Stephenson Real Estate Recapitalization Stephenson Real Estate Company was founded 25 years ago by the current CEO, Robert Stephenson. The company purchases real estate, including land and buildings, and rents the property to tenants. The company has shown a profit every year for the past 18 years and the shareholders are satisfied with the company's management. Prior to founding Stephenson Real Estate, Robert was the founder and CEO of a failed alpaca farming operation. The resulting bankruptcy made him extremely averse to debt financing. As a result, the company is entirely equity financed, with 12 million shares of common stock outstanding. The stock currently trades at $53.80 per share. Stephenson is evaluating a plan to purchase a tract of land in the southeastern United States for $49 million. The land will subsequently be leased to tenant farmers. This purchase is expected to increase Stephenson's annual pretax earnings by $11.5 million in perpetuity. Kim Weyand, the company's new CFO, has been put in charge of the project. Kim has determined that the company's current cost of capital is 10.5 percent. She feels that the company would be more valuable if it included debt in its capital structure, so she is evaluating whether the company should issue debt to entirely finance the project. Based on some conversations with investment banks, she thinks that the company can issue bonds at par value with a coupon rate of 7 percent. Based on her analysis, she also believes that a capital structure in the range of 70 percent equity/30 percent debt would be optimal. If the company goes beyond 30 percent debt, its bonds would carry a lower rating and a much higher coupon because the possibility of financial distress and the associated costs would rise sharply. Stephenson has a 21 percent corporate tax rate state and federal). 1. What is Stephenson's market value before it announces the purchase? 2. Suppose Stephenson decides to issue equity to finance the purchase. a. What is the NPV of the project? b. After it announces that the firm will finance purchase using equity, what would the new price per share of the firm's stock? How many shares will Stephenson need to issue to finance the purchase? C. After the equity issue but before the purchase is made, how many shares does Stephenson have outstanding? What is the stock price? 3. Suppose Stephenson decides to issue debt to finance the purchase. a. What will the market value be? b. After both the debt issue and the land purchase, what is the stock price? Stephenson Real Estate Recapitalization Stephenson Real Estate Company was founded 25 years ago by the current CEO, Robert Stephenson. The company purchases real estate, including land and buildings, and rents the property to tenants. The company has shown a profit every year for the past 18 years and the shareholders are satisfied with the company's management. Prior to founding Stephenson Real Estate, Robert was the founder and CEO of a failed alpaca farming operation. The resulting bankruptcy made him extremely averse to debt financing. As a result, the company is entirely equity financed, with 12 million shares of common stock outstanding. The stock currently trades at $53.80 per share. Stephenson is evaluating a plan to purchase a tract of land in the southeastern United States for $49 million. The land will subsequently be leased to tenant farmers. This purchase is expected to increase Stephenson's annual pretax earnings by $11.5 million in perpetuity. Kim Weyand, the company's new CFO, has been put in charge of the project. Kim has determined that the company's current cost of capital is 10.5 percent. She feels that the company would be more valuable if it included debt in its capital structure, so she is evaluating whether the company should issue debt to entirely finance the project. Based on some conversations with investment banks, she thinks that the company can issue bonds at par value with a coupon rate of 7 percent. Based on her analysis, she also believes that a capital structure in the range of 70 percent equity/30 percent debt would be optimal. If the company goes beyond 30 percent debt, its bonds would carry a lower rating and a much higher coupon because the possibility of financial distress and the associated costs would rise sharply. Stephenson has a 21 percent corporate tax rate state and federal). 1. What is Stephenson's market value before it announces the purchase? 2. Suppose Stephenson decides to issue equity to finance the purchase. a. What is the NPV of the project? b. After it announces that the firm will finance purchase using equity, what would the new price per share of the firm's stock? How many shares will Stephenson need to issue to finance the purchase? C. After the equity issue but before the purchase is made, how many shares does Stephenson have outstanding? What is the stock price? 3. Suppose Stephenson decides to issue debt to finance the purchase. a. What will the market value be? b. After both the debt issue and the land purchase, what is the stock price