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The Nantucket Nugget Is Unlevered and Is Valued at $640,000

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The Nantucket Nugget is unlevered and is valued at $640,000. Nantucket is currently deciding whether including debt in its capital structure would increase its value. The current cost of equity is 12%. Under consideration is issuing $300,000 in new debt with an 8% interest rate. Nantucket would repurchase $300,000 of stock with the proceeds of the debt issue. There are currently 32,000 shares outstanding and effective marginal tax bracket is zero. What will Nantucket's new WACC be?


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