9. Hi Tech Products has 35 000 bonds outstanding that are currently quoted at 102.3. The bonds mature in 11 years and carry a 9 percent annual coupon. What is the firm’s aftertax cost of debt if the applicable tax rate is 35 percent?A. 4.47 percentB. 4.79 percentC. 5.63 percentD. 5.98 percentE. 6.31 percent10. The 7.5 percent preferred stock of Home Town Brews is selling for $43 a share. What is the firm’s cost of preferred stock if the tax rate is 34 percent and the par value per share is $100?A. 14.47 percentB. 15.92 percentC. 16.17 percentD. 16.52 percentE. 17.44 percent11. Chesterfield and Weston has 55 000 shares of common stock outstanding at a price of $31 a share. It also has 3 000 shares of preferred stock outstanding at a price of $62 a share. The firm has 8 percent 12-year bonds outstanding with a total face value of $400 000. The bonds are currently quoted at 101.2 percent of face and pay interest semiannually. What is the capital structure weight of the firm’s debt if the tax rate is 35 percent?A. 14.49 percentB. 15.20 percentC. 15.67 percentD. 16.84 percentE. 17.63 percent12. The General Store has a cost of equity of 15.8 percent a pre-tax cost of debt of 7.7 percent and a tax rate of 32 percent. What is the firm’s weighted average cost of capital if the debt-equity ratio is 0.40?A. 10.18 percentB. 11.72 percentC. 12.78 percentD. 13.30 percentE. 14.93 percent13. Healthy Foods has a target capital structure of 55 percent common stock 5 percent preferred stock and 40 percent debt. Its cost of equity is 14.3 percent the cost of preferred stock is 8.9 percent and the pre-tax cost of debt is 8.1 percent. What is the company’s WACC if the applicable tax rate is 34 percent?A. 9.29 percentB. 9.61 percentC. 10.02 percentD. 10.45 percentE. 10.83 percent14. Which one of the following is the equity risk arising from the daily operations of a firm?A. Strategic riskB. Financial riskC. Liquidity riskD. Industry riskE. Business risk15. Which one of the following is the equity risk arising from the capital structure selected by a firm?A. Strategic riskB. Financial riskC. Liquidity riskD. Industry riskE. Business risk16. Paying interest reduces the taxes owed by a firm. Which one of the following terms applies to this relationship?A. Static theory of interest ratesB. M&M Proposition IC. Financial riskD. Interest tax shieldE. Homemade leverage17. Which one of the following is minimized when the value of a firm is maximized?A. Return on equityB. WACCC. DebtD. TaxesE. Bankruptcy costs18. Which one of the following conditions exists at the point where a firm maximizes its value?A. The tax benefit from an additional dollar of debt is zero.B. Financial distress costs are equal to zero.C. The debt-equity ratio is 1.0.D. WACC is minimized.E. The cost of equity is minimized19. Greenwood Motels has filed a petition for bankruptcy but hopes to continue its operations both during and after the bankruptcy process. Which one of the following terms best applies to this situation?A. Chapter 7 bankruptcyB. LiquidationC. Technical insolvencyD. Accounting insolvencyE. Reorganization20. The Green Briar is an all-equity firm with a total market value of $418 000 and 20 000 shares of stock outstanding. Management is considering issuing $120 000 of debt at an interest rate of 9 percent and using the proceeds on a stock repurchase. Ignore taxes. How many shares will the firm repurchase if it issues the debt securities?A. 2 871 sharesB. 3 516 sharesC. 3 921 sharesD. 4 607 sharesE. 5 742 shares21. Cross Town Cookies is an all-equity firm with a total market value of $720 000. The firm has 150 000 shares of stock outstanding. Management is considering issuing $200 000 of debt at an interest rate of 7 percent and using the proceeds to repurchase shares. The projected earnings before interest and taxes are $58 600. What are the anticipated earnings per share if the debt is issued? Ignore taxes.A. $0.25B. $0.33C. $0.38D. $0.41E. $0.4722. Henderson’s is an all-equity firm that has 135 000 shares of stock outstanding. Neal the financial vice-president is considering borrowing $220 000 at 7.25 percent interest to repurchase 20 000 shares. Ignoring taxes what is the value of the firm?A. $1 260 000B. $1 400 000C. $1 485 000D. $1 620 000E. $1 750 00023. The Gable Inn is an all-equity firm with 16 000 shares outstanding at a value per share of $14.50. The firm is issuing $50 000 of debt and using the proceeds to reduce the number of outstanding shares. How many shares of stock will be outstanding once the debt is issued? Ignore taxes.A. 11 970 sharesB. 12 552 sharesC. 12 846 sharesD. 13 030 sharesE. 13 561 shares24. The Water Works has a return on assets of 13.7 percent a cost of equity of 18.6 percent and a pre-tax cost of debt of 7.1 percent. What is the debt-equity ratio? Ignore taxes.A. 0.44B. 0.47C. 0.61D. 0.68E. 0.7425. Stone House Cafe has a 30 percent tax rate and total taxes of $35 280. What is the value of the interest tax shield if the interest expense is $16 700?A. $4 887B. $5 010C. $5 395D. $5 708E. $6 023
