uLu In. wants to utilize a different debt-equity ratio than it had previously.  It is planning to increase the firm’s current debt-equity ratio of 0.4 to a higher value of 0.8 by issuing debt to repurchase a portion of its common stock.  LuLu In. currently has $12 million worth of debt outstanding and faces a pretax cost of debt of 8 percent per year.  The firm expects to have an EBIT of $3.6 million per year in perpetuity and pays no taxes. Use the Modigliani and Miller propositions

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LuLu In. wants to utilize a different debt-equity ratio than it had previously.  It is planning to increase the firm’s current debt-equity ratio of 0.4 to a higher value of 0.8 by issuing debt to repurchase a portion of its common stock. 

LuLu In. currently has $12 million worth of debt outstanding and faces a pretax cost of debt of 8 percent per year.  The firm expects to have an EBIT of $3.6 million per year in perpetuity and pays no taxes. Use the Modigliani and Miller propositions to determine the expected rate of return on the firm’s equity after the issue is announced.

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