Red Valley Breweries is considering an acquisition of Flagg Markets. Flagg currently has a cost of equity
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Red Valley Breweries is considering an acquisition of Flagg Markets.
Flagg currently has a cost of equity of 10%; 25% of its financing is in the form of 6% debt, and the rest is in common equity. Its federal-plus-state tax rate is 40%. After the acquisition, Red Valley expects Flagg to have the following FCFs and interest payments for the next 3 years (in millions):
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
FCF $10.00 $20.00 $25.00
Interest Expense 28.00 24.00 20.28
After this, the free cash flows are expected to grow at a constant rate of 5%, and the capital structure will stabilize at 35% debt with an interest rate of 7%.
a. What is Flagg’s unlevered cost of equity? What are its levered cost of equity and cost of capital for the post-horizon period?
b. Using the adjusted present value approach, what is Flagg’s value of operations to Red Valley?
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