Question

Good Time Company is a regional chain department store. It will remain in business for one more year. The probability of a boom year is 80 percent and the probability of a recession is 20 percent. It is projected that the company will generate a total cash flow of $194 million in a boom year and $85 million in a recession. The company's required debt payment at the end of the year is $119 million. The market value of the company’s outstanding debt is $92 million. The company pays no taxes.

a.

What payoff do bondholders expect to receive in the event of a recession? (Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.) Payoff: b. What is the promised return on the company's debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Promised return: c. What is the expected return on the company's debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Expected return:

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