Assume the Following Selected Financial Information About a Firm That

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Essay

Assume the following selected financial information about a firm that is about to restructure capital by exchanging equity for debt:
$\begin{array}{ll}\text { Pressent debt level } & =\$ 0 \\\text { Proposed equity for debt swap } & =\$ 1,500,000 \\\text { Interest rate on debt } & =6 \% \\\text { Corporate tax rate } & =40 \% \\\text { Market value of the firm's ecuity } & =\$ 2,400,000\end{array}$
a. If the firm operates in the world of the Modigliani-Miller model with taxes but without bankruptcy costs what would be the market value of its equity after the restructuring?
b. By how much would the firm's total value and therefore shareholder wealth increase as a result of the swap? Explain.
c. Would we be able to answer the questions in part a and b precisely in the MM model with taxes and bankruptcy costs? Why?

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Section 16(b)

A provision in the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that aims to prevent insider trading by requiring the disgorgement of profits made from the purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of an issuer’s equity securities within a six-month period by directors, officers, or shareholders owning more than 10% of a firm.

1934 Securities Exchange Act

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Insiders

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