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question 110

Multiple Choice

Use the information for the question(s) below.
You own your own firm and you need to raise $50 million to fund an expansion.Following the expansion,your firm will be worth $75 million in its unlevered form.You want to go ahead with the expansion,but you are concerned that you may not be able to maintain ownership of over 50% of your firm's equity.In other words,you are concerned that if you use equity to finance the expansion,you may lose control of your firm.
-Assume that capital markets are perfect except for the existence of corporate taxes.Your firm pays 21% of earnings in taxes and you decide to issue $25 million in new debt and $25 million in new equity.Your ownership stake in the firm following these new issues of debt and equity is closest to:

• A)58%.
• B)55%.
• C)33%.
• D)50%.

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