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A company has the following capital structure as at 31st December 2023

Ordinary share (100,000 shares)  sh. 5,000,000

Retained Earnings 2,000,000 

12% bonds 3,000,000

Total 10,000,000

The company expects to pay a dividend of sh. 3 per share and its expected growth rate is 12% forever. The current market price of the share is sh. 24 with no floatation costs. The company is planning to venture into a lucrative business opportunity from next year which will require financing worth sh. 13M. This will require a new issue of ordinary shares at sh. 30 and floatation costs of 10% will be incurred. New bonds issued beyond break point have a cost of 15%. Assume a tax rate of 30%

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a) Weighted average cost of capital

b) Break point in terms of retained earnings

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