Mullet Technologies is considering whether or not to refund a $75 million, 13% coupon, 30-year bond issue that was sold 5 years ago. It is amortizing $8 million of flotation costs on the 13% bonds over the issue's 30-year life. Mullet's investmen banks have indicated that the company could sell a new 25-year issue at an interest rate of 9% in today's market. Neither they nor Mullet's management anticipate that interest rates will fall below 9% any time soon, but there is a chance that rates will increase. A call premium of 11% would be required to retire the old bonds, and flotation costs on the new issue would amount to $6 million. Mullet's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 30%. The new bonds would be issued 1 month before the old bond are called, with the proceeds being invested in short-term government securities returning 5% annually during the interim period. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the question below. b

The Optical World Corporation, a manufacturerof peripheral vision storage systems, needs $10 million to market its new robotics-based vision systems.The firm is considering two financing options: common stock and bonds. If the firm decides to raise thecapital through issuing common stock, the flotationcosts will be 6%, and the share price will be $25. Ifthe firm decides to use debt financing, it can sell a10-year, 12% bond with a par value of $1,000. Thebond flotation costs will be 1.9%.(a) For equity financing, determine the flotationcosts and the number of shares to be sold to net$10 million.(b) For debt financing, determine the flotation costsand the number of $1,000 par value bonds tobe sold to net $10 million. What is the requiredannual interest payment?

Mark Motel's debt has a face value of $40 million, a coupon rate of 14% (paid semiannually), and expires in 12 years (at t = 12 . The current annual yield-to-maturity (stated) for all bonds of the company is 15%. Mark wishes to conserve cash for the next few years. To do this, Mark decides to issue new equity and use the proceeds to purchase the existing debt at the market price. The current stock price of Mark is $60 and there are 2 million shares outstanding. 1. How many shares should Mark issue to purchase the existing debt? Assume the decision to purchase the bond does not change the stock price. Instead, the company decides to issue a zero-coupon bond that matures at year 5, and use the proceeds to purchase the existing debt at the market price. 2. What is the face value of the zero-coupon bond that Mark needs to issue?

New York Waste (NYW) is considering refunding a $50,000,000, annual payment, 10% coupon, 30-year bond issue that was issued 5 years ago.  It has been amortizing $3 million of flotation costs on these bonds over their 30-year life.  The company could sell a new issue of 25-year bonds at an annual interest rate of 6% in today's market.  A call premium of 10% would be required to retire the old bonds, and flotation costs on the new issue would amount to $3 million.  NYW's marginal tax rate is 40%.  The new bonds would be issued when the old bonds are called. Should NYW proceed with the bond refunding? What is the NPV?

To help finance a major expansion, a company sold a noncallable bond several years ago that now has 14 years to maturity. This bond has a 14.00% annual coupon, paid semiannually, sells at a price of $1,400, and has a par value of $1,000. If the firm's tax rate is 21%, what is the component cost of debt for use in the WACC calculation? Do not round your intermediate calculations.     8.94%     7.06%     3.53%

The Mossman Castle Hill has a $19 million bond obligation outstanding, which it is considering refunding. Though the bonds were initially issued at 10 percent, the interest rates on similar issues have declined to 8.6 percent. The bonds were originally issued for 20 years and have 10 years remaining. The new issue would be for 10 years. There is a 10 percent call premium on the old issue. The underwriting cost on the new $18,000,000 issue is $530,000, and the underwriting cost on the old issue was $380,000. The company is in a 35 percent tax bracket, and it will use an 8 percent discount rate (rounded after-tax cost of debt) to analyse the refunding decision. Should the old issue be refunded with new debt? (Follow the steps from the textbook example!) Skip Start Solving

Access Ltd is financing a new investment and was previously unsuccessful to secure a similar interest rate as they had with their previous debt from their local Bank. Given their AAA credit rating, they instead decided to issue 5000 units of a 10-year bond to fund the investment. Coupon rate is set at 8% per annum and will be paid quarterly. The face value of one of the bonds is $1,000. The estimated yield for similar bonds of comparable risk rating is 12% per annum. Determine the market price of the one of the bonds.

(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…

Horizon Corporation has decided to a capital restructuring. This process of restructuring involves increasing its existing $80 million in debt to $125 million. However, the interest rate on the debt is 9 percent and it is not expected to change. The firm currently has 10 million shares outstanding, and the price per share is $60. If the restructuring is expected to increasethe return on equity (ROE), what is the minimum level for EBIT that Horizon’s management must be expecting? Ignore taxes in your answer.