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Equity value $1,000m, total debt $400m, cash $150m, unfunded pension deficit $200m, tax rate 25%. Compute EV treating the pension the standard way.

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Tax-effect the pension deficit because funding contributions are tax-deductible: after-tax pension = 200 x (1 - 0.25) = $150m. EV = 1,000 + 400 - 150 (cash) + 150 (after-tax pension) = $1,400m. Two…

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