Running head: GB550 Assignments Unit 6

Kaplan University
Graduate School of Business and Management
GB550 Financial Management













GB550
Dr. Dale Prondzinski







Written by:
Joel Westfield




10 July 2011











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Corporate Valuation and Capital Structure
Question 13-5: How is it possible for an employee stock option to be valuable even if the
firms stock price fails to meet shareholders expectations?
An employee can receive a very significant return by exercising a stock option even if his
or her companys stock price falls short of shareholders expectations (Brigham & Ehrhardt
2010). To illustrate this consider the employee who is granted options on 20,000 shares of his
companys stock with an exercise price of $75 a share. Further suppose that the risk-free rate is
5%, the companys beta is 1.24, and the market risk premium is 6%. According to the CAPM
model, the required return of the companys stock is 12.5% (0.05 + (0.06)(1.25)). At the end of
5 years, the employee exercises his options, purchases 20,000 shares of his companys stock at
$75 a share and sells it for $105 soon thereafter. The employee receives $600,000. The annual
growth rate of the companys stock was 6.96%, far less than the 12.5% shareholders were
expecting. Nevertheless, the employees stock option was very valuable.
Problem 15-8: The Rivoli Company has no debt outstanding, and its financial position is
given by the following data:

Assets (book = market) $3,000,000
EBIT $500,000
Cost of equity, r
s
10%
Stock price, P
o
$15
Shares outstanding, n
o
200,000
Tax rate, T (federal-plus-state) 40%

The firm is considering selling bonds and simultaneously repurchasing some of its stock. If
it moves to a capital structure with 30% debt based on market values, its cost of equity, r
s
,
will increase to 11% to reflect the increased risk. Bonds can be sold at a cost, r
d
, of 7%.
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Rivoli is a no-growth firm. Hence, all its earnings are paid out as dividends. Earnings are
expected to be constant over time.
a. What effect would this use of leverage have on the value of the firm?
By changing its capital structure to 30% debt and 70% equity, the value of the firm will
increase from $3,000,000 to $3,348214.29. This is due to the decrease in Rivolis WACC as r
d
<
r
s
. A capital structure of 100% equity would have a WACC of 10%, as given in the problem.
Changing the capital structure to include 30% debt changes WACC as follows:
WACC = w
s
r
s
+ w
d
r
d
(1-T) = (0.70)(0.11) + (0.30)(0.07)(1-0.40) = 0.0896 = 8.96%
At the initial capital structure, the value of operations was as follows:
FCF / WACC = EBIT(1-T) / WACC = $500,000 x 0.6 / 0.10 = $3 million.
After recapitalizing to 30% debt, the value of operations is as follows:
FCF / WACC = EBIT(1-T) / WACC = $500,000 x 0.6 / 0.0896 = $3,348214.29
b. What would be the price of Rivolis stock?
The recapitalization increases the price of Rivolis stock to $16.74 a share. Brigham &
Ehrhardt (2010) provide the formula:
P
Post
= (V
opNew
D
Old
)

/ n
Prior
= $3,348,214.29 / 200,000 = $16.74
c. What happens to the firms earnings per share after the recapitalization?
After recapitalization, Rivolis EPS is $1.87. This is calculated as follows:
Net income (with 30% debt) = (EBIT r
d
D)(1- T) = [$500,000 (0.07)($900,000)](0.6)
= $262,200
Number of shares after stock repurchase = n
Post
= n
Prior
(D
New
D
Old
) / P
Prior
= 200,000 ($900,000 / $15) = 140,000
EPS = Net income / n
Post
= $262,000 / 140,000 = $1.87
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d. The $500,000 EBIT given previously is actually the expected value from the
following probability distribution:
Probability EBIT
0.1 ($100,000)
0.2 $200,000
0.4 $500,000
0.2 $800,000
0.1 $1,100,000

Determine the times-interest-earned ratio for each probability. What is the
probability of not covering the interest payment at the 30% debt level?
There is a 10% probability of not covering the interest payment at the 30% debt level.
At a 30% debt level, Rivoli would have $900,000 debt. The r
d
= 0.07. So, the annual
interest payment would be $900,000 x 0.07 = $63,000. The following table shows the Times-
interest-earned (EBIT / Interest payment) at each probability:

Probability EBIT TIE Ratio
0.1 ($100,000) -1.59
0.2 $200,000 3.17
0.4 $500,000 7.94
0.2 $800,000 12.70
0.1 $1,100,000 17.46

There is a 10% probability that Rivoli would not cover its interest payment.








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References
Brigham, E., Ehrhardt, M. (2010). Financial management theory and practice (13
th
ed.). Mason,
OH: South-Western Cengage Learning