ABC Ltd. is in financial distress and has two loans outstanding: one loan borrowed from Monash Bank with an amount of $40 million, the second loan with an amount of 25 million is from a senior bank whose payment will arrive before clearing the debt of Monash Bank. If ABC Ltd. wants to liquidate and default on its loans, the liquidation value is $30 million. If the company continues its business, the special skills of ABC Ltd.’s management will lead to a pay-off of $70 million with a probability of 0.7, otherwise zero. For the management to continue, ABC Ltd. would have to be paid $5 million.
Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true?

Question

ABC Ltd. is in financial distress and has two loans outstanding: one loan borrowed from Monash Bank with an amount of  $40 million, the second loan with an amount of 25 million is from a senior bank whose payment will arrive before clearing the debt of Monash Bank.  If ABC Ltd. wants to liquidate and default on its loans, the liquidation value is $30 million. If the company continues its business, the special skills of ABC Ltd.’s management will lead to a pay-off of $70 million with a probability of 0.7, otherwise zero. For the management to continue, ABC Ltd. would have to be paid $5 million. 
 Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true?

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The senior bank prefers to restructure the debt because he will receive $25 million with a probability 0.75.

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Monash Bank prefers to liquidate the firm.

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The senior bank prefers to restructure the firm.

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The Monash bank will cut its debt amount to encourage the shareholder to continue its business.

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Monash Bank is indifferent between the liquidation and the restructuring of the debts.

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