Give true answer Ph Co. has an 8% debt with a book value of 8 M and a commonstock of 8.5 M with outstanding shares of 370,000. The expectedlevel of EBIT after the expansion is 3.5 M. The income tax rate is25%. The firm is considering a 12 M expansion program using oneof the following:Plan 1 - Incur additional debt at 10% interest;Plan 2 - Sell preferred shares with an 11.5% dividend yield; andPlan 3 - Sell new common stock at 25 per share.How much is the EPS for Plan 1?

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