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question 83

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
d'Anconia Copper is an all-equity firm with 60 million shares outstanding,which are currently trading at $20 per share.Last month,d'Anconia announced that it will change its capital structure by issuing $300 million in debt.The $200 million raised by this issue,plus another $200 million in cash that d'Anconia already has,will be used to repurchase existing shares of stock.Assume that capital markets are perfect.
-The market capitalization of d'Anconia Copper before this transaction takes place is closest to:

• A)$800 million.
• B)$900 million.
• C)$1100 million.
• D)$1200 million.

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