Wizard Inc., which is considering the acquisition of Global Satellite Corp. $($GSC$),$ estimates that acquiring GSC will result in an incremental value for

the firm. The analysts involved in the deal have collected the following information from the projected financial statements of the target company:

Global Satellite Corp. $($GSC$)$ is a publicly traded company, and its market$-$determined pre$-$merger beta is $1\mathrm{.}00.$ You also have the following information

about the company and the projected statements:

GSC currently has a $$24\mathrm{.}00$ million market value of equity and $$15\mathrm{.}60$ million in debt.

The risk$-$free rate is $5\mathrm{.}5\%,$ there is a $7\mathrm{.}60\%$ market risk premium, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model produces a pre$-$merger

required rate of return on equity $r_{\text{s}\text{i}\text{L}}$ of $13\mathrm{.}10\%.$

GSC$\text{'}$s cost of debt is $7\mathrm{.}50\%$ at a tax rate of $35\%.$

The projections assume that the company will have a post$-$horizon growth rate of $6\mathrm{.}00\%.$

Current total net operating capital is $$118\mathrm{.}0,$ and the sum of existing debt and debt required to maintain a constant capital structure

at the time of acquisition is $$29$ million.

The firm does not have any nonoperating assets such as marketable securities$.$

Given this information, use the adjusted present value $($APV$)$ approach to calculate the following values involved in merger analysis. $($Note: Only

round intermediate calculations when entering them as a final answer.$)$

Thus, the total value of GSC$\text{'}$s equity is

Suppose Wizard Inc. plans to use more debt in the first few years of the acquisition of Global Satellite Corp. $($GSC$)$ Assuming that using more debt will

not lead to an increase in bankruptcy costs for Wizard Inc., the interest tax shields and the value of the tax shield in the analysis, will

leading to a value of operations of the acquired firm.

The APV approach is considered useful for valuing acquisition targets, because the method involves finding the values of the unlevered firm and the

interest tax shield separately and then summing those values. Why is it difficult to value certain types of acquisitions using the corporate valuation

model?

Because the acquisition is usually financed with new debt that will be repaid rapidly, the proportion of debt in the capital structure

changes after the acquisition.

Because the acquisition is usually financed with equity and no new debt, the proportion of debt in the capital structure remains constant

after the acquisition.