Lamina Equipments Company's current capital structure consists of 8% debt with a market value and book value of P4M and 200,000 shares of outstanding common stock with a market value of P15M. The firm is considering a P6M expansion program using 1 of the following financing plans: Plan A- sell additional debt at 10% interest; Plan B- sell preferred shares with a 10.5% dividend yield; Plan C- sell new ordinary shares at 150 per share. The corporate tax rate is 25%. Ignore flotation costs.

EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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Chapter12: The Cost Of Capital

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