Green Manufacturing, Inc., plans to announce that it will issue $1.95 million of perpetual debt and use the proceeds to repurchase common stock. The bonds will sell at par with a coupon rate of 6 percent. Green is currently an all-equity company worth $5.43 million with 350,000 shares of common stock outstanding. After the sale of the bonds, the company will maintain the new capital structure indefinitely. The company currently generates annual pretax earnings of $1.45 million. This level of earnings is expected to remain constant in perpetuity. The corporate tax rate is 40 percent.

a. What is the expected return on the company's equity before the announcement of the debt issue? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Expected return %

b. What is the price per share of the company's equity? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Price per share $

c. What is the company's stock price per share immediately after the repurchase announcement? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

New share price $

d-1.How many shares will the company repurchase as a result of the debt issue? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Shares repurchased 

d-2. How many shares of common stock will remain after the repurchase? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

New shares outstanding    

e. What is the required return on the company's equity after the restructuring? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Required return %