Oak Farms is an unlevered firm with 2220 shares outstanding and an EBIT of 650. Corporate earnings are taxed at a rate of 37%.

Calculate EPS for Oak Farms. $_____________________ Note: Your answer should be in dollars and cents. For example, $0.99.

Suppose that Oak Farms makes a decision to partition (split) its assets into debt and equity. The firm issues $1450 of debt at a cost of 8.35%, and uses these funds to reduce the amount of equity on its books. The partition does not change the EBIT or the tax rate, but does reduce the number of shares outstanding to 1470.

Compute Oak Farms EPS after the partition. $_________________ Note: Your answer should be in dollars and cents.

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