Upper-Soy Corp. is a company specialized in importing soybeans to the US market. Analysts often label Upper-Soy Corp. as a growth stock, which is also a consequence of a policy of constant reinvestment of profits. The company currently has a debt capacity of $US 25 billion (bn), fully used. Also, the company recently defined to establish a strategy of maintaining the debt capacity, except whether expansion CAPEX is required. To fund the expansion of a warehouse, the company needs CAPEX of $US 12.8 bn during 2022, which should be depreciated over 20 years. The new investment should allow the company to keep expected long-term growth at 2.0% for the whole company from 2025 onwards. To fund the warehouse, the company expects to raise 45% of the current debt level at the end of 2021. An equity issue may also be required if insufficient incremental funds are available. Issuance costs of 3.25% will be incurred. The following data was provided, which already includes the incremental EBITDA following the expansion.

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(in millions $US) Period Year Revenues EBITDA margin Maintenance CAPEX Debt (beginning of year) Equity (end of year) 0 2021 45,210 19.40% 3,978 25,000 60,000 1 2022 46,114 19.15% 4,058 2 2023 80,700 20.77% 7,102 3 2024 82,152 19.18% 7,229 4 2025 83,303 19.20% 7,331 (in millions $US) Period Year Revenues EBITDA margin Maintenance CAPEX Debt (beginning of year) Equity (end of year) 0 2021 45,210 19.40% 3,978 25,000 60,000 1 2022 46,114 19.15% 4,058 2 2023 80,700 20.77% 7,102 3 2024 82,152 19.18% 7,229 4 2025 83,303 19.20% 7,331

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