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question 102

Multiple Choice

Use the information for the question(s) below.
You own your own firm and you need to raise $50 million to fund an expansion. Following the expansion, your firm will be worth $75 million in its unlevered form. You want to go ahead with the expansion, but you are concerned that you may not be able to maintain ownership of over 50% of your firm's equity. In other words, you are concerned that if you use equity to finance the expansion, you may lose control of your firm.
-Assume that capital markets are perfect except for the existence of corporate taxes.Your firm pays 40% of earnings in taxes and you decide to issue $25 million in new debt and $25 million in new equity.You ownership stake in the firm following these new issues of debt and equity is closest to:

• A) 58%
• B) 55%
• C) 33%
• D) 50%

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