Wellington Boots Ltd is an all equity-financed firm that has $5 400 000 of equity finance consisting of 3 000 000 ordinary shares outstanding. The current share price is $1.80. Wellington Boots is considering changing its capital structure. It is evaluating the use of debt in its capital structure and proposes to borrow $1 800 000 and use the proceeds to purchase some of its shares. The interest rate on debt is 7% p.a. and the company tax rate is 30%.
a. Should Wellington Boots change its capital structure if EBIT is expected to be $700 000?
b. Given the information above, what is the break-even EBIT point?