Honda needs to raise RM 5 million and plan to issue a 30-year bond for this purpose. The current required return on Honda’s bond issue will be 6 per cent. The top management of Honda evaluating two-issue alternatives: a semiannual coupon bond with a 5 per cent coupon rate and zero-coupon bond. The company’s tax rate in Malaysia is 23 per cent.   How many coupon bonds and zeroes coupon bonds would Honda need to issue to raise the RM 5 million?

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Honda needs to raise RM 5 million and plan to issue a 30-year bond for this
purpose. The current required return on Honda’s bond issue will be 6 per cent.
The top management of Honda evaluating two-issue alternatives: a semiannual
coupon bond with a 5 per cent coupon rate and zero-coupon bond. The
company’s tax rate in Malaysia is 23 per cent.

 

How many coupon bonds and zeroes coupon bonds would Honda need to issue
to raise the RM 5 million?

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