Essentials of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
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Chapter 12, Problem 27QP
WACC and
a. A new issue of common stock: The required return on the company’s new equity is 15
percent.
b. A new issue of 20-year bonds: If the company issues these new bonds at an annual coupon rate of 7 percent, they will sell at par.
c. Increased use of accounts payable financing: Because this financing is part of the company’s ongoing daily business, the company assigns it a cost that is the same as the overall firm WACC. Management has a target ratio of accounts payable to long-term debt of .15. (Assume there is no difference between the pretax and aftertax accounts payable cost.)
What is the NPV of the new plant? Assume that the company has a 35 percent tax rate.
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