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3310zcx11y ago
sir I have already went through the revision not. the following questions I do not understand when I looked at 1. in what situations can we use the risk free rate to calculate the cost of debt? in the revision note, some of the places used the risk free rate tot get the cost of debt directly. 2.Example, this is question is attached in the revision note Company is financed as follows: Equity: 10M $0.50 shares, quoted at $1.20. Debt: $6M 9% irredeemable debenture (unquoted) The ? of a share in the company is 0.85 The market return is 20%, risk free rate is 12% Corporation Tax is 30%; Ignore Income Tax. Calculate: (a) the market value of debentures (b) the WACC of the company in the answers I do not understand '(No ? given for debenture, so assume risk free therefore investor require 12%) M.V. Debt = 9/12% = $75 p.c.' what does it mean? also when calculate the cost of debt, use 12%*(1-30%)? what situations can I use this method to get the KDat? thanks!
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor11y ago#1
Why are you not watching the free lectures? I can't type out all the lectures here :-) If you are not given enough information to calculate the cost of debt then we have no choice but to assume it is risk free. However, the risk free rate will not be the cost of debt because the company gets tax relief and so the cost of debt will be lower. $75 pc means that the market value is $75 for $100 nominal. If debt is irredeemable then the cost of debt is Kd(1-t) to account for the tax relief. If debt is irredeemable then it is necessary to calculate the IRR of the after tax flows. If not told, then we assume debt is irredeemable.
3310zcx11y ago#2
Ok. Thanks. May be I was missing some point during the lectures.
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor11y ago#3
You are welcome :-)
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