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Please solve the ??? $ millions Weight Equity market cap as of 12/31/2007 ??? ??? Book value of debt as of 12/31/2007 ??? ??? Credit

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$ millions Weight
Equity market cap as of 12/31/2007 ??? ???
Book value of debt as of 12/31/2007 ??? ???
Credit rating A
Beta 0.6
10-year U.S. treasury YTM as of 12/31/2007 4.10%
A 10-yr corporate bond yield as of 12/31/2007 5.50%
expected annual market risk premium 4.79%
tax rate 32.61%
dividend growth rate 4.75%
last dividend ???
closing share price 12/31/2007 ???
Cost of Equity Ke:
CAPM ???
Constant dividend growth (or "Dividend Discount Model") ???
WACC:
with Ke based on CAPM ???
with Ke based on Constant dividend growth model ???

BASED ON THE FOLLOWING TAB:

31-Dec-06 31-Dec-07 % change
Net Sales 15,717.10 16,685.70 6.20%
Gross Profit 5,552.10 5,849.60 5.40%
As a % of sales 35.33% 35.06% (0.2) pts
Operating Income 2,719.60 2,894.00 6.40%
As a % of sales 17.30% 17.30% (0.0) pts
Net Income 1,965.20 2,115.30 7.60%
Diluted EPS 2.53 2.79 10.30%
# of shares outstanding 715.00
Operating cash flow before the change in working capital 2,502.60 2,963.10 18.40%
Common dividend paid per share (in $) 1.13 1.25 10.60%
Return on shareholders' equity 51.60% 59.70% (8.1) pts
Total assets 6,377.00 17,155.00 169.00%
Capital expenditures 812.50 870.00 7.10%
Closing stock price (in $) 49.20 52.34 6.40%

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