Taco Salad Manufacturing, Inc., plans to announce that it will issue $2.27 million of perpetual debt and use the proceeds to repurchase common stock. The bonds will sell at par with a coupon rate of 8 percent. The company is currently all-equity and worth $6.74 million with 210,000 shares of common stock outstanding. After the sale of the bonds, the company will maintain the new capital structure indefinitely. The annual pretax earnings of $1.51 million are expected to remain constant in perpetuity. The tax rate is 23 percent.

a. What is the expected return on the companys equity before the announcement of the debt issue? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

d. What is the companys stock price per share immediately after the repurchase announcement? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

e-1. How many shares will the company repurchase as a result of the debt issue? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

e-2. How many shares of common stock will remain after the repurchase? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

g. What is the required return on the companys equity after the restructuring? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)