The Kim Su Company is planning to repurchase shares of common
stock with the proceeds of a $50,000,000 debt issue. The interest
rate on the debt is expected to be 10%. Currently, Kim Su is
unlevered with 12,000,000 common shares outstanding. The
price-earnings ratio of the common shares is 5 on pre-tax operating
income of $30,000,000. The equity has a required rate of return of
20% based on an equity beta of 1.20. Assuming the company’s tax
rate is 34%,...