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Rose Industries has a $20 million loan due at the end of the year and its assets will have a market value of only $15 million when the loan comes due.  Currently Rose has $2 million in cash.  Rose is considering two possible alternative uses for this cash.  One possibility is to pay the $2 million out to shareholders in the form of a special dividend.  The second possibility is to invest the $2 million into a project that offers a $4 million NPV.  What are the payoffs to the debt and equity holders under each of the two alternatives?  Which alternative would equity holders prefer?  Which alternative would debt holders prefer?  What is the economic term that describes this situation?
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Case #1 Pay special dividend

Payoff to equity holders = $2 million
Payoff to debt holders = $15 million - $2 million = $13 million

Case #2 Invest in Positive NPV project

Payoff to equity holders = $0
Payoff to debt holders = $15 million + $4 million = $19 million

So debt holders prefer +NPV project and equity holders prefer special dividend.

This is an under investment problem, where a firm does not engage in a +NPV project because of agency costs between shareholders and debt holders.
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