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This problem asks you to analyze the capital structure of HCA, Inc., the largest private o...

This problem asks you to analyze the capital structure of HCA, Inc., the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world. In 2006, a syndicate of private equity firms bought the firm for $31.6 billion and took it private. In November 2010, as interest rates hit record lows, the company announced a dividend recapitalization in which it would distribute an extraordinary $2 billion dividend financed in large part by a $1.53 billion bond offering.

An Excel spreadsheet with HCAs financial statements for 2005–2009 and specific questions is available at www.mhhe.com/higgins10e. (Select Student Edition > Choose a Chapter > Files.)

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