Corporate Finance
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780132992473
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 28, Problem 11P
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To assess whether the CEO would be better off or worse off, given that he owns 3% of GF and is considering an acquisition. Post acquisition, the market capitalization of GF would suffer a loss of $50 million and the
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Suppose the CEO of a $750 million all-equity
firm personally owns $15 million in company
stock. Assume that the risk-neutral CEO
makes investment decisions based strictly on
the change in value (or expected change in
value for risky investments) of her personal
holdings, plus private benefits (if any) she gets
from the investment.
a) Suppose the CEO is considering a risky
investment that will generate a gain with a
present value of $100 million with 50%
probability, but a loss of $150 million (present
value) with 50% probability. Will she invest in
the risky project?
b) Now, suppose that the firm recapitalizes by
borrowing $700 million and pays a special
dividend of $700 million, and suppose that
the CEO reinvests her $14 million dividend
back into the recapitalized firm. (In answering
this question, ignore any change in the overall
value of the firm resulting from the
recapitalization.) Given the same assumptions
as in (i) above, will she invest in the risky
project?
Chapter 28 Solutions
Corporate Finance
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