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question 49

Multiple Choice

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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,you issue $30 million in new debt,and you issue $20 million in new equity.You ownership stake in the firm following these new issues of debt and equity is closest to:

• A)58%
• B)50%
• C)33%
• D)55%

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