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As a consultant to First Responder Inc.,you have obtained the following data (dollars in millions) .The company plans to pay out all of its earnings as dividends,hence g = 0.Also,no net new investment in operating capital is needed because growth is zero.The CFO believes that a move from zero debt to 20.0% debt would cause the cost of equity to increase from 10.0% to 12.0%,and the interest rate on the new debt would be 8.0%.What would the firm's total market value be if it makes this change? Hints: Find the FCF,which is equal to NOPAT = EBIT(1 − T) because no new operating capital is needed,and then divide by (WACC − g) .
As a consultant to First Responder Inc.,you have obtained the following data (dollars in millions) .The company plans to pay out all of its earnings as dividends,hence g = 0.Also,no net new investment in operating capital is needed because growth is zero.The CFO believes that a move from zero debt to 20.0% debt would cause the cost of equity to increase from 10.0% to 12.0%,and the interest rate on the new debt would be 8.0%.What would the firm's total market value be if it makes this change? Hints: Find the FCF,which is equal to NOPAT = EBIT(1 − T) because no new operating capital is needed,and then divide by (WACC − g) .   A) $2,982 B) $3,314 C) $3,682 D) $4,091 E) $4,545


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