Question 3 (total of 14 marks): For each of the following events, state the effect on the firm's market value of levered equity (E), market value of fixed-coupon debt (D ), market value of the firms levered assets (V) and systematic risk of the firm's levered assets measured using beta (_V).

Important assumptions: The risky firm's levered assets currently have the same systematic risk as the market portfolio, all events happen in isolation and are a surprise, all transactions are done at a fair price, that there are no transaction costs, no asymmetric information (so ignore signalling effects), no change in the credit risk of the firm's debt and no interest tax shields or depreciation tax shields due to the absence of corporate and personal taxes.

Note that there are 6 columns here to answer in this table, you may have to scroll right to see them.

	Market Value of Firm's Debt	Market Value of Firm's Equity	Share price	Number of shares	Market Value of the Firms Assets	Required return on assets or WACC before tax
	(D)	(E)	(PShare)	(nshares)	(V)	(rV)
Issues bonds and invests the proceeds in the money market.	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change
Conducts a 1 for 3 reverse stock split.	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change
Buys a large over-priced farm with a beta of 0.5 for 10% more than its true market value, funded by cash.	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change
Pays a cash dividend. Assume the ex-dividend date is the payment date.	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change
Buys back (repays) bond liabilities.	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change
Conducts a 3 for 7 rights issue at a subscription price equal to the pre-announcement market price.	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change
The corona virus pandemic leads to forced shut downs and a collapse in sales.	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	Choose...increasedecreaseno change	anything