Question: ABC Ltd . has the following book value capital structure as on March, 3 1 , 2 0 2 4 . Equity share capital (

ABC Ltd. has the following book value capital structure as on March, 31,2024. Equity share capital (2,00,000 shares)10% preference shares 12% Debentures 60,00,00010,00,00030,00,000100,00,000 The equity share of the company sells at Rs.30. It is expected that the company will pay next year a dividend of Rs.3 per equity share which is expected to grow at 5% p.a. forever, Assume 40% corporate tax rates. Based on the above information calculate. (a) Weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of the company based on the existing capital structure. (b) Compute the new WACC if the company raises an additional 40 Lakh debt by issuing 13% debentures. This would result in increasing the expected dividend to Rs.3.60 and leave the growth rate unchanged but the price of the equity share will fall to Rs.24.

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