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Figure 111: Selected Information for Silicon Solutions Inc -According to Modigliani and Miller (M&M),in a World of Perfect

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Figure 11.1: Selected information for Silicon Solutions Inc.
 ALL EQUITY  EQUTTY AND DEBT  Number of shares 1,000,000750,000 Price per share $10$10 Market value of shares $10,000,000$7,500,000 Market value of debt $2,500,000 Anticipated operating income $1,000,000$1,000,000 Interest $150,000 Earnings (after interest) $1,000,000$850,000 Earnings per share $1.00$1.13 Return on shares  Average cost of capital  Return on debt \begin{array}{|l|l|l} \hline& \text { ALL EQUITY } & \text { EQUTTY AND DEBT } \\ \hline & & \\\hline \text { Number of shares } & 1,000,000 & 750,000 \\\hline \text { Price per share } & \$ 10 & \$ 10 \\\hline \text { Market value of shares } & \$ 10,000,000 & \$ 7,500,000 \\\hline \text { Market value of debt } & - & \$ 2,500,000 \\\hline & & \\\hline \text { Anticipated operating income } & \$ 1,000,000 & \$ 1,000,000 \\\hline \text { Interest } & - & \$ 150,000 \\\hline \text { Earnings (after interest) } & \$ 1,000,000 & \$ 850,000 \\\hline \text { Earnings per share } & \$ 1.00 & \$ 1.13 \\\hline \text { Return on shares } & & \\\text { Average cost of capital } & & \\\text { Return on debt } & & \\\hline\end{array}
-According to Modigliani and Miller (M&M),in a world of perfect capital markets,what will be the expected equity return (or cost of equity)for a firm that has a cost of capital of 14 percent,a cost of debt of 8 percent,debt valued at $3.0 million,and equity valued at $4.0 million? What would happen to the cost of equity as the amount of debt increased? What would happen to the cost of debt if the amount of debt was increased?

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Ke = Ku + (Ku - Kd)( blured image ) = 14% + (1...

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