Ashton Bishop is the debt manager for World Telephone, which needs €3.53 billion Euro financing for its operations. Bishop is considering the choice between issuance of debt denominated in: • Euros (€), or .U.S. dollars, accompanied by a combined interest rate and currency swap. Bishop believes that issuing the U.S.-dollar debt and entering into the swap can lower World's cost of debt by 45 basis points. Immediately after selling the debt issue, World would swap the U.S. dollar payments for Euro payments throughout the maturity of them debt. She assumes a constant currency exchange rate throughout the tenor of the swap. Characteristic Par value Term to maturity Fixed interest rate Interest payment Spot currency exchange rate 3-year tenor euro/U.S. dollar fixed interest rates Cash Flows of the Swap World pays Notional principal Interest payment World receives Notional principal Interest payment Euro Currency Debt $1.10 per euro ($1.10/€1.00) 6.00% euro/7.50% U.S. dollar Year 0 $ 3.00 $198.77 ( €3.53 billion 3 years 6.25% Annual Required: b. Enter the notional principal and interest payment cash flows of the combined interest rate and currency swap. Note: Round the final answers to two decimal places. billion billion 3.53 211.80 U.S. Dollar Currency Debt $3 billion 3 years $ 3.53 billion 3.00 $211.80 billion $ 225.00 Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Year 1 Year 2 Annual million million 7.75% million S 3.53 million €211.80 $ 3.53 $ 225.00 Year 3 million € 3.53 billion million €211.80 million million 3.00 million $225.00 billion million
Ashton Bishop is the debt manager for World Telephone, which needs €3.53 billion Euro financing for its operations. Bishop is considering the choice between issuance of debt denominated in: • Euros (€), or .U.S. dollars, accompanied by a combined interest rate and currency swap. Bishop believes that issuing the U.S.-dollar debt and entering into the swap can lower World's cost of debt by 45 basis points. Immediately after selling the debt issue, World would swap the U.S. dollar payments for Euro payments throughout the maturity of them debt. She assumes a constant currency exchange rate throughout the tenor of the swap. Characteristic Par value Term to maturity Fixed interest rate Interest payment Spot currency exchange rate 3-year tenor euro/U.S. dollar fixed interest rates Cash Flows of the Swap World pays Notional principal Interest payment World receives Notional principal Interest payment Euro Currency Debt $1.10 per euro ($1.10/€1.00) 6.00% euro/7.50% U.S. dollar Year 0 $ 3.00 $198.77 ( €3.53 billion 3 years 6.25% Annual Required: b. Enter the notional principal and interest payment cash flows of the combined interest rate and currency swap. Note: Round the final answers to two decimal places. billion billion 3.53 211.80 U.S. Dollar Currency Debt $3 billion 3 years $ 3.53 billion 3.00 $211.80 billion $ 225.00 Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Year 1 Year 2 Annual million million 7.75% million S 3.53 million €211.80 $ 3.53 $ 225.00 Year 3 million € 3.53 billion million €211.80 million million 3.00 million $225.00 billion million
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Transcribed Image Text:Ashton Bishop is the debt manager for World Telephone, which needs €3.53 billion Euro financing for its operations. Bishop is
considering the choice between issuance of debt denominated in:
• Euros (€), or
• U.S. dollars, accompanied by a combined interest rate and currency swap.
Bishop believes that issuing the U.S.-dollar debt and entering into the swap can lower World's cost of debt by 45 basis points.
Immediately after selling the debt issue, World would swap the U.S. dollar payments for Euro payments throughout the maturity of the
debt. She assumes a constant currency exchange rate throughout the tenor of the swap.
Characteristic
Par value
Term to maturity
Fixed interest rate
Interest payment
Spot currency exchange rate
3-year tenor euro/U.S. dollar
fixed interest rates
Euro Currency Debt
Cash Flows of the Swap
World pays
Notional principal
Interest payment
World receives
Notional principal
Interest payment
$1.10 per euro ($1.10/€1.00)
6.00% euro/7.50% U.S. dollar
Year 0
€3.53 billion
3 years
6.25%
Annual
$ 3.00 billion
$198.77 billion
Required:
b. Enter the notional principal and interest payment cash flows of the combined interest rate and currency swap.
Note: Round the final answers to two decimal places.
S
3.53 million
211.80 million
Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
Year 1
Year 2
$ 3.53 billion $ 3.00
$211.80 billion $ 225.00
U.S. Dollar Currency
Debt
$3 billion
3 years
million
million
$
7.75%
Annual
3.53 million
€211.800 million
$ 3.53
$ 225.00
million
million
Year 3
3.53
€211.80
3.00
$ 225.00
billion
million
billion
million
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