Exhibit 16.2
VanMannen Foundations, Inc. (VF) is a zero-growth company that currently has zero debt, and it has the data shown below. Now the company is considering using some debt, moving to the market value capital structure indicated below. The money raised would be used to repurchase stock. It is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the additional leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise somewhat, as indicated below.

\begin{array} { l c } \text { EBIT } = & \$ 80,000 \mathrm { New } \text { Debt } / \text { Value } =&20\% \\\text { Growth } = & 0 \% \text { New Equity/Value } =&80\% \\\text { Orig cost of equity, } r _ { s } = & 10.0 \% \text { No. of shares } =&10,000 \\\text { New cost of equity } = r _ { s } = & 11.0 \% \text { Price per share } =&\$48.00 \\\text { Tax rate } = & 40 \% \text { Interest rate } = r _ { d } =&7.0\%\end{array}

-Refer to Exhibit 16.2.If this plan were carried out,what would be VF's new WACC and its new value of operations? WACC Value a.

9.64 \% \quad \$ 497,925

9.83 \% \quad \$ 507,884

10.03 \% \quad \$ 518,041

10.23 \% \quad \$ 528,402

10.74 \% \quad \$ 538,970

Hernandez Corporation Expects to Have the Following Data During the Coming

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