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The Aggie Company has EBIT of $50,000 and market value debt of $100,000 outstanding with a 9%
coupon rate. The cost of equity for an all equity firm would be 14%. Aggie has a 35% corporate tax rate.
Investors face a 20% tax rate on debt receipts and a 15% rate on equity. Determine the value of Aggie.
2. Given the following information, leverage will add how much value to the unlevered firm per dollar of
debt?
Corporate tax rate: 34%
Personal tax rate on income from bonds: 30%
Personal tax rate on income from stocks: 30%
3. An investment is available that pays a tax-free 6%. The corporate tax rate is 30%. Ignoring risk, what is
the pre-tax return on taxable bonds?
A. 4.20%
B. 6.00%
C. 7.67%
D. 8.57%
E. None of these.