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The payment to the equity holders and the expected return are as follows, (i) for 0% debt financing, the payment is $75 - $150; with an expected return of 11.25%; (ii) with 50% debt financing the payment to equity holders will be $35 - $110; with an expected return of 14.5%; and finally, (iii) with 80% debt financing, the payment to the equity holders will be $11 - $86; with an expected return of 24.25%.

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