1. Lucian Leasing is being formed to acquire a package of leases that will generate $42...
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1. Lucian Leasing is being formed to acquire a package of leases that will generate $42 million of before tax cashflows each year for the next 99 years. (For practical purposes, you can treat this as an infinite series of cash flows.) The cost of buying the leases is $150,000,000. The firm is considering various amounts of debt financing, as given in the following table:
Total Amount of Average Yield Common
Debt Raised on Debt Stock beta
0 - 0.50
$ 25,000,000 12.0% 0.60
50,000,000 13.0 0.75
75,000,000 14.0 1.00
100,000,000 16.0 1.40
125,000,000 20.0 2.00
The risk free rate is 10%, and the expected return on the market is 18%. The tax rate is 50%.
For each level of debt, compute the weighted average cost of capital and the total value of the firm. What is the optimal capital structure?
Income Tax Fundamentals 2013
ISBN: 9781285586618
31st Edition
Authors: Gerald E. Whittenburg, Martha Altus Buller, Steven L Gill