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Chapter 5: Q3BP (page 595)
Swank Clothiers earned $640 million last year and had a 30 percent payout ratio. How much did the firm add to its retained earnings?
The retained earnings are $448,000,000.
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What is the difference between a bond agreement and a bond indenture? (LO16-1)
How might a leveraged buyout eventually lead to high returns for a company?
Question: The Bowman Corporation has a \(18 million bond obligation outstanding, which it is considering refunding. Though the bonds were initially issued at 10 percent, the interest rates on similar issues have declined to 8.5 percent. The bonds were originally issued for 20 years and have 10 years remaining. The new issue would be for 10 years. There is a 9 percent call premium on the old issue. The underwriting cost on the new \)18,000,000 issue is \(530,000, and the underwriting cost on the old issue was \)380,000. The company is in a 35 percent tax bracket, and it will use an 8 percent discount rate (rounded after-tax cost of debt) to analyze the refunding decision.
d. Should the old issue be refunded with new debt?
Trump Card Co. will issue stock at a retail (public) price of \(32. The company will receive \)29.20 per share.
a. What is the spread on the issue in the percentage terms?
b. If the firm demands receiving a new price only $2.20 below the public price suggested in part a, what will the spread be in percentage terms?
c. To hold the spread down to 2.5 percent based on the public price in part a, what net amount should Trump Card Co. receive?
The investment banking firm of Einstein & Co. will use a dividend valuation model to appraise the shares of the Modern Physics Corporation. Dividends (D1) at the end of the current year will be \(1.64. The growth rate (g) is 8 percent and the discount rate (Ke) is 13 percent.
a. What should be the price of the stock to the public?
b. If there is a 7 percent total underwriting spread on the stock, how much will the issuing corporation receive?
c. If the issuing corporation requires a net price of \)31.30 (proceeds to the corporation) and there is a 7 percent underwriting spread, what should be the price of the stock to the public? (Round to two places to the right of the decimal point.)
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