Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
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Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 21, Problem 9P
Hema Corp. is an all equity firm with a current market value of $1000 million (i.e., $1 billion), and will be worth $900 million or $1400 million in one year. The risk-free interest rate is 5%. Suppose Hema Corp. issues zero-coupon, one-year debt with a face value of $1050 million, and uses the proceeds to pay a special dividend to shareholders. Assuming perfect capital markets, use the binomial model to answer the following:
- a. What are the payoffs of the firm’s debt in one year?
- b. What is the value today of the debt today?
- c. What is the yield on the debt?
- d. Using Modigliani-Miller, what is the value of Hema’s equity before the dividend is paid? What is the value of equity just after the dividend is paid?
- e. Show that the ex-dividend value of Hema’s equity is consistent with the binomial model. What is the ∆ of the equity, when viewed as a call option on the firm’s assets?
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