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LP Bean Company, an all equity company, has an EBIT of $1,200,000 that it expects it will earn
forever, and it pays all of its earnings as dividends to shareholders (i.e., no growth). The firm
has a corporate tax rate of 45% and has an un-levered beta of 1.25. In the market, you observe
that Government T-bills are being sold to yield 3% and the market risk premium is 6%. Assume
a world of taxes and a cost for the risk of default.
a) Calculate the value of the firm.
b) Calculate the WACC for the firm.
c) What is the value of the firm if the firm issues $1,500,000 of bonds at par with a coupon
rate of 5%? The beta for the equity of the leveraged firm is 1.6.
d) What is the value of the firm if the firm issues $2,000,000 of bonds at par with a coupon
rate of 7%? The beta for the equity of the leveraged firm is 1.95.
e) What is the optimal level of debt $0, $1,500,000 or $2,000,000? Explain.
f) What is the WACC for the firm at the optimal level of debt?
g) What are the financial distress costs when the firm as $2,000,000 in debt?