Financial Distress

Good Time Company is a regional chain department store. It will remain in business for one more year. The probability of a boom year is 70 percent and the probability of a recession is 30 percent. It is projected that the company will generate a total cash flow of $187 million in a boom year and $78 million in a recession. The company's required debt payment at the end of the year is $112 million. The market value of the companys outstanding debt is $85 million. The company pays no taxes.

a.	What payoff do bondholders expect to receive in the event of a recession? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, i.e. 1,234,567.)

Payoff

$

b.	What is the promised return on the company's debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Promised return

%

c.	What is the expected return on the company's debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Expected return

%