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Southwest Sands currently has 19,400 shares of stockoutstanding. It is considering issuing $89,000 of debt at aninterest rate of 6.2 percent. The break-even level of EBIT betweenthese two capital structure options is $61,000. How many shares ofstock will be repurchased if the company undergoes therecapitalization? Ignore taxes.
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1,754.90 shares
1,504.20 shares
1,667.16 shares
1,901.15 shares
1,378.85 shares

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break-even level of EBIT is the EBIT at which EPS for both the capital structure options is same

		Unlevered	Levered
a	EBIT	61,000	61,000
b	Less: Interest (89000*6.2%)	-	5,518
c	EBT (a-b)	61,000	55,482
d	Less: Tax	-	-
e	Earnings After Tax (c-d)	61,000	55,482
f	Shares outstanding	19,400	N
g	EPS (e/f)	3.14	3.14

55842/N = 61000/19400

= 3.14432989691

N = 55482/3.14432989691

= 17645.10

Shares bought back = 19400-17645.10

= 1,754.90 shares

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Southwest Sands currently has 19,400 shares of stockoutstanding. It is considering issuing $89,000 of debt at aninterest rate of 6.2 percent. The break-even level of EBIT betweenthese two capital structure options is $61,000. How many shares ofstock will be repurchased if the company undergoes therecapitalization? Ignore taxes.Multiple Choice1,754.90 shares1,504.20 shares1,667.16 shares1,901.15 shares1,378.85 shares