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Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) generates perpetual annual EBIT of $500. (Assume that the EBIT, and all other cash flows, occur at year end and that we are currently at the beginning of a year.) UAC has 1,000 shares outstanding. The stockholders of UAC require a return of 11%. Assume that UAC is initially all-equity financed. It is considering an open market stock repurchase and it plans to buy 20% of its outstanding shares at the price that prevails prior to the repurchase (under the all-equity capital structure). The repurchased shares will be cancelled and it will finance the repurchase by issuing perpetual bonds with a coupon rate (and yield) of 4%. Assume that the tax rate is 40%. Answer the questions that follow. Part 1 What is the value of UAC prior to the repurchase? (Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.)

          Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) generates perpetual annual EBIT of $500. (Assume that the EBIT, and all other cash flows, occur at year end and that we are currently at the beginning of a year.) UAC has 1,000 shares outstanding. The stockholders of UAC require a return of 11%. Assume that UAC is initially all-equity financed. It is considering an open market stock repurchase and it plans to buy 20% of its outstanding shares at the price that prevails prior to the repurchase (under the all-equity capital structure). The repurchased shares will be cancelled and it will finance the repurchase by issuing perpetual bonds with a coupon rate (and yield) of 4%. Assume that the tax rate is 40%. Answer the questions that follow.
Part 1
What is the value of UAC prior to the repurchase? (Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.)

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