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Question

Regions, Inc., has 6.2 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $61.20, and the book value per share is $4.2. Regions also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $70.2 million, a 7.2 percent coupon, and sells for 97.0 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $35.2 million, a 6.7 percent coupon, and sells for 96.0 percent of par. The first issue matures in 22 years, the second in 14 years.

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What are the company

(a)

What are the company

Regions, Inc., has 6.2 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $61.20, and the book value per share is $4.2. Regions also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $70.2 million, a 7.2 percent coupon, and sells for 97.0 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $35.2 million, a 6.7 percent coupon, and sells for 96.0 percent of par. The first issue matures in 22 years, the second in 14 years. (a) What are the companyas capital structure weights on a book value basis? (Round your answers to 4 decimal places) What are the companyas capital structure weights on a market value basis? (Round your answers to 4 decimal places)

Explanation / Answer

1. Book value of equity = $4.2 * 6,200,000 = $26,040,000

Book value of debt = $70,200,000+$35,200,000 = $105,400,000

Total book value = $26,040,000+$105,400,000 = $131,440,000

Book value weight Equity = $26,040,000/ $131,440,000 = 0.1982

Book value weight debt = $105,400,000 / $131,440,000 = 0.8018

2. Market value of equity = $61.2 * 6,200,000 = $379,440,000

Market value of debt = $70,200,000*0.97+$35,200,000*0.96 = $68,094,000+$33,792,000 = $101,886,000

Total Market value = $379,440,000+$101,886,000 = $481,326,000

Market value weight Equity = $379,440,000/ $481,326,000 = 0.7883

Market value weight debt =$101,886,000 / $481,326,000 = 0.2117