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You have the following information about Burgundy Basins, a sinkmanufacturer.

Equity sharesoutstanding 20 million

Stock price pershare $40.00

Yield to maturity ondebt 7.5%

Book value of interest-bearingdebt $320 million

Coupon interest rate ondebt 4.8%

Market value ofdebt $290 million

Book value ofequity $500 million

Cost of equitycapital 14%

Taxrate 35%

Burgundy is contemplating what for the company is anaverage-risk

investment costing $40 million and promising an annual after-taxcash

flow of $6.4 million in perpetuity.

b. Whatis Burgundy's weighted-average cost of capital?

Isnt't the calculated tax rate suppose to be (1-0.35 = 0.65),you have 7.5%? How was the the Debt + Equity calculated? You say itis 800. How was that calculated?

b.WACC = cost of debt*Debt proportion + cost of equity *equityproportion = 7.5%*290/(290+800) + 14%*500/(290+800) = 1.99% +10.27% = 12. 26% How was 800 calculated?

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Lelia Lubowitz
Lelia LubowitzLv2
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