mith corp. is planning a Bond issue to finance a new project. Smith plans to issue 2000 bonds with a face value of $1000 each and a coupon rate of 8%. The tax rate is 40%. Projected earnings after completion of the project are $2 million and shares outstanding are 200000. What is the projected EPS after completion of the project?

(Cost of debt) Sincere Stationery Corporation needs to raise $500,000 to improve its manufacturing plant. It has decided to issue a $1,000 par value bond with an annual coupon rate of 14 percent and a maturity of 10 years. The investors require a rate of return of 9 percent. a. Compute the market value of the bonds b. What will the net price be if flotation costs are 10.5 percent of the market price? c. How many bonds will the firm have to issue to receive the needed funds? d. What is the firm's after-tax cost of debt if its average tax rate is 25 percent and its marginal tax rate is 21 percent? e. Rework the problem as follows: Assume a coupon rate of 8 percent. f. What effect does changing the coupon rate have on the firm's after-tax cost of capital? Why is there a change? GUD a. If the bond's annual coupon rate is 14%, what is the market value of the bond? (Round to the nearest cent.) b. What will the net price be if flotation costs are 10.5 percent of the market price? (Round to…

(Cost of debt) Sincere Stationery Corporation needs to raise $459,000 to improve its manufacturing plant. It has decided to issue a $1,000 par value bond with an annual coupon rate of 11.2 percent with interest paid semiannually and a 15-year maturity. Investors require a rate of return of 8.6 percent. a. Compute the market value of the bonds. b. How many bonds will the firm have to issue to receive the needed funds? c. What is the firm's after-tax cost of debt if the firm's tax rate is 34 percent? a. The market value of the bonds is $ (Round to the nearest cent.)