issuing $138,000 of debt at an interest rate of 6.7 percent. Given this, how many shares of stock will be outstanding once the debt is issued if the break-even level of EBIT between these two capital structure options is $66,000? Ignore taxes. Multiple Choice О 16,768.23 shares О 14,704.45 shares 15,478.36 shares О 13,267.17 shares О 14,446.47 shares

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A full equity firm has 5,000 shares outstanding worth $7 each. They are planning on issuing $10,000 of new perpetual debt at the 8% market rate of interest and using the proceeds to buy up stock. The effective tax rate is 25%. What is the change in the share price if they make the debt for equity exchange? Multiple Choice O $.50 per share $.20 per share $.80 per share $.16 per share
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