Corporate and International Finance (N1563)
Seminar 5 (questions)SHORT ANSWER
Q1. State the generalized version of Modigliani-Miller Proposition I.Q2. State and explain MM's Proposition IIQ3. Briefly explain the trade-off theory of capital structure.Q4. Explain the pecking order theory of capital structure.MULTIPLE CHOICE5) Assume a firm is financed with 30% debt on which it pays interest of 9%. What is the expected return on equity if the expected return on assets is 14%? Ignore taxes.A) 14.92%B) 17.86%C) 15.50%D) 16.14%6) An implicit cost of adding debt to the capital structure is that it:A) increases the required return on equity.B) reduces the expected return on assets.C) decreases the firm's beta.D) adds interest expense to the operating statement.7) A firm has perpetual debt of 10millionataninterestrateof73,500,000B) 10,000,000C)245,000D) 700,0008)Whentaxesareconsidered,thevalueofaleveredfirmequalsthevalueofthe:A)unleveredfirmplusthevalueofthedebtplusthevalueofthetaxshield.B)unleveredfirmplusthepresentvalueofthetaxshield.C)unleveredfirm.D)unleveredfirmplusthevalueofthedebt.9)CalculatetheWACCforafirmthatpays10ketvalueof5,000,000 and an equal amount of debt. The firm is expected to generate 1.5millioninoperatingincomeandpay250,000 in interest. If the firm does not pay tax, what will happen to EPS if the firm repurchases 3,750,000ofsharesandsubstitutesanequalamountofdebt?A.EPSdecreasesby33.310.00.B. EPS stays at 12.50.C.EPSincreasesby14030.00.D. EPS increases by 240% to 42.50.11)ThecommonstockanddebtofNorthernSludgearevaluedat50 million and 30million,respectively.Investorscurrentlyrequirea1610 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? Assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the risk of the debt on the stock and that there are no taxes.12) Executive Chalk is financed solely by common stock and has outstanding 25 million shares with a market price of 10ashare.Itnowannouncesthatitintendstoissue160 million of debt and to use the proceeds to buy back common stock.a. How is the market price of the stock affected by the announcement?b. How many shares can the company buy back with the $160 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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