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Break-Even EBIT and Leverage Kolby Corp, is comparing two different capital structures. Plan I would result in 1,500 shares of stock and $520,000 in debt. Plan II would result in 1,100 shares of stock and $30,000 in debt. The interest rate on the debt is 10 percent.

a. Ignoring taxes compare both of these plans to an all-equity plan assuming that EBIT will be $12,000. The all-equity plan would result in 2,300 shares of stock outstanding. Which of the three plans has the highest EPS the lowest?

b. In part (a), what are the break-even levels of EBIT for each plan as compared to that for an all-equity plan? Is one higher than the other? Why?

c. Ignoring taxes, when will EPS be identical for Plans I and II?

d. Repeat part (a), (b), and (c) assuming that the corporate tax rate is 40 percent. Are the break-even levels of EBIT different from before? Why or why not?

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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-0077861629

8th Edition

Authors: Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, Bradford D.Jordan

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