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Realistic Co. has no debt and 7.2 million shares priced at $25/share. Their tax rate is 30%. If Realistic announces they are going to borrow $80 million of perpetual debt at 7.5% interest and use the money to repurchase shares, what will the new share price be after the repurchase?
Before recapitalization
Share outstanding = 7.2 million
Share price per = $25
Value of Firm (unlevered), Vu = 7.2*25 = $180 million
After recapitalization
Debt issued = $80 million
Share repurchased price ( at current price (assumed)) = $25
No. of share repurchased = 80/25 = 3.20 million
No. of share outstanding = 7.2 - 3.2 = 4 million
Now, We can compute the Value of Firm (levered) with M&M proposition-I (with taxation):
where,
VL = Value of levered firm
VU = Value of unlevered firm
D = Debt
t = tax rate (here, 30%)
Thus,
Value of Equity in Levered Firm:
New Share price after repurchas: