Attempts Average 12 10. Recapitalization Firms use recapitalization for different reasons. Recapitalization is the process through which firmes make desired changes in their capital structure by using debt to repurchase equity. Firms may decide to recapitalize for various reasons, such as to maintain an optimal capital structure, to use as a defense mechanism against a hostile takeover, to minimize taves, or to use in an eat strategy for venture capitalists. As an analyst, you are tracking the financial performance of Maclaren and Tray Corp. (MST) The company has been 100% equity owned but re recently made changes to its capital structure. You have collected the following information about the recapitalization: . MST issued $24,500,000 in new debt to buy back stock. The firm had no short-term investments before or after the recapitalization, MST had 1,750,000 shares outstanding before the recapitalization. M&T's capital structure now has 35% debt. The company's operations are valued at $70 million after recapitalization. Based on the information available. solve for the values in the following table. Click on the dropdown menus and then select the best answer. Assume that you are in a Modigliani and Miller (MBM) world with no taxes. Stock price before the repurchase Number of shares repurchased Value of equity post repurchase Value $40.00 per share 612,500 shares $31.85 million Based on your analysis, you prepared a report with several inferences. While proofreading, you come across the following inference. Consider this cases Recapitalization might increase the EPS, but the price per share remains the same Is the statement true or false? Fas