Exam 19: Financial Distress, managerial Incentives, and Information

Use the information for the question(s) below. Monsters Incorporated (MI) is ready to launch a new product. Depending upon the success of this product, MI will have a value of either $100 million, $150 million, or $191 million, with each outcome being equally likely. The cash flows are unrelated to the state of the economy (i.e. risk from the project is diversifiable) so that the project has a beta of 0 and a cost of capital equal to the risk-free rate, which is currently 5%. Assume that the capital markets are perfect. -Assume that in the event of default,20% of the value of MI's assets will be lost in bankruptcy costs and suppose that MI has zero-coupon debt with a $125 million face value due next year.The yield to maturity of MI's debt is closest to:

Use the information for the question(s) below. Monsters Incorporated (MI) is ready to launch a new product. Depending upon the success of this product, MI will have a value of either $100 million, $150 million, or $191 million, with each outcome being equally likely. The cash flows are unrelated to the state of the economy (i.e. risk from the project is diversifiable) so that the project has a beta of 0 and a cost of capital equal to the risk-free rate, which is currently 5%. Assume that the capital markets are perfect. -Assume that in the event of default,20% of the value of MI's assets will be lost in bankruptcy costs.Suppose that at the start of the year,MI has no debt outstanding,but has 5.6 million shares of stock outstanding.If MI issues debt of $125 million due next year and uses the proceeds to repurchase shares,the share price following the announcement of the repurchase will be closest to:

If a Canadian publicly traded company deliberately misrepresents its earnings and it is also listed on a U.S.stock exchange,the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)may also pursue charges and fines,which are generally ________ those assessed in Canada.

Canadian bankruptcy law was created to ensure that ________ are treated fairly and the value of the assets is not needlessly destroyed.

Which of the following statements is false?

Use the information for the question(s) below. Electronic Gaming Incorporated (EGI) is a firm with no debt and its 20 million shares are currently trading for $16 per share. Based on the prospects for EGI's new hand held video game, management feels the true value of the firm is $20 per share. Management believes that the share price will reflect this higher value after the video game is released next fall. EGI has already announced plans to raise $100 million from investors to build a new factory. -Assume that EGI decides to raise the $100 million through the issuance of new shares prior to the release of the new video game.The number of new shares that EGI will issue is closest to:

Use the information for the question(s) below. Electronic Gaming Incorporated (EGI) is a firm with no debt and its 20 million shares are currently trading for $16 per share. Based on the prospects for EGI's new hand held video game, management feels the true value of the firm is $20 per share. Management believes that the share price will reflect this higher value after the video game is released next fall. EGI has already announced plans to raise $100 million from investors to build a new factory. -Assume that EGI decides to wait until after the release of the new video game before they raise the $100 million through the issuance of new shares.EGI's share price following the release of the new video game will be closest to:

Use the information for the question(s) below. Monsters Incorporated (MI) is ready to launch a new product. Depending upon the success of this product, MI will have a value of either $100 million, $150 million, or $191 million, with each outcome being equally likely. The cash flows are unrelated to the state of the economy (i.e. risk from the project is diversifiable) so that the project has a beta of 0 and a cost of capital equal to the risk-free rate, which is currently 5%. Assume that the capital markets are perfect. -Suppose that MI has zero-coupon debt with a $125 million face value due next year.The initial value of MI's debt is closest to:

Which of the following statements is false?

Use the information for the question(s) below. JR Industries has a $20 million loan due at the end of the year and under its current business strategy its assets will have a market value of only $15 million when the loan comes due. JR is considering a new, much riskier business strategy. While this new, riskier strategy can be implemented using JR's existing assets without any additional investment, the new strategy has only a 40% probability of succeeding. If the new strategy is a success, the market value of JR's assets will be $30 million, but if the strategy fails the assets will be worth only $5 million. -What is the overall expected payoff under JR's new riskier business strategy?

Which of the following statements is false?

Rose Industries has a $20 million loan due at the end of the year and its assets will have a market value of only $15 million when the loan comes due.Currently Rose has $2 million in cash.Rose is considering two possible alternative uses for this cash.One possibility is to pay the $2 million out to shareholders in the form of a special dividend.The second possibility is to invest the $2 million into a project that offers a $4 million NPV.What are the payoffs to the debt and equity holders under each of the two alternatives? Which alternative would equity holders prefer? Which alternative would debt holders prefer? What is the economic term that describes this situation?

Use the information for the question(s) below. Wildcat Drilling is an oil and gas exploration company that is currently operating two active oil fields with a market value of $200 million dollars each. Unfortunately, Wildcat Drilling has $500 million in debt coming due at the end of the year. A large oil company has offered Wildcat drilling a highly speculative, but potentially very valuable, oil and gas lease in exchange for one of their active oil fields. If Wildcat accepts the trade, there is a 10% chance that Wildcat will discover a major new oil field that would be worth $1.2 billion, a 15% chance that Wildcat will discover a productive oil field that would be worth $600 million, and a 75% chance that Wildcat will not discover any oil at all. -What is the expected payoff to debt holders with the speculative oil lease deal?

Use the information for the question(s) below. Monsters Incorporated (MI) is ready to launch a new product. Depending upon the success of this product, MI will have a value of either $100 million, $150 million, or $191 million, with each outcome being equally likely. The cash flows are unrelated to the state of the economy (i.e. risk from the project is diversifiable) so that the project has a beta of 0 and a cost of capital equal to the risk-free rate, which is currently 5%. Assume that the capital markets are perfect. -Assuming that in the event of default,20% of the value of MI's assets will be lost in bankruptcy costs,the initial value of MI's equity without leverage is closest to:

Use the information for the question(s) below. Monsters Incorporated (MI) is ready to launch a new product. Depending upon the success of this product, MI will have a value of either $100 million, $150 million, or $191 million, with each outcome being equally likely. The cash flows are unrelated to the state of the economy (i.e. risk from the project is diversifiable) so that the project has a beta of 0 and a cost of capital equal to the risk-free rate, which is currently 5%. Assume that the capital markets are perfect. -Assume that in the event of default,20% of the value of MI's assets will be lost in bankruptcy costs and suppose that MI has zero-coupon debt with a $125 million face value due next year.The present value of MI's financial distress costs is closest to:

Which of the following statements is false?

Which of the following statements is false?

Use the information for the question(s) below. Monsters Incorporated (MI) is ready to launch a new product. Depending upon the success of this product, MI will have a value of either $100 million, $150 million, or $191 million, with each outcome being equally likely. The cash flows are unrelated to the state of the economy (i.e. risk from the project is diversifiable) so that the project has a beta of 0 and a cost of capital equal to the risk-free rate, which is currently 5%. Assume that the capital markets are perfect. -Assume that in the event of default,20% of the value of MI's assets will be lost in bankruptcy costs and suppose that MI has zero-coupon debt with a $125 million face value due next year.The initial value of MI's debt is closest to:

Which of the following statements is false?

Use the information for the question(s) below. Monsters Incorporated (MI) is ready to launch a new product. Depending upon the success of this product, MI will have a value of either $100 million, $150 million, or $191 million, with each outcome being equally likely. The cash flows are unrelated to the state of the economy (i.e. risk from the project is diversifiable) so that the project has a beta of 0 and a cost of capital equal to the risk-free rate, which is currently 5%. Assume that the capital markets are perfect. -Suppose that MI has zero-coupon debt with a $125 million face value due next year.The yield to maturity of MI's debt is closest to: