Reference no: EM132050003
A venture capital (VC) firm Menlo Ventures is willing to provide financing of up to $5 B in acquisition of Pharmaset.
If the VC agrees to invest in Pharmaset, it plans to exit after eight years at which time it expects that the company's value would be eight times its year 8 EBIT.
Menlo Ventures offers three different ways of structuring the financing:
Straight common stock where the VC will not receive any dividend for the first four years and will receive 20% of NOPAT as a dividend for the remaining four years. The tax rate for Pharmaset is 38%. In addition, the VC will receive a 20% ownership of the company's equity at the end of eight years.
Redeemable convertible debt with 10% coupon rate (interest is tax-deductible). The debt will be converted for 15% ownership of the equity of Pharmaset at the end of eight years. In the case of bankruptcy the debt will be immediately redeemed at its face value or at the residual assets' book value, whichever number is lower.
Redeemable preferred stock with 7.5% dividend plus warrants for 15% of the equity for an exercise price of $150 M. In the case of bankruptcy the debt will be immediately redeemed at its face value or at the residual assets' book value, whichever number is lower.
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