Coldstream Corp. is comparing two different capital structures. Plan I would result in 10,000 shares of stock and $100,000 in debt. Plan II would result in 5,000 shares of stock and $200,000 in debt. The interest rate on the debt is 6 percent. a. Ignoring taxes, compare both of these plans to an all-equity plan assuming that EBIT will be $60,000. The all-equity plan would result in 15,000 shares of stock outstanding. What is the EPS for each of these plans? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)      EPS Plan I $   Plan II $   All equity $      b. In part (a), what are the break-even levels of EBIT for each plan as compared to that for an all-equity plan? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)       EBIT   Plan I and all-equity $   Plan II and all-equity $      c. Ignoring taxes, at what level of EBIT will EPS be identical for Plans I and II? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) EBIT           $  d-1 Assuming that the corporate tax rate is 40 percent, what is the EPS of the firm? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)      EPS Plan I $   Plan II $   All equity $      d-2 Assuming that the corporate tax rate is 40 percent, what are the break-even levels of EBIT for each plan as compared to that for an all-equity plan? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)      EBIT Plan I and all-equity $   Plan II and all-equity $      d-3 Assuming that the corporate tax rate is 40 percent, at what level of EBIT will EPS be identical for Plans I and II? (Do not round intermediate calculations.) EBIT           $

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Coldstream Corp. is comparing two different capital structures. Plan I would result in 10,000 shares of stock and $100,000 in debt. Plan II would result in 5,000 shares of stock and $200,000 in debt. The interest rate on the debt is 6 percent.
 
a. Ignoring taxes, compare both of these plans to an all-equity plan assuming that EBIT will be $60,000. The all-equity plan would result in 15,000 shares of stock outstanding. What is the EPS for each of these plans? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
 

    EPS
Plan I $  
Plan II $  
All equity $  
 

 
b. 
In part (a), what are the break-even levels of EBIT for each plan as compared to that for an all-equity plan? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)

 

    EBIT  
Plan I and all-equity $  
Plan II and all-equity $  
 

 
c. 
Ignoring taxes, at what level of EBIT will EPS be identical for Plans I and II? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
 
EBIT           $ 
 
d-1 
Assuming that the corporate tax rate is 40 percent, what is the EPS of the firm? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
 

    EPS
Plan I $  
Plan II $  
All equity $  
 

 
d-2 
Assuming that the corporate tax rate is 40 percent, what are the break-even levels of EBIT for each plan as compared to that for an all-equity plan? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
 

    EBIT
Plan I and all-equity $  
Plan II and all-equity $  
 

 
d-3 
Assuming that the corporate tax rate is 40 percent, at what level of EBIT will EPS be identical for Plans I and II? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
 
EBIT           $ 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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