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Maria Suarez returned to her ofce after spending the afternoon meeting with her rm 5 investment bankers. Suarez was CFO of Midco Industries, a mid-sized manufacturing rm, and she was taking a hard look at its capital structure and payout policy. Suarez felt that Midco was underlevered and potentially not taking full advantage of the tax benets of debt. Further complicating matters, Midco s institutional investors had been clamoring for either a repurchase or a special dividend. One possibility oated by her investment bankers was a leveraged recap, in which Midco would issue debt and use the proceeds to repurchase shares. Midco Industries has 20 million shares outstanding with a market price of $15 per share and no debt. The rm has had consistently stable earnings and pays a 35% tax rate. Midco 5 investment bankers proposed that the rm borrow $101] million on a permanent basis through a leveraged recap in which it would use the borrowed funds to repurchase outstanding shares. As Suarez sat down at her desk, she stared at her notepad. She had written down several questions that she would need to answer before making her decision. 1. What are the tax consequences of the recap? 2. Based only on the tax effects and the Valuation Principle, what will be the total value of the rm after the recap? a. How much of the new value will be equity? b. How much will be debt? 3. At what price should Midco be able to repurchase its shares? 4. Who benets from the recap? Who loses? 5. What other costs or benets of the additional leverage should Midco s managers consider? 6. If Midco s managers decide to issue the debt and distribute the tax shield as a special dividend instead of repurchasing shares, what will the dividend per share be