8 points Save Answer QUESTION 12 a. Assume you (an Australian citizen) own 25,000 shares in Reliance Corp that operates in the dividend imputation system. The corporate tax rate is 40%, while your marginal tax rate is 45%. Reliance has announced a fully franked dividend of 55 cents per share. How much additional personal tax (beyond the tax already paid on your behalf at the corporate level) will you have to pay on this dividend? (2 marks). ii. Suppose the firm is financed by 40% debt and 60% equity. The return demanded by the finn's bond holders is 8% p.a. and shareholders in this type of firm demand a return of 14% p.a. You estimate that y = 0.65 for this firm. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital? Incorporate all tax effects into the WACC (2 marks). b. Adairs has a total market value of $650 million, including S85 million of cash. It has debt of $350 million. The company has 36 million shares outstanding. Assume perfect capital markets. i. If the firm distributes $85 million as a dividend, what will its share price he after the dividend is paid (1.5 marks)? ii. If instead, the finn distributes $85 million as a share repurchase, what will its share price be once the shares are repurchased (1.5 marks)? iii. What will its new market debt-equity ratio be after either transaction (1 mark)? For the toolbar, press ALT+F10 (PC) or ALT+FN+F10 (Mac). BIU S Paragraph Open Sans,s... 10pt v E AVA Ix X6 DQ 5 E = = = X X O WORDS POWERED BY TINY 8 points Save Answer QUESTION 12 a. Assume you (an Australian citizen) own 25,000 shares in Reliance Corp that operates in the dividend imputation system. The corporate tax rate is 40%, while your marginal tax rate is 45%. Reliance has announced a fully franked dividend of 55 cents per share. How much additional personal tax (beyond the tax already paid on your behalf at the corporate level) will you have to pay on this dividend? (2 marks). ii. Suppose the firm is financed by 40% debt and 60% equity. The return demanded by the finn's bond holders is 8% p.a. and shareholders in this type of firm demand a return of 14% p.a. You estimate that y = 0.65 for this firm. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital? Incorporate all tax effects into the WACC (2 marks). b. Adairs has a total market value of $650 million, including S85 million of cash. It has debt of $350 million. The company has 36 million shares outstanding. Assume perfect capital markets. i. If the firm distributes $85 million as a dividend, what will its share price he after the dividend is paid (1.5 marks)? ii. If instead, the finn distributes $85 million as a share repurchase, what will its share price be once the shares are repurchased (1.5 marks)? iii. What will its new market debt-equity ratio be after either transaction (1 mark)? For the toolbar, press ALT+F10 (PC) or ALT+FN+F10 (Mac). BIU S Paragraph Open Sans,s... 10pt v E AVA Ix X6 DQ 5 E = = = X X O WORDS POWERED BY TINY