EBK PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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ISBN: 9781259358487
Author: BREALEY
Publisher: MCGRAW HILL BOOK COMPANY
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Chapter 17, Problem 8PS
MM proposition 1 Executive Cheese has issued debt with a market value of $100 million and has outstanding 15 million shares with a market price of $10 a share. It now announces that it intends to issue a further $60 million of debt and to use the proceeds to buy back common stock. Debtholders, seeing the extra risk, mark the value of the existing debt down to $70 million.
- a. How is the market price of the stock affected by the announcement?
- b. How many shares can the company buy back with the $60 million of new debt that it issues?
- c. What is the market value of the firm (equity plus debt) after the change in capital structure?
- d. What is the debt ratio after the change in structure?
- e. Who (if anyone) gains or loses?
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Ch. 17 - Homemade leverage Ms. Kraft owns 50,000 shares of...Ch. 17 - Homemade leverage Companies A and B differ only in...Ch. 17 - Corporate leverage Suppose that Macbeth Spot...Ch. 17 - Corporate leverage Reliable Gearing currently is...Ch. 17 - MMs propositions True or false? a. MMs...Ch. 17 - MMs propositions What is wrong with the following...Ch. 17 - Prob. 7PSCh. 17 - MM proposition 1 Executive Cheese has issued debt...Ch. 17 - Prob. 9PSCh. 17 - Prob. 10PS
Ch. 17 - MM proposition 2 Spam Corp. is financed entirely...Ch. 17 - MM proposition 2. Increasing financial leverage...Ch. 17 - Prob. 13PSCh. 17 - MM proposition 2 Look back to Section 17-1....Ch. 17 - MM proposition 2 Hubbards Pet Foods is financed...Ch. 17 - MM proposition 2 Imagine a firm that is expected...Ch. 17 - MM proposition 2 Archimedes Levers is financed by...Ch. 17 - MM proposition 2 Look back to Problem 17. Suppose...Ch. 17 - Prob. 19PSCh. 17 - After-tax WACC Gaucho Services starts life with...Ch. 17 - After-tax WACC Omega Corporation has 10 million...Ch. 17 - After-tax WACC Gamma Airlines has an asset beta of...Ch. 17 - Prob. 23PSCh. 17 - Investor choice People often convey the idea...Ch. 17 - Investor choice Suppose that new security designs...
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