Dye Industries Currently Uses No Debt, but Its New CFO

question 46

Multiple Choice

Dye Industries currently uses no debt, but its new CFO is considering changing the capital structure to 40.0% debt (wd) by issuing bonds and using the proceeds to repurchase and retire common shares so the percentage of common equity in the capital structure (wc) = 1 - wd. Given the data shown below, by how much would this recapitalization change the firm's cost of equity, i.e., what is rL - rU?

• A) 1.66%
• B) 1.84%
• C) 2.02%
• D) 2.23%
• E) 2.45%

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Definitions:

Units Sold

The total number of product units that have been sold during a specific time period.

Marginal Cost

The cost of producing one additional unit of a product or service.

Fixed Costs

Costs that remain consistent regardless of the amount of goods produced or the level of business operations, including expenses like rent, salaries, and insurance fees.

Variable Costs

Expenses that change in proportion to the level of production or sales volume.