How LinkedIn Acquisition Through Debt Can Improve Microsoft’s Capital Structure?

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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced the acquisition of LinkedIn (NASDAQ:LKND) for $26.2 billion. The company plans to acquire LinkedIn through the issuance of new debt. As Microsoft’s debt liabilities increase by 60% by the issuance of  more debt, debt as a percentage of overall capital will increase from 10% at the end of 2015 to 15%. As a result, the weight of debt and cost of debt in Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) will increase. Since Microsoft’s bonds are triple-A rated, its cost of debt is significantly lower than lower than the cost of equity. Accordingly, Microsoft’s cost of capital will decline by 40 basis points. The WACC calculation, according to our forecasts and assumptions, is as follows:

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