orp. and XYZ Corp., sister companies, would both like to acquire borrowings of the same amount and term. ABC was offered a fixed rate of 10% or a variable rate of 10-year Treasury bond rate plus 6% by its bank. XYZ was offered a fixed rate of 8% or a variable rate of 10-year Treasury bond rate plus 5% by its own bank. ABC prefers a fixed rate while XYZ prefers a variable rate. Under ideal circumstances and with the potential of using an interest rate swap, what would the effective interest rate be fo

Ying Import has several bond issues outstanding, each making semiannual interest payments. The bonds are listed in the following table. Bond 1 2 3 4 Coupon Rate Price Quote 5.1% 6.7 Cost of debt 6.6 5.9 104.86 113.62 112.17 101.41 Maturity 5 years 8 years 15.5 years 25 years % Face Value $ If the corporate tax rate is 24 percent, what is the aftertax cost of the company's debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) 59,000,000 54,000,000 74,000,000 81,000,000

Yosemite Corporation has an outstanding debt of $10.12 million on which it pays a 5 percent fixed interest rate annually. Yosemite Just made its annual interest payment and has three years remaining until maturity. Yosemite believes that interest rates will fall over the next three years and that floating-rate debt will allow it to reduce its overall borrowing costs. A bank offers Yosemite a three-year interest rate swap with annual payments in which Yosemite will pay LIBOR, currently at 5.1 percent, and receive a 4.6 percent fixed rate on $10.12 million notional principal. Suppose that LIBOR turns out to be 4.5 percent in one year and 4.2 percent in two years. Including interest payments on Yosemite's outstanding debt and payments on the swap, what will be Yosemite's net interest payments for the next three years? Note: Negative values should be indicated by parentheses. Year 11 Year 2 Year 3 Net Interest Payments 12

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Slush Corporation has two bonds outstanding, each with a face value of $2.3 million. Bond A is secured on the company's head office building; bond B is unsecured. Slush has suffered a severe downturn in demand. Its head office building is worth $1.03 million, but its remaining assets are now worth only $2 million. If the company defaults, what payoff can the holders of bond B expect? Note: Enter your answer in dollars, not in millions. Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount. Payoff of bond B

Suppose your company needs to raise $36.9 million and you want to issue 24-year bonds for this purpose. Assume the required return on your bond issue will be 9.4 percent, and you’re evaluating two issue alternatives: a 9.4 percent semiannual coupon bond and a zero coupon bond. Your company’s tax rate is 35 percent. Both bonds would have a face value of $1,000.    Assume that the IRS amortization rules apply for the zero coupon bonds. Calculate the firm’s aftertax cash outflows for the first year under the two different scenarios.

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.

Hubbard's Pet Foods is financed 60% by common stock and 40% by bonds. The expected return on the common stock is 13.1%, and the rate of interest on the bonds is 7.7%. Assume that the bonds are default-free and that there are no taxes. Now assume that Hubbard's issues more debt and uses the proceeds to retire equity. The new financing mix is 30% equity and 70% debt. Assume the debt is still default free. a. Given the initial capital structure, calculate the expected return on equity. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place. Expected rate of return % b. Given the revised capital structure, calculate the expected rate of return on equity. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Expected rate of return %

Yosemite Corporation has an outstanding debt of $10.09 million on which it pays a 5 percent fixed interest rate annually. Yosemite just made its annual interest payment and has three years remaining until maturity. Yosemite believes that interest rates will fall over the next three years and that floating-rate debt will allow it to reduce its overall borrowing costs. A bank offers Yosemite a three-year interest rate swap with annual payments in which Yosemite will pay LIBOR, currently at 4.8 percent, and receive a 4.3 percent fixed rate on $10.09 million notional principal. Suppose that LIBOR turns out to be 4.2 percent in one year and 3.9 percent in two years. Including interest payments on Yosemite's outstanding debt and payments on the swap, what will be Yosemite's net interest payments for the next three years? Note: Negative values should be indicated by parentheses. Year 1 Year 2 Year 3. Answer is not complete. Net. Interest Payments $ (121,080)