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A company is currently an all equity firm that has 15,000 shares of stock outstanding at a market price of $12

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A company is currently an all equity firm that has 15,000 shares of stock outstanding at a market price of $12.50 a share. Company management has decided to issue $60,000 worth of debt and use the funds to repurchase shares of the outstanding stock at the market price. The interest rate on the debt will be 7%. Ignoring taxes, what is the earnings per share (EPS) at the break-even level of earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)?