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THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER: 1. floatation cost of equity = 9% or 0.09 Amount require

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THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER:

1. floatation cost of equity = 9% or 0.09

Amount required = (1-floatation cost)*initial cash flow

$120 million = (1-0.09)*initial cash flow

or initial cash flow = 120 million/(1-0.09) = 120 million/0.91 = $131,868,132

2. Amount of cost covered by retained earnings = $120 million * 65% = $78 million. balance = 120-78 = $42 million.

Now, this amount will be financed by a debt equity ratio of 0.85 i.e equity will be 1 and debt will be 0.85

proportion of debt in total capital requirement = debt/(debt+equity) = 0.85/(0.85+1) = 0.4595. proportion of equity = 1-0.4595 = 0.5405

Thus, amount raised through debt = debt's proportion*balance amount required = 0.4595*$42 million = $19.3 million. Thus, $19.3 million = (1-debt's floatation cost)*initial cash flow

or 19.3 million = (1-0.045)*initial cash flow. Initial cash flow = 19.3/(1-0.045) = $20.21 million

amount raised from equity = balance amount *equity proportion = $42 million*0.5405 = 22.70 million

22.70 million = (1-0.09)*initial cash flow

or initial cash flow = 22.7/0.91 = $24.95 million

Thus initial cash flow = cash flow from retained earnings+cash flow from debt+cash flow from equity = $78 million+$20.21million +$24.95 million = $123,154,619

3. when 100% retained earnings is used there is no floatation costs involved. Thus, initial cash flow = cost = $120,000,000.

Sheaves Corp. has a debtequity ratio of .85. The company is considering a new plant that will cost $120 million to build. When the company issues new equity, it incurs a flotation cost of 9 percent. The flotation cost on new debt is 4.5 percent.

What is the initial cost of the plant if the company raises all equity externally? (Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount, e.g., 32.)

What is the initial cost of the plant if the company typically uses 65 percent retained earnings? (Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount, e.g., 32.)

What is the initial cost of the plant if the company typically uses 100 percent retained earnings? (Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount, e.g., 32.)

Sheaves Corp. has a debtequity ratio of .85. The company is considering a new plant that will cost $120 million to build. When the company issues new equity, it incurs a flotation cost of 9 percent. The flotation cost on new debt is 4.5 percent.

Explanation / Answer

The assumptions taken as per the problem

The initial cost of investment is $120,000,000

The debt equity ratio is .85

The floatation cost of equity is 9%

The floatation cost of debt is 4.5%

What is the initial cost of the plant if the company raises all equity externally

If equity is used for the project. the amount raised will be calculated

Cost of project = (1- floatation cost of equity ) x amount raised

Amount raised = cost of project / 1-floatation cost

Amount raised = 120,000,000 / (1-.09)

Amount raised = 120,000,000 / 0.91 = $131,868,132

What is the initial cost of the plant if the company typically uses 100 percent retained earnings?

The amount raised will be cost of project in case of retained earnings is $120,000,000

What is the initial cost of the plant if the company typically uses 65 percent retained earnings?

The amount raised through retained earnings = 120,000,000 x 65% = $78,000,000

The balance to be raised by equity and debt is = $120,000,000 - $78,000,000 = $42,000,000

We will calculate the weighted average floatation cost

Let us first calculate the weight of equity if debt equity ratio is .85

Weight of debt = .85/1.85 = 0.4594 or 45.95%

Weight of equity = 1-0.4594 = 0.5406 or 54.06%

To calculate the weighted average floatation cost

= weight of debt x floatation cost + weight of equity x floatation cost

= 45.95% x 0.045 +54.06% x 0.09

= 6.93%

Cost of project = (1- weighted average floatation cost ) x amount raised

Amount raised = cost of project / 1-floatation cost

Amount raised = 42,000,000 / (1-.0693)

Amount raised = 42,000,000 / 0.9307 = $ 45127324

The total amount raised = retained earnings amount + amount raised by equity and debt

= $78,000,000 + $45,127,324

= $123,127,324