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18 April, 08:59

Marpor Industries has no debt and expects to generate free cash flows of $16 million each year. Marpor believes that if it permanently increases its level of debt to $40 million, the risk of financial distress may cause it to lose some customers and receive less favorable terms from its suppliers. As a result, Marpor's expected free cash flows with debt will be only $15 million per year. Suppose Marpor's tax rate is 35% , the risk-free rate is 5% , the expected return of the market is 15% , and the beta of Marpor's free cash flows is 1.1 (with or without leverage). a. Estimate Marpor's value without leverage. b. Estimate Marpor's value with the new leverage.

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  1. 18 April, 09:35
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    Answer and Explanation:

    The computation is shown below:

    a. Marpor's value without leverage is

    But before that first we have to calculate the required rate of return which is

    The Required rate of return = Risk Free rate of return + Beta * market risk premium

    = 5% + 1.1 * (15% - 5%)

    = 16%

    Now without leverage is

    = Free cash flows generates : required rate of return

    = $16,000,000 : 16%

    = $100,000,000

    b. And, with the new leverage is

    = (Free cash flows with debt : required rate of return) + (Tax rate * increase of debt)

    = ($15,000,000 : 0.16) + (0.35 * $40,000,000)

    = $93,750,000 + $14,000,000

    = $107,750,000
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