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A Firm Issues 100,000 Equity Shares with a Total Market

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A firm issues 100,000 equity shares with a total market value of $5,000,000. The firm's market value of debt is also of equal amount . The firm is expected to generate $1.5 million in operating income and pay $250,000 in interest. Ignoring taxes, this will generate $12.50 earnings per share. What will happen to EPS if the firm's borrowing and interest expense increases by 75% and the number of shares in circulation is cut by 75% (assuming that the share price remains unchanged with this change in capital structure) ?


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