You are thinking about buying the debt in a private firm that has very similar risk and capital structure as SleazCo.  SleazeCo has zero-coupon debt that requires them to pay back $160,000,000 three years from now.  Given this loan, the market value of SleazCo’s equity is $25,000,000 and has a volatility of 80% per year.  The annual risk-free rate is .02 at all maturities.  SleazeCo has no other debt.  What are the estimates of the following values for SleazCo based on the Merton Model?     Volatility of Assets () = _______________   Value of Assets (V0) = _________________   Market Value of the Debt now = _________________   Value of Debt if it is risk free = _________________    Expected Loss from default = __________________   Probability of default on the debt = _______________   Expected recovery rate on the debt = ______________

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You are thinking about buying the debt in a private firm that has very similar risk and capital structure as SleazCo.  SleazeCo has zero-coupon debt that requires them to pay back $160,000,000 three years from now.  Given this loan, the market value of SleazCo’s equity is $25,000,000 and has a volatility of 80% per year.  The annual risk-free rate is .02 at all maturities.  SleazeCo has no other debt.  What are the estimates of the following values for SleazCo based on the Merton Model?  

 

Volatility of Assets () = _______________

 

Value of Assets (V0) = _________________

 

Market Value of the Debt now = _________________

 

Value of Debt if it is risk free = _________________ 

 

Expected Loss from default = __________________

 

Probability of default on the debt = _______________

 

Expected recovery rate on the debt = ______________

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